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A Molting Adult Northern Mockingbird with lunch for one of it's fledglings - Concord, NH 08-23-16

A Molting Adult Northern Mockingbird with lunch for one of it's fledglings - Concord, NH 08-23-16

A friend had told me there was a nest with two Mocking bird chicks in her garden plot, located in a specific tomato plant. She had sent a photo from this past S...
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A friend had told me there was a nest with two Mocking bird chicks in her garden plot, located in a specific tomato plant. She had sent a photo from this past Saturday to me showing the two of them in the nest. No chicks in the nest today... they fledged sometime between this morning and Saturday afternoon.
The one fledgling we found was tucked away deep in some foliage. We did not want to get too close and cause stress to the little bird, so we did the best we could threading the needle thru the foliage without moving any branches or leaves..
One of the adults was waiting with a snack, and our presence kept it from feeding the fledgling, so we took a few images then backed off and let them be.

Northern Mockingbird Fledgling
In a garden in Concord, NH, USA 08-23-16

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, EF 70-200mm f-2.8L IS II USM + 2x III
ISO 400, f-6.3, 1-2000th Sec., 238mm (EFL of 380mm)
Handheld, Cropped for Composition.
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