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Red-Winged Blackbird nestlings

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“The Bird, a nest.  The Spider, a web.  Man, friendship”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   -William Blake

This nest was located in a small bush, at about 2 feet from the ground.    
It was well hidden from aerial predators but, sadly looks like it fell prey to a cat, or fox, or some other mammal;  since it was empty when I returned only two days later.

I am new at this type of activity, so it saddened and surprised me to realize that so many nests get raided.
So far, I can report three red-winged blackbirds nest that got raided, two of which that did before hatching time.

I am looking at another two that are going strongly, with nestlings that are close to leaving the nest.

Red-winged blackbirds are the most common birds near the pond that I like to visit most but, I have also seen two crow fledglings, a pileated woodpecker still in the nest, tons of duckling (mallards and wood) and a young chickadee so far this Spring.

I also have seen a Northen flickers nest as well as a red-shouldered hawks nest but, have not seen any of their young ones.
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3427x2285px 4.77 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Shutter Speed
1/125 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
40 mm
ISO Speed
800
Date Taken
Jun 11, 2015, 10:46:25 AM
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Awhhh so young :O