fledgling

Hi all, I’m Nicole from just outside of Toronto, Canada. Spring has sprung here and with it has come the rerun of all the birds. It also comes with the excitement that we are getting a pool in a few weeks. I have three kids, 8, 9, 12. As we prepare for the construction of the pool the little...

Got lucky and captured this with great timing. They were waiting for Mamma to feed them.

spent a bit of time watching this youngster - very entertaining acrobatics getting all parts operational

Hungry fledgling ..... This Summer

.... and still they came. This time in the beech hedge and mother looking after him. TTTW

This was the very first time I'd seen an adult bring a youngster to the window feeder... and not just one but there were 3 of them!

The Starling nests emptied and they descend on my garden in their droves! Here's two of them waiting hungrily for an adult to come with some food. You may be able to judge just how steep that slope is that they're on. My new pole feeder is just to the right of them. TTTW

Quite likely the same fledgling as I showed you yesterday with his dad This is 6 days later and he's found the pole feeder. TTTW

Leaning out of the window to take this picture... couldn't resist when I saw the two of them together. I reckon this was the fledglings first morning out of the nest. TTTW

Mid may and here were the first fledglings I'd seen so far. Two little House Sparrows waiting patiently. The adults were on the ground below getting seeds that I'd thrown out. TTTW

Still in the swampy area I noticed some movement in the surrounding bushes and reeds, managing to get a few images. Had to get this wee mite identified in the ID forum. A fledgling Brown Honeyeater. Quite pleased with that!

So now go and get your own! Looks like mum is showing the bairn what it is that he needs to find, doesn't it. I think that's one of the pink nibble thingy's, it doesn't look like a grape. The young Blue Tits had fledged and there seems to be still a few around, as I had 4 at the window feeder...

.... aren't they ever LOL! Starlings had started to fledge.... so prepare for the vandalism! TTTW

This was the first fledgling I saw in the garden this year.... a sweet wee sparrow. TTTW

Blue tit fledgling being fed

First youngster showed up yesterday... five days earlier than last year. Not great light, but showing what they do as soon as they arrive: head for the bird baths or a muddy puddle. Which means I'm on Cat-watch until the fledglings are able to fly when wet (There was nine hiding huddled-up...

Not a good picture, sorry. I've lightened it the best I could. It was not a very nice day, the light was awful and he was in a dark place anyway..... but it was my first fledging of the season, so I had to record it. TTTW

A fledgling Great Tit

Heard the contact calls a few days earlier, grabbed a few pics through the window on Thursday. Lots of feeding shots too, but none worth uploading due to poor light and a smudged window