February 22, 2008
-
Weekly Photo Challenge, “Future”
the subject from Czolya is:
“Future”
The future is a highly iffy proposition for man and beast. It always has been. Today with machinery, chemicals, air pollution, polluted water systems and a world population exploded to numbers I can’t conceive of the “Future” is more unstable than ever. For the smallest of creatures affected by food, air and water conditions much more easily than man who himself is at the mercy of those who believe themselves to be Gods, survival and the ”Future” may become nonexistent more quickly than we realize. What pleasures do we humans (and I use that term loosely) look forward to when we have only ourselves to satisfy our curiosities?
My Photos for a tiny part of
one of our smaller brother’s “Future”.
Not the best photos but they convey, in a small way, the “Future”, as it progressed, of this little Blue Jay family.
Keep on taking those photos,
Comments (39)
Every photo does have the promise of a future..and how lovely to see that future evolve.
Great photos. Judi
You are too hard on yourself about your photos these are very good. Judi
I know from watching the gull family this last few years how perilous the future is for the eggs and the newly hatched birds, a lot don’t make it to maturity. I always find myself hoping for the best for them, the birds have such a beautiful promise/possibility in them to fly free and one wants them to fulfil it. Thought provoking post!
These are so poignant. Makes a mother bird proud to have accomplished so much…and a photographer actually was there to record the FUTURE moments. Excellent views.
aw! Perfect for the challenge.
ryc-thanks- it’s nothing new but always frustrating!
Great pix… you went basically the same route I did…. Children ARE our future!
What fun! Good take on the subject.
Awwwww! These are great, I love the fact you stuck it out with this one family of birds. Precious!
Wow! I’m struggling thinking of how to tackle this topic. The way you approached it – wow! Good thinking.
That is a stunning way to photograph the future! Thank you
When I was much younger and had 3 school aged children in Chattanooga TN, we raised 2 blue jays that had been pushed from the nest, high up in a pine tree. (I guess from overcrowding). When the birds in the nest were coaxed from their nest, we took our siblings out on the back deck and tried to make them leave. The male was gone immediately, even though we could hear him for several days, but the female continued to return for feeding and cuddling for about another month. “Pretty Lady” waited for me when I got home from work and called to the children as they arrived home from school. When the front door opened for any reason, she flew inside. I had some very startled visitors.
Cool! I like the photojournalism quality of the series. I just hope that you didn’t get pecked on the head by the mother bird when she saw taking pictures of the eggs/chicks.
Very nice entry. Great for this weeks challenge
Lovely collection of ornithological pictures, excellent! Runs from the eggs to flight in chronological order. Educational as well. But you must find the one you have got of John in the hard hat being attacked by the parents.
@gandywhite - What an experience to have been so closely tied to baby bluejays. Quite unusual actually. We have done a lot of raising and saving little creatures some successfully and some not so but it was always interesting if not a rewarding effort. Loved reading your story.
Stunning photos Becca!
I tend to agree with you about our future but I like your photos and I hope small creatures like these survive.
@Gitarezan - Survival for the smaller creatures: it’s what I wish for as well. The fact is what is more important than the earth and it’s creatures, all of them. What is worth living for if it all disappears. For me, nothing as there is nothing left of importance if life in its miriad forms is gone. I can’t think of anything more boring if the earth could sustain itself which it couldn’t as it was all created to help to sustain each other.
Oh those are wonderful!
Wonderful photos and I totally enjoyed watching the baby birds.
RYC-I agree with you about our future being in the growing of plants and crops, and wish mor epeople would take an interest in farming and replanting mama earth.
I love the timeline theme of your photos! Excellent idea! I particularly love the first two. Very well done!
Wonderful
“THE PASSAGE OF TIME”—-Fits your great pics Becca–Kenneth
wow. beautiful
They are so cute! Definitely convey a part of the future!
RYC: Did you get a Rebel XTi? If not, what did you get?
*sparkle
RYC: You are correct. I found it in the backyard. The ice formed in a cluster of brush left behind by my rose bush. Cool, huh? Kind of crazy that the little red dots were where they were, eh?
*sparkle
Beautiful, Becca, having the chance to take these makes up for any thoughts you have about poor quality,
Oh, I’m going to HAVE to post the ice sculpture again for that challenge!
*sparkle
great pics!
These are great – more so because it’s not the sort of thing we usually come across.
I hope all the little Jays made it to adulthood. It reminded me – when I was a young teen we had a swallows nest in the eaves above me bedroom window. One day the nest fell and ended up sitting in the flower bed, complete with two fledglings. There was no way we could stick the nest back as it was broken. I rummaged around for something similar and found an old, bright red, plastic cereal bowl. I cut away some of the lip to provide an entrance and then took the lining and it’s little passengers out and put them in the bowl, then super-glued it to the eaves where the old one was. It worked and at the end of summer, once it was empty I took the ‘nest’ back down so the parents could build a new one the following spring.
Well, I posted a reply to this, but for some reason it didn’t come up…
It went along the lines of: I like the series you came up with. Not something one usually encounters on the Photo Challenge.
I then reminisced about a swallows nest above my bedroom window that fell down – with two passengers. The nest was broken, so I found and ‘modified’ an old, bright red cereal bowl, put the lining and chick into it and super-glued it back in place. It worked.
Hey ho, and now the first appears too!!!! take your pick
awwww….I LOVE these!!! Great job.
@rojobe - I try not to think about it as it has always upset me. four out of the five babies made it. One egg, the last one to hatch, hatched a day later than the others. I was even thinking about removing it from the nest but it hatched the next day before I had seriously decided to do it. That last baby was a day behind the others in all things. That one day made the difference as it fledged a day later than the others and I, not knowing, thought the parent birds would remember it and care for it going back and forth from the four that had fledged to the one that was a day late. I was wrong. If I had carried it to the spot where the others were practicing flying it would have made it. As it was, that day of no food or water did it in. Kind of broke my heart. The single bird in the final nest shot was that little bird. I wasn’t going to add anything about it but you asked. So, the downside of birds raising baby birds. I truly learned a lot from the experience.
Remarkable that you were able to follow this all the way through. The images are good considering the (sometimes) moving target and probably a long telephoto.
Good pics–and a good idea for the Photo Challenge : )
Why, those pictures give me great hope for our world. They have made my heart lighter.
@Sezwick - You are a sweetie. The experience was a fun one and it made each of my days while keeping track of the jays. Not everything turned out for the best but it was a definite growing experience everyone should have and enjoy.
Becca