The Ballad of Warren the Robin (as told by my 8 yr old son)

Once upon a time, a pair of robins built a nest in a tree right outside my sister’s window. One day we spotted some blue eggs in the nest, which soon hatched into 4 robin chicks. My sister and I named them Flower, Blossom, Jackson, and Warren.

The robins worked hard to find food to feed their chicks. One chick, Warren, got the most food and grew to be the biggest and strongest.

One day, only Warren was left in the nest. We are not sure what happened to them, but we think a hawk came and ate them, because the hawk had hunted in our backyard before.

Warren started to grow, and soon feathers appeared. And then one day, Warren was gone too. We think he flew away and hope he will come back one day to start his own family.

The End

Very impressive Jim. Well done!

Dick.

These are excellent, Jim! Good story and you did very well getting the exposures in the shade of the tree leaves.
Awesome!

These are wonderful Jim.

Morris

Inspiring story and a great set of images.

Duane N wrote:
Inspiring story and a great set of images.


Thanks all! I'm pretty sure that Coopers Hawk got Warren too. But don't tell my kids!

And yes, the light was generally awful, but it was such a treat to have them.

This would make a good childrens book but I think they prefer happier endings...

Excellent job on the photography and you get extra credit for the story line

Ken

What a fantastic set, Jim! The commentary was equally as enjoyable as the images.


Dave

Great story line and photos to compliment....well done

alan

Thanks Alan, Dave, and Mr. Zoom!

Cute story, Jim. It pays to be the chick with the longest neck and biggest mouth, except when a hawk is around.

Tony

Thanks Tony!

Question for anyone looking, are these images are too big for easy viewing? I just started posting, and I'm wondering if I should downsize future posts a bit?

They are a tad large, especially the vertical ones.

This was better than a Ken Burns series Jim.

Excellent photography documenting Warren's growth and the storyline was impressive too.
Thanks Jim... very well done.

Kirk

P.S. Agree with Tony on the size.

Hi Jim! You did a great job shooting this series in the canopy of light within the tree. You have a nice color balance and a very natural intimate feel in these. Well done and I really enjoyed the whole set

The image size is a bit large yet, 900 on the longest might be better to try

Karl

Well done. I really like the series and your commentary.
Al

Most excellent shots---there's a sense of intimacy in them that is really nice.

This is a real nice series on the family life of robins, both the good and the bad. Both well photographed and well told.

Tim

Good job documenting this! The images are all nicely exposed.

Excellent job on the photos and the story line. I second John's comment about a sense of intimacy

Rob

Very nice series. Great job on the capturing the whole family.

-Quang

Thanks Quang, Rob, Tim, "Johnny", Al, Kirk, and Karl! I did indeed have plenty of "intimate" access to their lives. The nest was less than 6 feet out my daughter's BR window. My kids really loved being able to watch them. Those parents worked so hard! So sad that none of their offspring likely survived... ...and so it goes.