A little birdie preparing for flight.

[Maestro]

Can anybody identify this bird? Is it s common sparrow? :shrug:

[bvar22]

1. I hope that little birdie has a parachute.

He looks a little young to be taking to the air.
The EXIF data shows a focal lenght of 40mm????

You must have been close!

[Maestro]

2. Sorry for not including that exif data in the post.

Shutter speed 1/160 @F8 with a 40mm focal length. Yes, I was close. The nest was low in some shrubs we have around the house. With a step stool I could get right to the nest. There were three and all three flew away just fine. In fact, my wife and I saw at least one of them hanging out in a Live Oak in the front yard.

Thanks for looking. :hi:

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. I think it's a baby robin

Do a google image search on baby robin. Many of thephotos there look like your baby bird.

Love your photos! :)

[Maestro]

4. Thanks. I'll do that. -nt

[Maestro]

6. Yes, it does look like a baby robin

but the adult doesn't. :shrug:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Maestro/38 These pics are dark but you can see the adult here pretty well. Perhaps its the female robin. :shrug:

[flamin lib]

5. Might be a Mocking Bird.

Is the nest made of twigs and about 6-7 inches across & 1-2 inches deep?

Olymus OM-2, 50 mm Macro @ f22 (does a macro lens have another f stop?), T-32 flash off camera.

[Maestro]

7. That was my first thought as well.

And that chick definitely looks like mine especially with that tuft of down feathers on the head. Thanks.

[flamin lib]

8. At any rate it sure wasn't one of these . . .

They don't have wings, so they bump their little butts every time they try to fly.