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Edited by jpink - 26 May 2008 at 06:26

A700 + Beercan, outside my bedroom window (shooting through it)

Two male mallards wer nicely resting in the grass:



but they didn't like visitors, so when I came nearer they walked away, quietly muttering:


Both pictures: Dynax7d, Minolta 50mm 1.7 at f/8, 1/500s, ISO200

tree swallow grabbing an insect from the surface of the water ..A700, beercan

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From Sunday morning walk


Female redwing with 3 insects
A100, SAL 75300 @300mm, 1/60 sec, f5.6, ISO 100, no pp, no crop
wish I was smart enough to go higher ISO to get the tail too . . .

Edited by ASE - 18 May 2008 at 20:54

Not a good shot by any means, but the story is what I think you'll find interesting....this robin makes her nest each spring on a bush next to my deck. Two years ago, she had 4 chicks and only one lived long enough to leave the nest.

Last year she had 4 chicks again, and either a squirrel or a cat had them for lunch.

This year, she again laid 4 eggs very early on. It got cold for a few days, and she threw the eggs out herself. Now she's got 5 eggs and is guarding the nest with great care. Today the temps are in the low 50's and it is raining....it is really raw out there.....I managed to sneak up on her and quickly snap this....then i stayed there for about 10 minutes and she never moved (normally, she would fly to the nearest tree and start chirping at you). It was as if she was telling me....look man....I already lost the other batch, and it's cold....don't you have something else you could be doing ?.

Anyway.....I hope she succeeds this time around. Nature is an amazing thing.

Enjoy the story at least.



Edited by fxcarden - 17 May 2008 at 01:12

Nice ones folks.