[Leica] Final Chapter Pender Hummers

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

I like the last supper best:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6746c.jpg.html

Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:36 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> After the first chick left the second chick also did a "fly walk" around
> the edge of the nest:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6579c.jpg.html
> >
>
> But she decided not to fly and settled back down in the nest - it had a
> lot more room with just one chick in it:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6655c.jpg.html
> >
>
> Mama flew in to feed the single chick:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6716c.jpg.html
> >
>
> who took a full feed without any competition from the former sibling:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6746c.jpg.html
> >
>
> After feeding Mama started to pull feathers out of the nest - some tough
> love going on:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6755c.jpg.html
> >
>
> and Mama flew away, leaving single chick to ponder her future:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6774c.jpg.html
> >
>
> Over the night she must have decided because this morning when I went back
> the
> nest was empty:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/6811c.jpg.html
> >
>
> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard
>
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