juvenile

The very next shot - much prettier with all those fleas gone ;)

This one ain't pretty, but it's kind of fun to see ;)

and reaching out to receive the traditional bouquet of flowers ... but nobody seems to have brought any flowers for the fan dance star.

See step 1 for story

See step 1 for story

Again, see step 1 for story

See step 1 for story.

This is part one of a 6-part series. This time I haven't entirely made up the story. The shots were actually taken in posted order (so reading right to left). But of course, there's always room for interpretation. We can never know what the bird was actually thinking, but I doubt he was thinking...

To stave off boredom with this little guy, I've turned a few shots into a "story strip". This one is about my take on why he was sitting there chirping insistently. He was flying and his plumage was clearly in transition towards adulthood, but he still had some speckles, some down, and...

Why don't you bring me something to eat? Or maybe rather - Why don't you leave? You're scaring my parents away so they're not bringing me anything to eat!

Last shot in today's "story strip". Remember - I made up the order of these shots to create the story. They didn't actually occur 1-2-3 like this. In fact, "dejected" was the last shot of a series of stretches that will become another "story strip" called Fan Dance.

This juvie robin was chirping for attention at only just beyond arm's reach in the woods at the edge of the mudflats. He was utterly charming and kept posing for about 200 shots. I'm sure I'll manage to bore you with him over the next few weeks, but I'll try to intersperse with others so as to...

One field I visit has been full of juvenile Bluebirds all Summer, and I noticed groups hanging out at nest boxes. I assume they were siblings, and that may be the case here. f6.3 1/400 ISO 500

Another one from the Goldfinch family amongst the sunflowers. The adult was close by but not near enough to be included in the shot. Have a good week-end everyone!

but not in my garden, it seems that the bulbuls are doing a good job in chasing them away, but in the college area there are many, mostly lesser grey and red backed, only one masked in the past week. generally the migration is a bit slow until now. Hope you like this.

I nearly chose the title, 'Forced Feeding'. As I was taking these shots I couldn't believe how many seeds this adult Goldfinch was trying to push down the juvenile's gullet! Not a good background, I know, but we (my wife) planted the sunflowers on a south facing wall for very good...

Young Bee-eater at the nest entrance, wainting to receive food from its parents.

Sighted on the Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo on NZ's South Island, this juvenile NZ falcon perches contentedly on the cross on top of the church. Sighting mid-afternoon 10 March, 2012. I have a few photos of the same bird if interested.

Why do young birds look so different? Doesn't make identifying easier any easier for beginners!

Photographed this Juvenile Anna's Hummingbird in our garden today uder Clear sunny skies

Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca, feeding juvenile. Oakden Native Fish Sanctuary, South Australia. This colony of Ibis is in the heart of the Adelaide suburbs. The colony has grown to over 400 in a very short time and many of the local residents are fed up with the noise and stench as...

Northern Jacana juvenile (Jacana spinosa spinosa) Three subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being found in Costa Rica. Photographed along the banks of Ri Nosara northwest of Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Riparian with disturbed dry tropical forest at ca. 6 m (20 ft)...

AAP I don't 'do' gulls but I think these two were too old to be that year's brood and I'm really not sure if they were born on my patch at all. Many times I thought there were a couple sitting on nests but never saw any baby ones until 2010. Loads of gulls seemed to like the area and would...