Robin chick

Gallery: AvianPosted June 3, 201378 views4 comments

This is the chick of the adult robin who's photo I posted yesterday. I was surprised to see it survived the rain and wind overnight. However, there were no other birds is sight. I realized that I could shoot from behind a fence without compromising the chick. The adult robin from yesterday was taken through the window glass. I know that 50% of new hatched song birds do not make it through their first year, but I was hoping this guy would. It disappeared later that morning. Could not get the wooden fence out of the photo.

Canon PS SX50
1/125 @ F-5.6 ISO400 +1
Canon 4.3-215 @ 89mm (equal to about 500mm 35mm)
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Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 3, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Cute little one!
Nice pose, colours, and the dried berries add interest.
The large version is a little soft,; likely a bigger crop than your pixels can handle. You could easily back off the crop a bit , since the bird is a little tight in the frame.
Sure hope he/she made it.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 3, 2013 at 2:40 PM

Nice shot with the head turn and interesting to see the plumage variation, nice job in getting this, well done.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 3, 2013 at 8:36 PM

Hi John. The smaller version of this image looks tack sharp, but the larger version looks a bit off. I don't know if it's a resizing thing or what, but given the sharpness of the smaller, I wouldn't expect the larger to deteriorate that way.

Nice composition and a good catch.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 4, 2013 at 6:41 PM

That's one sad looking little bird. I am sure his parents found him. Nicely captured.
May

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