May 20, 2009

A Chickadee's Tale

a baby chickadee plots his escape from the nest
Time is swift, it races by;
Opportunities are born and die.
Still you wait and will not try –
A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
(A.A. Milne)

My sweet hubby alerted me this afternoon to a frenzy going on around one of our birdhouses. The baby chickadees were being encouraged by their noisy parents to leave the nest and spread their wings! I quickly grabbed my camera to capture some images before these dear creatures disappeared. This was the last fellow. I crept closer and closer to the birdhouse and successfully captured dozens of photos before he ducked back inside. After a few more moments, he was gone.

I was so happy with the impromptu photo shoot that I created a new blog header for the season. I hope you enjoy this magical moment, when a young life contemplates its new and unknown future.

19 comments:

  1. Oh My that is just soooo gorgeous!
    Amazing!!!

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  2. Oh My that is just soooo gorgeous!
    Amazing!!!

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  3. I love your little bird house, and what a great shot of your little bird. apparently they come back for their second mating at the same house if it was a successful one. keep that camera ready.

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  4. Donna that is absolutely gorgeous . How lucky are you to have been able to see that happen . Can you tell that sort of thing really gets me , thanks for showing the photos .

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  5. Love your baby bird pictures. Last year I got to take pictures of a chickadee learning to fly. We found a Mockingbird nest today, so maybe I'll get to watch them get their wings!

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  6. Such a fancy birdhouse, Donna. I'm glad your hubby alerted you, the picture is wonderful. Love, love your new header!! ((hugs))

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  7. What a sweet little bird!! I love the birdhouse too! Excellent captures!

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  8. Donna that is adorable!! Great photos and cute header!

    They do make quite a chatter when they want the wee ones to leave the nest ....I remember I had a hanging Impatient and a Momma Robin laid 3 eggs in it.....it was right outside our back door.

    Hugs,
    Robin

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  9. What timing! That is one gorgeous photo made into a great header! Our bluebirds flew the nest earlier this week and I missed it! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Oh that is so darn cute and such a perfect header photo for this time of year!

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  11. Great capture! You are putting that new camera through a workout! I love the header, too. The poem fits the photo so well.
    Do you have a date for the surgery? I did want to tell you that my sil is doing fabulous and working out every day with two new knees!

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  12. Well, I'm so glad Hubby let you know. The bird house is gorgeous as well!
    Yes I had trouble going into my blog...IExplorer kept kicking me out. I went back in using Modzilla Firefox. It's working fine now. So it Must be something with IE.hughugs

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  13. Oh my goodness that is so cute! How lucky your were to get such a shot! Love your new header...........

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  14. Forgot to tell you I like your new background too.......

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  15. You have some fabulous shots there! Did you use the lens that came with your camera, or do you have a telephoto lens, too?
    Love that birdhouse.

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  16. Thanks, everyone for your generous comments! The secret to photography success is many times being in the right place at the right time!

    Jazzi - The pictures were taken with the 18-200 zoom lens that I got the same time as the Nikon D90. We never buy the standard lenses that are "bundled" with a camera body. We buy the camera body and the lenses we want to use.

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  17. That photo has made such a great header, Donna!

    Just stopping by to remind you that tomorrow is the Doorway Challenge...just in case...should have stopped by a few days ago!

    Annie

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  18. What a great shot for your header AND blog post. I love it, and the story behind it :)

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  19. Donna, I love your new blog header. It is beautiful.

    JoAnn

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