tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post4138695046943713059..comments2024-01-23T13:10:25.332-05:00Comments on Nails and Sawdust: Cardinals HatchMike Silviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-90737612448648653492015-06-02T12:49:14.155-04:002015-06-02T12:49:14.155-04:00Hey Grammie thanks for stopping by. My bird pictur...Hey Grammie thanks for stopping by. My bird pictures are nothing compared to yours. We are down in Scarborough. Where are you? Not sure what the oddball in the nest was. He certainly had different plumage, was the last to leave and seemed way behind in his abilities compared to the others. Looked rather like a sparrow to me but I don't really know birds all that well and at that point they are so different from the adults. I know Cowbirds will lay an egg in other birds nest but never heard of sparrows doing that or bluejays for that matter. And this fellow did not look like a cowbird to me. There was a sparrow that kept coming by with worms like it was trying to feed a little one and the cardinal kept chasing it away. Two weeks after the fact the cardinals have built a second nest in the same bush and are making ready for their second brood. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-41566731345192640042015-06-02T11:38:22.559-04:002015-06-02T11:38:22.559-04:00Hi there fellow Mainer... I jumped over from John&...Hi there fellow Mainer... I jumped over from John's blog. The Cardinal family is adorable. I have the adults still coming to the feeders, and I believe they are feeding a family. They go straight to the same area when they leave<br />.<br />Your little odd ball looks like a baby bluebird, but why he would be in the Cardinal nest I don't know, since the Bluebird uses a birdhouse.<br /><br />Loved seeing your pictures. <br />Sure has turned chilly and wet hasn't it !<br /><br />Grace<br />grammie ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839269423384232974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-59701565217910524392015-05-24T17:52:29.391-04:002015-05-24T17:52:29.391-04:00Hey Brian, yes I can't imagine there's muc...Hey Brian, yes I can't imagine there's much more than a week or ten days between hatching and jumping out of the nest. The Sparrow definitely was not ready to leave and he is back in the bush chirping away.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-60972414576877289232015-05-24T16:08:31.254-04:002015-05-24T16:08:31.254-04:00Those birds hatch quickly..
Very nice pictures...;...Those birds hatch quickly..<br />Very nice pictures...;bBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307538108627287225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-71641131528838390842015-05-24T08:39:49.191-04:002015-05-24T08:39:49.191-04:00Hey Kev, yes it was quite a unique opportunity to ...Hey Kev, yes it was quite a unique opportunity to watch the process from such proximity over the last few weeks. I was amazed she built a nest so close by but it is the warmest side of the house and as it has been so cold I am sure she was taking advantage of the best circumstances.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-30954776837765750632015-05-24T08:34:14.119-04:002015-05-24T08:34:14.119-04:00Hey John, Sunday morning and the last chick, one I...Hey John, Sunday morning and the last chick, one I think is actually a sparrow chick though the cardinals don't know, just jumped out of the nest.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-31466274419694396552015-05-24T08:32:34.478-04:002015-05-24T08:32:34.478-04:00Good photos, it's always nice when things like...Good photos, it's always nice when things like that happen so close and you can see them. I must go check on my bluetit chicks today and see how they're getting on. I eondr how many little struggles for survival are going on so near to us that we have no idea they're there.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-67223097519645948912015-05-24T00:28:06.729-04:002015-05-24T00:28:06.729-04:00Great shots Mike, they are pretty cute and fun to ...Great shots Mike, they are pretty cute and fun to watch, I bet.Bushrat Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570574655402981278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-84903865234559520452015-05-23T21:24:00.074-04:002015-05-23T21:24:00.074-04:00Hi Harry, yes its a pretty decent camera its a Lum...Hi Harry, yes its a pretty decent camera its a Lumix LX-7. A Panasonic camera with a Leica lens. Has full auto and full manual controls as well as shutter speed priority and aperture priority. So you can be as lazy as you want of have full control over it. also has up to 12 thousand ASA so you can shoot in almost total darkness with no flash. I've had it for a couple of years now and I am quite happy with it. The closeups in the nest were taken from about 12 inches away from the subject. I juts stuck the camera in the bush while mother was away and shot blindly and got lucky. The rest between three and six feet. Some of the ones taken through the kitchen window are shot through the mosquito screen so they appear a bit washed out due to reflected sunlight. This is the camera. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-lx7Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-14546283830119315722015-05-23T20:46:49.460-04:002015-05-23T20:46:49.460-04:00Beautiful pictures, you must have one heck of a ca...Beautiful pictures, you must have one heck of a camera. They're really good.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-35790475046651904072015-05-23T18:00:54.608-04:002015-05-23T18:00:54.608-04:00It is easy to keep an eye on them when they are ju...It is easy to keep an eye on them when they are just outside the kitchen window. And shooting photos from less than 3 feet away makes for good results. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-14313864985553445622015-05-23T17:28:10.010-04:002015-05-23T17:28:10.010-04:00Nice shots.Nice shots.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com