Another close-up of the baby robins being fed by mama robin... it was getting pretty dark and I had to shoot at a lower shutter speed... The f/4.5 was about one f-stop from maximum aperture due to the 1.4x TC...

Canon 40D DSLR - 70-200mm L lens - Handheld/braced - ISO 1600 - 1/45th @ f/4.5 - Cloudy Bright with shading from the overhead and surrounding tree limbs.

See the links to the Nesting Robin Family series below (More to come):

Nesting Robin Family http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117457-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 2 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117449-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 3 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117591-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 4 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117597-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 5 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117627-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 6 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117632-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 7 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117705-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 8 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117704-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 9 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117726-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 10 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117791-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 11 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-117847-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 12 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118039-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 13 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118080-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 14 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118124-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 15 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118153-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 16 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118304-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 17 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118416-1.html
Nesting Robin Family 18 http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-118606-1.html#2011028

More To Come...

My neighbor had seen mouse today and asked if I had ever had them around my house. If you feed birds you're bound to get a few at some time. I showed him how I recorded a mouse event a few years ago.
I keep my sunflower seed in a tin garbage pail. One night I had forgotten to replace the lid. A mouse had crawled in but couldn't get out. When I discovered her I grabbed my camera and took some shots. Look what I discovered.
I called my wife to have a look. She said, leave it with me. I'll handle this. She fetched a small cardboard box, lined it with something and then scooped the babies into her hands and placed them in there. Then she returned for the mother and did the same with her. She placed the box on a shelf in the shed and closed the door.
We returned an hour later and all five occupants were gone and the world had four new mice.

These are from the bayou this morning, as with the one the other day they are not very sharp. This area is very dark and it is so hard to get a good shot. It's like being on the dark side of the moon. It is something to see though even if the shots are not that good. This is rare for me to see the babies, I hope it is rare to you also, so I thought I would share. Sorry for the fuzzy shots. When the parent comes to the nest they move away from the babies, who have been very quiet up til now, they pop their heads out of the nest when they know they are going to get fed. When the parent feels it is safe they move down and start the feeding, which doesn't last long before the parent leaves to find more food. It gets very quiet again as the babies keep looking out for the parent to return.