Thanks, Jack. It's brutal out there! On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Nice shot, Christine. > I had a similar experience a couple springs back when a Robin pair was > attempting to nest in a tree near the front of our house. Two Scrub Jays > hassled the Robin pair continuously.They tore down the nest, injured one > Robin and drove off the other. Was rough to watch. Last I saw of the Robins, > one it was limping around on the lawn beneath the tree.. > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:53 AM > Subject: PESO: Baby Robin > > A robin family built a nest in a bush right outside our back door, > practically on top of the driveway. I have been watching mama robin > do her thing for about a week... every time I'd check on her, she'd > be dutifully sitting on her nest. Then, a couple of days ago, I > peeked, and she wasn't there. Sure enough, she had a nestful of > hatchlings. Four, in all. > > I'm not much of a nature photographer, but this was a pretty easy get, > and - bonus! - I didn't have to wake up before dawn to hike out into > the middle of a swamp. Tricky business, still. Getting a clear line > of sight into the nest without trimming the boxwood and not getting > too close for mama's comfort was a challenge. > > Anyway, I ended up with one or two that I like: > http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h5fc506ae#h5fc505cc > I used the 60-250, and cropped pretty heavily... I think the image > held up ok, considering... what do you think? > > Unfortunately, there might be a sad ending to this tale... yesterday, > I didn't see mama in the nest except once in the morning. No little > beaks or tufty heads peeking out of the nest all day, either. And > nothing today. I fear the worst... that my snooping on them may have > spooked mama, or tipped off a crow or other predator to a tasty lunch. > :( > > A shame, since I was hoping that mama would stick around & give me > some pointers on shoving younguns out of the nest... > > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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