Bird Watching: Bluebird thread #9, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
What a difference each day makes now. When I first looked out this morning, Mama was busy working on the nest. Papa was standing guard. One or two fledglings were on the nestbox roof and they followed her wherever she went. One follows Papa but they all keep an eye on my back door. If I go out for any reason, they all fly in closer, just in case. It is especially frantic first thing in the morning. I take my cup of coffee and grab a camera and some mealies and try to catch something of interest.

This morning the camera I grabbed had a 560mm lens on it (400mm plus a 1.4 teleconverter). I had used it to shoot the birds in the trees behind our lot and had neglected to remove the TC when I was finished. So I was definitely too close to get more than one bird in a frame.

Here are a couple of shots from a few minutes ago. As you can see, when they are all there, I just dump a few mealies on the railing, to make it easier for the parents to grab them.