Our Red-winged Blackbirds are growing quickly... it might be tough to get too many more photos because I don't want to scare the babies and cause them to try and leave the nest before they are quite ready, but for now we've been trying to document how quickly they are growing...

Six Days Old

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/160 sec at f/8. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in eTTL mode. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw

Eight Days Old

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/250 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in eTTL mode. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw

I never thought about the benefit of getting to experience more stages of the life cycles of the various wildlife we get to see on our new property, this is rather fun to be honest!

More coming, so stay tuned!

- Bill