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Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Habitat:

woods next to Bay Lake.

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23 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thank you iness1. I think so too!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

This is the other sibling. They were perched on the same branch and mom was attending to both. They are of different color though!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/383...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

thank you, FranzKiernanBuenaflor ;)

lovely :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thanks, Cindy :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thank you , Ashley :)

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Great series, Hema!

Cute!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thanks Karen :)

KarenL
KarenL 9 years ago

Lovely series Hema!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thank you ,Ana :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Care of the young is characterized by the usual intense activity of this species, both parents sharing the duties of feeding and brooding the young. So unsuspicious, or so preoccupied, are they at this time that they completely ignore human proximity and fly directly to the nest with food. Added to this "dead give away," the growing young in the nest soon become very noisy, so the finding of nests at this stage of development is an easy matter for even an inexperienced observer.
http://www.birdsbybent.com/ch81-90/bggna...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

https://84a69b9b8cf67b1fcf87220d0dabdda3...
Here is a link for the Cal Gnat Catcher. I am assuming there is a similarity.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thanks Antonio and neil. Yes Neil,it does seem young. Mom was around and they were hopping around in the wood. I need to read about blue gnat catcher fledglings. i have seen other species hopping around with fledglings . But that was a little more hidden space under the trees,

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 9 years ago

Lovely spotting, Hema. A very young bird too. Very cute.

Super cute Hema,congrats and thanks for sharing

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

thanks Sckel :)

Sckel
Sckel 9 years ago

pretty baby. It should not doze off, the danger is everywhere.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Thank you /james and Ava.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

Beautiful spotting. Can you complete it by adding a reference? Thanks.

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

What a fantastic image...bravo Hema

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

thank you Venus! It made me so happy!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

cute!

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 16, 2014
Submitted on Jun 16, 2014

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