It's that time of year: robin babies are appearing outside of their protected nests and meeting the reality of the outside world. The parents are looking thin, and their babies are looking twice as large. Their bellies aren't the only thing large about them either. So is their curiosity. I was lucky enough to catch a robin fledgling landing on an outside windowsill out of the corner of my eye. I opened the old, creaky back door as quietly as I could and snapped a couple shots half-blind, and with the manual exposure I had been using for the photo below a couple of minutes earlier, and with only the slightest bit of editing got the photo above from less than three feet away.The robin flew off only a second after hearing the shutter go off. The photo below is available for larger viewing and purchase in the wildlife gallery: www.danielfliehler.zenfolio.com/p680132222