{"id":127858,"date":"2024-04-25T03:02:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=127858"},"modified":"2024-04-25T03:11:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:11:42","slug":"baby-eastern-bluebird-images-from-the-day-they-fledged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/04\/25\/baby-eastern-bluebird-images-from-the-day-they-fledged\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Eastern Bluebird Images From The Day They Fledged"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my post yesterday<\/span><\/a> I mentioned that three of the Eastern Bluebird chicks left their nest box in my friend Steve’s yard<\/span><\/a>. Today I am sharing two photos of them.<\/p>\n

\"FledglingFledgling Eastern Bluebird on its first day out of the nest \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f8, 1\/100, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw this little one fly out of the nest box, land on the ground briefly, then eventually fly over to a pine tree and land in it. I took my tripod and camera over to where the fledgling clung to the bark of the tree trunk to photograph the newly fledged Eastern Bluebird chick.<\/p>\n

Apparently, while I was doing that, the second chick left the nest and fledged. I missed the second chick leaving the nest altogether, but I believe it was worth it to get the photo above.<\/p>\n

\"BabyBaby Eastern Bluebird about to leave the nest box \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/250, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The third and final chick took its own sweet time leaving the only home it had ever known. Just shortly before 4 p.m., the clouds rolled in, which gave me even lighting conditions. I cranked up my ISO and waited. The young bluebird kept poking its head out of the nest box, so I knew it shouldn’t be long before it too took flight.<\/p>\n

Soon after this image was taken, the small bluebird pushed out of the nest box and took flight. The photo I took of it leaving was a blurry mess, but I was thrilled to watch this bluebird fledgling head into the world.<\/p>\n

I’d forgotten how amazing it is to watch baby Eastern Bluebirds<\/span><\/a> leave their nest boxes. To date, it has been twenty-three years since I left Virginia and my bluebirds that inhabited my yard and garden there.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. It is even more delightful with birds in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

P.S., sorry for the extra post email yesterday, I was scheduling this post for today and it was accidentally published yesterday evening which I quickly reset for today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Eastern Bluebird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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