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04/25/2010 08:05:32 PM · #1 |
Just above my front porch.
Now I have to figure out how to make a blind for the roof, so I can document the youngons from birth to flight.. |
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04/25/2010 08:22:29 PM · #2 |
| Good luck with your documentary of these beautiful little birds - I'm jealous! Now just don't fall off the roof. ;-) |
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04/25/2010 08:26:30 PM · #3 |
Congrats on your find... Here is hoping you get all kinds of wonderful images.
Ray |
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04/25/2010 09:00:23 PM · #4 |
| Good luck. That would be fun. |
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04/25/2010 09:14:07 PM · #5 |
oh my!!! I am jealous, also!! I think I'll move in with you for awhile. :)
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04/25/2010 09:20:00 PM · #6 |
LOL not worried about falling off the roof, it̢۪s only a 12-4 pitch.
What I need info on, is the perfect blind, I could get within inches of the nest easily. I have to figure out how to do it without disturbing mom. |
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04/25/2010 09:41:16 PM · #7 |
Very cool. I was lucky last year that a robin made a nest on the ground.
 
Now, I found out my father has a turkey nest in his back year. I'll be heading over there to document the babies. |
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04/25/2010 09:50:31 PM · #8 |
I have a little House Wren nest with 4 tiny blue eggs i it on my old Christmas wreath on my front door. It's not in a good spot to take pictures unless I get up on a little 2-step ladder and scare the mom away, which I really don't like to do. As it is now, every time we go outside we see her fly off and since we are going in and out of the house a lot now with all the yard work we are doing, I wonder if her eggs will be incubated enough to hatch.
Alan, I've been thinking of getting a blind like this so I can get close enough to birds. Maybe something like this will work for you?
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Edit to add: Paul, I'm jealous of your upcoming turkey documentary too. I hope you will both post some pictures!
Message edited by author 2010-04-25 21:53:47. |
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04/25/2010 09:59:55 PM · #9 |
Thats pretty cool also Paul..
CJ I'm thinking mesh,the temps here will be in the 90's soon very soon.. |
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04/25/2010 10:58:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by alans_world:
LOL not worried about falling off the roof, it̢۪s only a 12-4 pitch.
What I need info on, is the perfect blind, I could get within inches of the nest easily. I have to figure out how to do it without disturbing mom. |
Don't forget too, in addition to getting mom and dad comfy with the blind around (start from a good distance back, leave it there at least a day or two, then try to inch it closer and closer, like day by day. And if they start to appear skittish at all, back the blind up to where they were comfortable with it before) you have to get them used to the sound of the shutter. When I first started getting a housefinch coming to my feeder, I made a point of taking many shots while the chickadees and goldfinches were there stuffing themselves. Soon the housefinch saw how unconcerned the other birds were with the weird clicky noise, and I've managed to get some decent shots.
PS mesh...hmmm...could lead to a noisy-looking photo, unless you mean you plan to put it around the lens.
Message edited by author 2010-04-25 22:59:36. |
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04/25/2010 11:01:32 PM · #11 |
| Very cool Alan! I wonder just how tiny baby hummingbird's are? They must be really small. |
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04/25/2010 11:31:39 PM · #12 |
| I actually got to hold a hummingbird once. There was a bird stuck in a huge cobweb in my neighbors garage. I took it out, cleaned off the wings and placed it on a perch near food. It was the most amazing thing I've ever held. So beautiful, glistening in the sun. |
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04/25/2010 11:47:57 PM · #13 |
Ok, I guess my post disappeared.
Susan, my thought is mesh about the same color as the roof, small slit for end of lens.
Kelli, the nest seems little than half a walnut in size.
Paul, that̢۪s just too cool..:) |
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04/26/2010 04:42:56 AM · #14 |
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04/26/2010 04:59:02 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by goc:
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Let's hope they end up doing a bit better than these did.. |
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