{"id":150216,"date":"2025-07-10T03:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=150216"},"modified":"2025-07-10T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:10:13","slug":"northern-mockingbird-chick-with-a-big-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/07\/10\/northern-mockingbird-chick-with-a-big-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Mockingbird Chick With A Big Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.<\/p>\n

\"NorthernNorthern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 800, -0.7 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There were actually two young mockingbirds at the base of this pine tree. This little one was in the best light, so I focused on them more.<\/p>\n

Both baby mockingbirds were probably fresh out of the nest. They still had downy feathers on their heads, they weren\u2019t fully flighted, and their gapes were very noticeable.<\/p>\n

Some might even say they were so homely they had faces only a mother could love.<\/p>\n

Well, not that it matters. I’m a mother, and I found them adorably cute.<\/p>\n

I never did get any closer images of the young Northern Mockingbirds than this. If they had moved closer to me, I would have been delighted to photograph them and get frame-filling photos, but they didn\u2019t. I’m good with that.<\/p>\n

My subject\u2019s comfort is always more important than the photos I take.<\/p>\n

These are the youngest Northern Mockingbird<\/span><\/a> photos I\u2019ve ever taken, and I\u2019m thrilled with them.<\/p>\n

And yes, I do think the lifted wings and stare help give this chick the appearance of a \u201cbig attitude\u201d in the photo.<\/p>\n

In reality, the mockingbird chick was simply trying to climb up the rough bark of the pine tree. That\u2019s all.<\/p>\n

With all the cuteness they could muster!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I’m sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,818,13951],"tags":[11335,5772,4134,4141,13931,4067,4071,12686,820,6814,5719,4192,5540,10560,15824,2315,4427,5498,13966,4193],"class_list":["post-150216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-northern-mockingbird","category-sebastian-county","tag-attitude","tag-baby","tag-chick","tag-fledgling","tag-garden","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-lifted","tag-mimus-polyglottos","tag-mockingbird","tag-mockingbirds","tag-northern-mockingbird","tag-pine","tag-pine-tree","tag-suburban","tag-summer-3","tag-tree","tag-wings","tag-yard","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t