A bluebird sees the outside world for the first time
As the walls in their home press inward, the nestlings continue to jostle for a comfortable position. The chicks take turns carrying out vigorous wing flapping exercises several times a day to strengthen their wing muscles. This youngster takes the inchoative of his or her new found strength to climb to the edge of the nestbox entrance to see what is happening outside. A little hesitant to make that momentous jump, the chick decides to stay in the safety of the nestbox a little longer.
2 Comments »
Leave a Reply
About
Steve Greer Photography
With an appreciation and enthusiasm for the natural world, Steve enjoys nothing more than being immersed in a wild landscape. Growing up in the Canadian Rockies, he documented his early experiences using a manual SLR. The mountains served as a magical place to learn the fundamentals of landscape photography. Years later, living in New Jersey, he began to pursue the craft more technically, documenting New Jersey’s natural history.
His imagery passionately reflects natures awe-inspiring beauty, diversity and fragility. He believes that honest, compelling photography can change the way people react to their environment – enabling them to make better decisions concerning the protection and preservation of open spaces.
Steve lives in New Jersey with his wife Cindy, daughter Olivia and son Cooper.
-
Recent
- Sound the Trumpets!
- New Jersey Tallship A.J.Meerwald
- Ancient Migrations: Horse Shoe Crabs
- Eastern Bluebird Photo Workshop
- Eastern Bluebird WebCam
- The bluebird family moves out, and moves on
- A bluebird enters a new frontier
- The bluebirds wait impatiently for the opportunity to fledge
- A bluebird sees the outside world for the first time
- The bluebirds have opened their eyes
- How much can a bluebird eat?
- The bluebirds first feathers
-
Links
-
Archives
- September 2010 (1)
- July 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (1)
- February 2010 (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- June 2009 (3)
- May 2009 (12)
-
Categories
-
RSS
Entries RSS
Comments RSS
I’m a musician composing music inspired by animals and the natural world, and I have to say; I just love the site and the videos/photography! By the way; the photo of Steve Greer and the owl just makes my day. I cannot help smiling whenever I look at it! Thank you for your work!
Thanks for the kind words. If you would like to see the entire nesting season feel free to click on http://www.stevegreerphotography.com/blog/category/birds/bluebirds-birds/ Any new audio/video recordings will be posted on my new blog.
Thanks