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Challenge: Camera Phone Free Study (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: 2011 challenges
Camera: Motorola Droid 2
Date: May 7, 2011
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2011
[May. 19th, 2011 10:54:39 PM]

I didn't realize that someone had already done a baby birds shot in the previous challenge. :)

I'm volunteering to monitor bluebird boxes at a local park. jcar and I went out with another volunteer. We record the number of eggs, babies, completeness of nest, etc, and send it to a group called Citizen's science. I was going to take pictures to document it.

Unfortunately, the step stool I was using didn't go high enough to hold my camera and the 100mm lens over the top of the nest.

Then I remembered my cell phone!!! :D

These aren't bluebirds, they are actually chickadees nesting in a bluebird box. Here the uncropped version. You can see part of the inside of the box on the left.



The chickadee babies are significantly smaller than bluebirds, and these were extremely new. Probably only about a day or so old. Incredibly tiny!

What looks like green grass is actually moss. The nest is built of moss, and the lined with little bits of grasses and feathers.

Looking at the size of the knot in the wood in the uncropped version, you can get an idea of just how small these babies are.

Here are some bluebird babies in another house:



And here's the shot I probably should have gone with. It's a bluebird on the nest:



This is the first time I've volunteered with this group. There are around 18 boxes, 15 of those had eggs and/or babies. It was terribly exciting! Unfortunately, I only am scheduled every 5 weeks or so... :(

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/18/2011 03:36:20 PM
nice
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Nikon D600
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
 05/18/2011 01:56:00 PM
10! This is absolutely perfect. Wow, what a great job you've done.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 05/17/2011 12:24:48 PM
AAAAAAAAAhhhhhhh sooo sweet!!!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/14/2011 01:24:59 PM
Ah, HERE you are! A standout in my book. Hard to believe it's a phone camera, Wendy.
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Nikon D3s
 05/13/2011 05:36:22 PM
I adore this capture!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/13/2011 05:17:14 PM
This made me smile. Love those mouths! (not voting)
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 05/13/2011 11:03:49 AM
Nice composition.
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/13/2011 08:45:37 AM
Looks a bunch like a shot from another challenge. Nice work.
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