![FEED MEEE!!!!!](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5938545767_3e941872a0_z.jpg)
we have some tiny little, loud little, big-mouthed little neighbors outside our window
![ME FIRST!!! FEED MEEE!!!](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5938541841_867e353f52_z.jpg)
their mama keeps a close watch on us even calling all her friends to join her in a threatening vigil from various perches around the yard -we tread carefully
![mockingbird mama](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5950873358_ed58af21d6_z.jpg)
we first discovered the nest when it held four pretty blue eggs
by the time I took out my camera there were three
and one freshly hatched mocking bird (can you see him?)
![baby birds day 1](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5950913298_911dd900b1_z.jpg)
they were fun to photograph in the first few days because every sound and movement made them do this...
![they were here first](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/5938542227_0fbe634d5e_z.jpg)
it would take a minute or two for them to realize the clicking camera was not mama
hovering with worms for hungry mouths
![hungry babies](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5939099050_41cb79b88b_z.jpg)
then they would give up and go back to sleeping, waiting
in a pile of beaks and down
![mockingbird babies](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5938542591_522ca2e74f_z.jpg)
now they seem to know the difference between mama bird and camera mama
and are a little harder to get a reaction from
we also lost one, sadly, there are only three in the nest now
![baby birds](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5950874144_6ca3fac4e4_z.jpg)
but my have those three found their voices
mocking bird littles can squawk!
![baby birds](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5950313151_59f88736e7_z.jpg)
I think we only have a few more days before they will be leaving the nest
I'm sure glad I get to keep my own babies around a lot longer than the mocking bird
project 52 ~ week 29 ~ get in close
oh my word, these pictures are amazing! I felt like I was looking through a science book in the bird section! Thanks for sharing, and GREAT photos
ReplyDeleteYour talent amazes me!
ReplyDeleteKelli -- your photos are always amazing, but these are just incredible!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun!! We were recently enjoying a time-lapse video of some Robin hatchlings. Having them outside our window would be so much better. Enjoy!!
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