Baby Blue Jays

So, here's the scenario. I practice my steno writing in our office/computer room, with my Mac at my left side and the window in front of me. It's always fun to watch the change of the seasons out this window. Lately I became aware of a really cool change.

Last week it was cool enough for the windows to be open, and as I was practicing, I kept hearing this intermittent squeaking/screeching coming from the scrubby trees outside my window. Birds, I gathered, but what's with that racket? I noticed there were I think three baby blue jays in the tree. But they're not so "baby" anymore. They look a little fluffy still, but they're fledgelings! The parents would come back with food for them and they'd make that squeaking sound.

Yesterday I couldn't help myself. I thought, if I don't take some photos of them now, I'll miss them and be pissed that they're gone. So I grabbed my little Canon and zoomed my lens way out and got these. Rotten shots, I know, please forgive me. And then Jim reminded me today when he saw the photos, that my subject was in some dark, that I needed to over-expose for that screaming afternoon background. I was so not in an evaluating mood or mode, I just wanted to git 'em. Baby's in the tree, and one of the parents is on the fence, looking at me as if he's pissed off.

So yeah, baby blue jays, cardinals, I forget what else I've seen out there. I'd put out a bird feeder, but then I'd never get anything done at my machine. I'll learn more about my camera so that the next photos I take of them, or anything else, are better.