This plump ball of feathers perched among green apples is a fledgling blackbird. It sat on the ground as I passed it to fetch the camera but fluttered clumsily with its still underdeveloped wings when I approached . It managed to clamber up an apple tree, part flying, part crawling and once perched, sat there watching my antics while I was attempting to take its photo.
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Your description of that bird is priceless. I love it. I'm certainly glad he waited around for you to snap the photo but it sure doesn't sound like he was going any where quickly. :)
How cool you got to be part of his first survival maneuvers -- and you captured them on film.
thom - i'm glad you liked this, and indeed, the junior didn't go far. there were parents around, though - it still depends on them
quilly - it was a privilege (even though the medium is a memory card) and i hope it does have enough survival skills to escape the neighbourhood cats
He looks like he is trying to ignore you.
i think it was aware of my presence but tried to make itself as invisible as possible
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