Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A nice narrative, and a beautiful photo. I hope they're safe now. Thanks for sharing the whole story, illustrated. :-) Philippe Sonny Carter wrote: >Sunday, I heard the most God-awful commotion outside the window, so I took a >look, and Isabelle was climbing the tea rose bush outside the window. A >pair of Thrashers have nested in the top, where a dove usually nests. One >fledgling had jumped out of the nest, and I think another was about to make >the leap. The parents were giving Izzy hell. I reached in the rose and >snatched Izzy off the branch, and put her inside the house. I was looking >around, and spotted the fledge trying to look like a pile of leaves. > >Kathy was washing a window nearby, so she brought the ladder and we put the >chick back in the nest. I went to get the camera, AFTER the action was >over. I think the fledge I put back was pretty near able to fly; hope so, >Isabelle can be very determined > >Mom and Pop quieted down but they still kept an eye on me. > >http://www.sonc.com/bird.htm > > > >