32Week of Photo attempts.
This one is a quickly taken pic since it was totally unexpected. My Hubby has a colony of martins. He'd tried for years to get them to come here but was unsuccessful until we finally added music to the mix. We set up the computer and a speaker system to play the "Dawn Song" and "Daytime Chatter" every day. That drew them in. This year we set out 18 gourds and I believe 16 of the 18 had families in them. Sadly the season is winding down and they are heading south already for migration. We have the final family trying to get their little ones off and flying. This little one is one of the last to leave his home. He apparently grew weary and landed on the edge of our front porch. I happened to glance out the window and spotted him hanging on. If I remember correctly, that evening also had lots of wind so it was even more difficult and tiring for this little one to fly. I grabbed the camera while hubby headed outside to see if he could catch the baby and put him back in the nest box. I didn't get but a few taken, before the little bird took exception to hubby coming toward him and decided that he could fly all by himself....thank you very much!
So I have one pic that is fairly acceptable. I'll probably never have this opportunity again......
Baby Martin - ISO400 - f/5.6 - 1/60ss - flash used