{"id":7094,"date":"2015-06-23T06:31:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2015-06-23T06:48:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:48:04","slug":"baby-chipping-sparrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=7094","title":{"rendered":"Chipping Sparrow Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chipping Sparrow chicks, Kennebunk ME<\/p><\/div>\n

We had had a nest of Chipping Sparrows in our Honeysuckle bush in the front yard, right at eye-level but buried deep in foliage, right next to the driveway where there is a lot of foot traffic (my wife teaches piano and her students and their families are coming and going all day long, every day). I had little hope for a successful fledging…but they made it. At least four chicks moved off the nest yesterday. For a while it was just an adult on eggs peeping up over the edge of the neatly woven nest, and then you could see a few dark grey heads with bright yellow gapes if you stood on your tiptoes, and then they took on more of a sparrow look, and now they are gone…probably sheltering on a branch somewhere near and still being tended by the adults. This shot, though it might look invasive, was taken from outside the bush with about a 170mm equivalent telephoto. I was careful when checking the nest, not to get close enough to alert predators, and I only checked the nest about once a week…and I certainly did not move branches for a better view. The Chipping Sparrow buried the nest deep in the bush for a reason. Considering the placement of the bush, I was really happy to see them succeed. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Nikon P900 at 170mm equivalent field of view. 1\/80th @ ISO 100 @ f4.5. Processed in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

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