Jim Fenton
09-06-2011, 03:35 PM
I originally photographed this chick and it's parents when it was 6 days old back in July.
I was thrilled to find them this past weekend once again with the parents still in summer plumage and the chick now almost the size of the adult.
It is certainly feeding on it's own but it constantly cuts in front of the adults, nipping at their neck and breasts and hissing at them. When it gets to be a real pain, they dive, bring it some food and then it's happy again for a while :) I watched the entire weekend and while I saw mom and dad fly off, at times leaving junior alone, I did not witness this one in flight.
It was truly a thrill to be able to create images again since it was a little chocolate fluff ball when I last saw it.
Nikon D300s, 70-300VR, ISO 640, f10, 1/400, CW metering, NearUniWB, -1EV, late afternoon warm light.
I was thrilled to find them this past weekend once again with the parents still in summer plumage and the chick now almost the size of the adult.
It is certainly feeding on it's own but it constantly cuts in front of the adults, nipping at their neck and breasts and hissing at them. When it gets to be a real pain, they dive, bring it some food and then it's happy again for a while :) I watched the entire weekend and while I saw mom and dad fly off, at times leaving junior alone, I did not witness this one in flight.
It was truly a thrill to be able to create images again since it was a little chocolate fluff ball when I last saw it.
Nikon D300s, 70-300VR, ISO 640, f10, 1/400, CW metering, NearUniWB, -1EV, late afternoon warm light.