Nesting Pilated WPs

Gallery: AvianPosted June 8, 2015226 views13 comments

My once a year (if that) foray into NPN's awesome avian gallery. I moved into a new home two weeks ago and came across this Pilated WP nest several days later located just a couple hundred yards from my new house. After finding, unpacking and dusting off the old 500 f4, I visited the nest a few times over the next week until the chicks left the nest (which, unfortunately, occurred while I was at work). D600, Nikon 500 f4 + 1.4 tc. Imaged cropped from original horizontal. Comments, questions, and suggestions welcome. crying

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on June 8, 2015 at 11:32 PM

Nice find, Scott

Glad to see you found time during your unpacking and setteling in to your new digs to check out the neighbors. Cool Shot!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 9, 2015 at 4:17 AM

Scott,

Delightful image devil

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 9, 2015 at 10:22 AM

Pretty cool interaction here. Nice to be able to see the two youngters at the same time with Mom. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on June 9, 2015 at 11:44 AM

Very nice image. I like it very much.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 10, 2015 at 11:01 AM

Great family image Scott. Enjoy the new place, you know there are more birds out there to discover. Well done!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 10, 2015 at 11:14 AM

Very cool image, Scott! Great interaction between the parent and chicks. The little chicks look so cute peeking out of the nest!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 10, 2015 at 10:58 PM

Really nice interaction and comp on this Scott.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 11, 2015 at 10:54 AM

Excellent image and scene you captured here. Don't let the 500 become dusty against would be my humble advise cool , cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 12, 2015 at 2:45 AM

Excellent shot with some real live family action, Scott! I love the interesting bark patterns on the tree, it's a nice little bonus for the scene.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on June 12, 2015 at 7:15 PM

Very cute action shot, Scott. No complaints from me, those three faces say it all!!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 12, 2015 at 11:37 PM

Sweet, Scott. You got great poses from all three birds particularly that little head turn from the lower chick. The sycamore bark patterns make a wonderful bg. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on June 13, 2015 at 10:01 PM

Fun behavior I'd love to see some day. I might like to see a slightly tighter crop on this, but I must say, the patterns in the tree bark are amazing!