baby birds? help

[thekid17]

theres a nest under my deck and the eggs hatched i believe acouple of days ago. its gonna be hard to get under the with my dslr and get a picture since not much light goes under there. if i take a point and shoot with the flash harm the baby birds?

any suggestions?

[hollis_f]

The only real chance of harm is if your presence stresses the parents too much and threy abandon the nest, leaving the chicks to starve to death.

[philwillmedia]

Essentially, flash is really no different to lightning.
Shouldn't be a problem.

[JWright]

I had a hummingbird nest on my patio back in February and I shot the babies with flash. It didn't seem to harm them at all and mom continued to raise them until they fledged.

Series starts HERE (http://johnwright.smugmug.com/Animals/Backyard-Animals-1/3180089_HeetQ#797750581_nLch9)

On the other hand, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson has a hummingbird aviary and they don't allow flash photography. One of the docents told me the use of flash had led to nesting failures in the past.

[thekid17]

some nice pics wright. tpyically how long to robins stay in the nest mite try to take some pics of them leaving the nest