Oriole Nest

[dankearl]

A Bullock Oriole fledging in the nest. She flew up on branches a few times while I watched. The Parents were on the same tree.
This is a really large crop (10% at most) and I am posting it mainly for Birder interest (they should have a category here for that).
The nests are really cool, they are a migrating bird here , (Oregon) so I was surprised to see so many on a hike along the Deschutes
River in central Oregon. I saw probably 10 nests, all very hard to photograph or get close to. I didn't want to get too close anyway.
1/1600
f8
iso800
500mm (300F2.8 W/ 1.7X)
Nikon D800
handheld


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[Steve Canuel]

I think its a nicely composed shot though I'd take a touch off the bottom. Nice, cozy looking nest too. As for a "birder's interest" forum, try the Avian: About Birds forum in the Educational Resources section.

[dankearl]

Thanks, Steve, I forget to look at that forum.
This probably does belong there, I cannot crop it anymore, I was really pushing it.
Here is the out of camera photo, as close as I could get, I probably should have it posted this,
as I sort of like it for a natural study purpose.
I did remove some branches in the OP I posted.

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[arash_hazeghi]

nice view of the nest I would back off sharpening a bit

[gail bisson]

I am so glad you posted this. The IQ has held up really well. I like the comp you chose,
Gail