Those few times when I don’t have a blog posting up first thing in the AM, I get a couple of emails asking what’s up. I do appreciate being missed. Right now the office is just hopping and I’m jamin and cramin to get everything done so I can be gone. I’ve been writing like a mad man so, well, the blog just got the bottom of the list so it’s late today.
Well, finally the nests are popping out some young. The early birds have fledlings but most are just now getting nestlings. This is a Mountain Chickadee that has its nest literally attached to our home. It’s nesting in a bird box that it’s been using for a decade and every year, it successfully adds a few more to the gene pool. The perch it’s on is one I’ve screwed into the house for it to use. When I put it up, I didn’t use a lens so didn’t know it was too close to the bird house. No problem!
I just got the drill out and lowered the perch. As you can see, it didn’t effect the chickadees at all. The other thing you should notice is the big difference in the overall look of the two photos. Both were taken at the same time of the day. The top one though was shot without flash. The bottom one has flash fill. When it comes to nesting birds, it is really rare you can shoot without flash. You can see here why. I’ve gotta get back to real work so I can get back out with the nests. When it rains, it pours!
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film