The sun finally came out and I was able to shoot some images of our Bluebird pair as they continue to make their home in the birch stump box on the south fence of my office patio yard.
The first two images are a comparison of what I can see from my patio location where I photograph the birds, and the cropped image that enlarges the images.
Here is the female Eastern Blue Bird sitting atop a post on the south fence near her nest box (which is attached to the next post over to the left.)This is the same photo, but cropped to show the details of the bird’s textures. This is taken with a 300 mm zoom lens. I wish I had something larger, but once you get to an auto focus zoom over that length, they get pretty pricey.
The female is responsible for building the nest. At times the male seems to be inspecting her work. He often remain in the area and plays the role of protector. More then once I have seen House Sparrows and Tree Swallows come into their territory and the male and female will both ward off the threats in aerial assaults.
Tammie Rogers 