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I put meal worms out each morning for our resident Bluebirds. Mama comes right over and snatches up as many as she can. She then sometimes flies right into the nest box and feeds the little ones, but sometimes flies to a perch and kind of beats the poor meal worms to death... It's funny how she does that. Ultimately, she'll fly down to the ground to pick up the worms she dropped and then end up in the box feeding the young. BTW, I peeked into the box this morning and the chicks are growing feathers... They are too low in the box for pics but I'll try to get some as they fledge.

Here's mama with a beak full of worms:
D70, bazooka

BTW, I was about 15' away from her when I shot this. She's getting used to me and my worms... :-)



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...Hi Jim. I had put out some meal worms and the next day they were gone but I didn't see what got them. I put out more and when I went to take a look, all I had was a bunch of black ants carrying them away. DAMN!

Really great capture here Jim. This bazooka, which lens is that? I can't remember and I don't know much about Nikon lenses.

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Jim Strathearn said:
I put meal worms out each morning for our resident Bluebirds. Mama
comes right over and snatches up as many as she can. She then
sometimes flies right into the nest box and feeds the little ones,
but sometimes flies to a perch and kind of beats the poor meal
worms to death... It's funny how she does that. Ultimately, she'll
fly down to the ground to pick up the worms she dropped and then
end up in the box feeding the young. BTW, I peeked into the box
this morning and the chicks are growing feathers... They are too
low in the box for pics but I'll try to get some as they fledge.

Here's mama with a beak full of worms:
D70, bazooka

BTW, I was about 15' away from her when I shot this. She's getting
used to me and my worms... :-)
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Great shot!
You always seem to have high quality shots of birds..very nice!
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Great shot and what a lucky bird family to have you serving up dinner like that!

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--Super clear shot Jim. Nice one.

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LOL! Ants gotta eat too!

Thanks Andy!

My bazooka is a 500mm f/4 manual focus lens. It's chipped so metering and all other auto settings (except AF) work with the lens.
AJohn said:
...Hi Jim. I had put out some meal worms and the next day they were
gone but I didn't see what got them. I put out more and when I went
to take a look, all I had was a bunch of black ants carrying them
away. DAMN!

Really great capture here Jim. This bazooka, which lens is that? I
can't remember and I don't know much about Nikon lenses.
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Thanks Carol!

She comes down for the worms as soon as I put them out. I find that I can just hang around about 5' away and she still comes down. Unfortunately, the lens needs 15' to focus... I guess I need extension tubes!
C D said:
Great shot and what a lucky bird family to have you serving up
dinner like that!

Carol
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Great shot as usual. Guess she is getting out her frustrations when she beats the worms up? :D lol

Thanks for the post.

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