Feeding the baby. by jayfar

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 02, 2011

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This is the European Blackbird. Mum is feeding currants to one of her babies on my lawn yesterday morning, hence the dew. This was taken through the conservatory window. The odd feathers around are from a Starling which had been taken by a Sparrow Hawk. The blackbird is very common in the UK and is a prominent member of the dawn chorus in Spring and Summer with a beautiful warbling song. for comparison it is the same size as the American Robin. Have a good Saturday. Jeff.

Comments (34)

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kgb224

1:08AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.

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durleybeachbum

1:24AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

SUPER catch! I wonder if the adults ever think to themselves 'It's time they left home'.

whaleman

2:06AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

I always enjoy watching this activity whenever I can. Nice shot!

geoffwoods

2:13AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Great moment mate thanks for sharing with us. Geoff.

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awjay

3:21AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

babe looks bigger than mum...

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rockstrider

3:48AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

That looks like a lot of hard work - great capture!

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pat40

4:17AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Fantastic.

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helanker

4:52AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Great capture. SO cute they are. Right now we have a young rook wandering around in our garden and goes to the birdfeeding tree. He has one feather sitting wrong, so we can recognize it. It has been here for days. I guess it is the same rook, as the on a mom fed from the birdfeeding tree a week ago. Now his name is Sofus LOL !

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Feliciti

4:54AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

indee a great shot of moment !! cute this both !!

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A_Sunbeam

5:42AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Good shot - we have a load of starlings doing the same - and one blackbird will follow you round when you're gardening!

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dakotabluemoon

6:30AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Very cool capture and hard to get.

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virginiese

6:53AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

very cute and tender catpure of the moment. i love these birds too !

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qrud

7:23AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

Very lovely ful love.

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bmac62

8:42AM | Sat, 02 July 2011

See you have your 300mm zoom working on this shot. Well done! I have a very difficult time holding my 300mm still enough to get crisp shots...even with IS (image stabilization) turned on. But it has worked great for me on bird shots using a tripod. Here was my bird blind setup.

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