Show us your baby / juvenile birds

[ChrisLF]

Goslings from last year, on account I still can't find time to get out!

IMG_3944 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr

 

[ChrisLF]

And a last year's robin.

IMG_2506 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr

 

[Avondale87]

swallows from a few years back
They didn't oblige this year for some reason

 

[Avondale87]

an old image of a baby Superb Fairy Wren
one of my first photos with the 75-300 Olympus lenses

 

[Avondale87]

Hoary-headed Grebe
a common water bird here on inland waters

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

There guys are now flying around the pond. Getting ready for the big day! There are three, only two in this photo, the third was off on a branch. Yellow crowned night herons, Florida

Getting ready to fledge out by Ed Spenser, on Flickr

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

There guys are now flying around the pond. Getting ready for the big day! There are three, only two in this photo, the third was off on a branch. Yellow crowned night herons, Florida

Getting ready to fledge out by Ed Spenser, on Flickr

Look at them, almost grown. And looking way less bewildered now!

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

Look at them, almost grown. And looking way less bewildered now!

It's nice that all three have survived so far. This pair only raised one chick successfully last year but another pair raised three all the way to fledging.

This year started with at least four nests that we were aware of , and three of them had eggs confirmed. But none made it except these guys. Rain washed away one nest, and I think predators got the others according to my friends who live on the edge of the pond. As an additional bonus, a pair of wood ducks nested here too, but were so secretive that I only got one photo of the drake and none of the others. The residents reported seeing the female with the ducklings once or twice before the birds left. They were very cagey about being in the open.

 

[Avondale87]

this is from the year the wrens nested right outside the front door
They would roost on the old railing fence whilst we looked on
Haven't been quite so close since
juvenile Superb Fairy Wrens

 

[Avondale87]

that year also saw the Swallows putting on a rather special display
one waiting patiently for a feed

 

[Tom in Arizona]

Gambel's Quail chicks including one performing a solo...

 

[joayne]

I get some of these little puff balls through my yard occasionally.. So darn cute!
Nice group portrait

 

[Tom in Arizona]

I get some of these little puff balls through my yard occasionally.. So darn cute!
Nice group portrait

Thanks very much for the comments Joayne. Much appreciated...Tom

 

[Avondale87]

another juvenile female Superb Fairy Wren,
she has lost her 'rubber lips', but still has a stumpy tail

 

[Mikbone]

Mallard Chicks

 

[West Coast Birder]

Juvenile spot-billed pelican in Chennai, India.

Canon EOS 7D | EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM | ƒ/4.0 | 200.0 mm | 1/160 | 800 ISO​

 

[Rupert]

A young Grey Fantail.

 

[Lester Wareham]

Bullfinch Juv
birds%20bullfinch%20j%20A04_001_16-08-19[1] by Lester W, on Flickr

 

[Lester Wareham]

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male and juv
birds 7DII chaffinch A_15-07-06_003 by Lester W, on Flickr

 

[Rupert]

A couple of "Juvenile" (first year) Eagles. A White Bellied Sea Eagle and a young Wedge Tail.