First Step Out on a Ledge

The parents have coaxed two babies out on the ledge in preparation for flying lessons. There is a total of 5 babies! Parents were not thrilled with me butting in. In sunlight, the parents backs have a blue-black color. This was taken with my 55-250 lens on my Canon. Not cropped.

[Pat Knowles]

Scary times for fledgling birds!

[tony gig]

Fabulous...fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent capture, Linda.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful Fav. ( Love you pic.`s too.)

[Yao RL]

Not cropped, you are close. Exciting to see the world.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The little baby looks like it's saying, "Do we have to mama?" Nice shot!

[Nina Ganci]

the colouring on the mother is magnificent. Those poor babies are scared stiff. Excellent capture - and you did not crop, magnificent indeed
fav

[Linda]

@happypat Yes, it is scary for them. They grow up so fast, no room in the nest now. Will probably do test flights tomorrow.

[Linda]

@tonygig Thank you so much, Tony! I will miss these when they fly away.

[Linda]

@mittens Thank you!

[Linda]

@pyrrhula Thank you very much!

[Linda]

@yaorenliu Thank you for visiting. Yes, close as my short self could get without scaring the adult bird away. I used a zoom lens.

[Linda]

@olivetreeann Thank you, Ann. They do resist getting out of the nest and then flight trials.

[Linda]

@ninaganci Thank you, Nina, I appreciate your comment and fav. I got as close as I could and used my zoom lens. Some of them come back every year. Unfortunately, none grew up last year, because of Mockingbirds and snakes.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[eDorre]

Fingers crossed. Such a beautiful wee bird!

[Dione Giorgio]

How nice to have them there to see and to capture on camera.

[Lily Belle]

A lovely shot. So interesting to see them close up.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture

[Mike]

An ambitious back flip on the cards?

[Pyrrhula]

(You never can tell what the new crop will be. Depen on the market and farmer.)

[Linda]

@bkbinthecity @edorreandresen @sangwann Thank you! Some of them took practice flights today.

[Linda]

@elouiselily @craftymeg Thank you! They were practicing flight today. Most likely they will be off and gone by tomorrow afternoon.

[Linda]

@pyrrhula My father was a farmer and rotated his crops. A different crop each growing season.

[Pyrrhula]

@grannysue :-)

[mamabear_and_bub]

Gorgeous bird! Well captured!