BELL'S VIREO
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BELL'S VIREO
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After making many trips to the nest area, tjhis shall be my last trip.
The birds may have fledged already but we'll soon see.
Arriving once again at 6 AM I looked at the nest and thought it was empty
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Yes, at first glance I did not see any birds in the nest, what a disapointment I thought, HOWEVER.
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The sound of the cameras shutter must have made enough noise to awaken the chicks & up they popped.
There were three in there 10 days ago so, one must have already fledged.
Well, two is much better than non & these birds look hungry.
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And just then MOM shows up with breakfast.
Now, which one to feed first.
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This is going to be tricky, 2 mouths so close together and only one bug.
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OH-NO
The parent bird flew off with the bug and did not return to feed it to the chicks.
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Well, if'n you aint gonna feed us, I'll jess hope over to one o them tree branches.
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And sure enough it did just that.
but only after it had preened it feathers.
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But just then mom shows with a small bug but feeds it to;
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The younger bird.
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The outer chick looks really disgusted & I believe it's ready to fly the nest.
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Good by lil'ole nest mate,
I'll be seein you around out in the tree branches in a few days.
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And before you could blink it flew off.
Gee, it sure lonly out here.
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I sure hope my mom finds me and feeds me.
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HEY MOM I'm over here; hurry I need food.
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Maybe I should-a staid in the nest a while longer.
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I think maybe I should fly to a higher branch so she can find me better.
OH, this fly'n stuff is not as easy as I had thought it would be.
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Well, I am on a branch, but it seems much lower than the one I was just on.
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I'll try to work my way back up into those higher branches once again.
Well, a feller has to start some where doesn't he.
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Maybe if I just sit here a while she come by and stick a worm down my throat, maybe.
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I can see ya mom, I am down here, so come on down with that juicy worm.
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So down she flew to baby chick.
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Right above these two was a whole in the foliage and I could see the nest
and the other parent was feeding the one remaining chick so I quickly held the camera up to get a photo through the leaves.
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Sorry to late.
I'll just call this my TAIL shot.
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In the meantime the little feller tried its luck at flyin again.
OH-MAN,
this is really a bummer,
I'm really hung-up on these thorns and stickers.
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Well, I got one wing free now for the other one and I'll sure get outa here.
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Now this is much better, don'tcha think?
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I really could use another worm about now.
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Right on que, yep, that's my mom forya
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I sure wish she pick off those wings before she feeds it to me.
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AH, there's nothin like a good worm or bug to make a feller feel good all over and safe for a while.
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I'll tell'ya these kids are ware'n me out.
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Don't'cha think you've taken about enough pitchers ole Earle?
So I left the Bells Vireo family to live happily ever after.
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Many thanks for visitin my vireo family,
and yall come back ya'hear and
check ole Earle's web site for more interestin bird fotos.
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Just in case you were wondering how I got these images here it is!!
D70s camera - 500 mm lens and sometimes a 1.4 tele converter on it.
This kept me approx. 20 to 30 feet away from the bird at all times.
I al have cropped many of the images and that makes them look ever more magnified.
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