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Tricolored Heron tending to her nest, Wading Bird Rookery, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida
Snowy Egret on the nest with 3 eggs, Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida
Cattle Egret on the nest with 3 blue eggs, Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. Title quote from the poem Nest Eggs by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Shannon O'Shea Wildlife Photography
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
you were only waiting for this moment to arise"
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I have a family of blackbirds that live in my yard and nest most years. This one has chosen to nest right outside my study window so I can watch them. The mother laid four eggs, two at first and then another two a couple of days later. The babies hatched yesterday. Both parents work to feed the young.
Blackbirds are introduced birds here but they have a beautiful song and a gentle, if not messy nature. I am very fond of them.
The mother gave the nest location away when she flew out of the spruce tree in a panic. I left the area for a while and when I returned she was squatting over the eggs while watching me like a hawk!
Seen in Victoria Park, in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault
Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid! On me the chance-discovered sight Gleamed like a vision of delight.
Author: William Wordsworth
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A sure sign of spring! This was outside my neighbor's window who called me over to photograph it. Can't wait for these little guys to hatch!
Every morning before going to school, Clotilde helped her mother by gathering the freshly laid eggs from the family’s hen house. Still warm, the eggs she gathered from amidst the nests of straw and stray feathers made by their hens were white or brown, sometimes delicately speckled and sometimes not. Then, one morning, close to Easter Sunday, as she hunted around the hen house, Clotilde found a different egg nestled comfortably in the straw, surrounded by feathers of red, bronze and yellow. The egg was a delicate shade of blue, and rather than speckled, it was dimpled all over, like a dew covered leaf. Clotilde gasped as she admired it with reverence as it sparkled and shimmered in the morning sunlight. As she looked at it, she saw the egg move and heard a crack like glass splintering. Carefully Clotilde crouched down to wait and see what fantastic, magical bird would be forthcoming from within the surprising egg she discovered.
Easter represents hope, as do eggs, which also bring the promise of good things to come. Easter eggs symbolise hope, new life, resurrection, and fertility, aligning with both pagan and Christian interpretations of the holiday. We all need hope in the world today, and a reason to smile, find beauty and joy. My wish for you, is that you experience and find all these things!
This egg is actually a wonderful dimpled European glass ornament which I hang along with its pink counterpart every Easter. A friend sends me box of Haigh’s chocolate Easter Eggs every year. One year when I went to throw out the box, I rediscovered that it was full of shredded paper packaging, which reminded me of a nest. Inspired, I fetched my blue glass egg and nestled it amongst the paper, but it needed something to make the nest more homely, so I sprinkled around a few of my feathers from my feather collection. I then took the box with nest outside and photographed it in the mid morning sun.
Looking Close ...on Friday!
Only One Egg was smashed in the making of this image.
A free range Araucana blue egg from hens that roam in lush pasture amongst the trees and hedgerows.
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-Zora Neale Hurston
So this weekend, after returning from our camp we discovered that a Robin had built a nest in our garage on my husbands metal ladder. What a perfect little home for her new brood. I can't wait to check the progress as the days continue. She was building the nest Friday, and the eggs were in there Sunday so we do believe she just laid them. Sooooo....in a couple weeks we should have some little hatch-lings. You know I will be taking some shots. :) Whew finally...thank God for some inspiration. :)
12th July 2017:
Graham got us these while he was out yesterday, he found them at the supermarket for only 1€ and thought they'd be nice for an evening treatie.
As it looks and feels more like very early Spring, or late Autumn here today I took these into the garden to take a photo, there was no point in going further.
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It wasn’t love at first sight, but they both knew they would remain together until their fledglings were at least two weeks old. As usual, Mrs. Robin or Bee, as they called her, built the nest from twigs and grass or even brightly colored ribbon if it were to be found. She liked adding that special touch of ribbon to her home.
Building their home was no simple task. She had to make sure it was sturdy enough to hold at least the 4 new additions to their family and to protect them from the elements. She couldn’t afford to build an inferior home. Not only did it have to protect her family, but it also had to help serve as an incubator.
The big day arrives and Bee lays 4 blue eggs each the size of a quarter. She continues to sit on her nest for the next 10-12 days, with “Hood,” the dad, protecting their home as Bee takes her occasional breaks. Bee makes sure she keeps her home warm, safe and dry.
As their eggs hatch, Bee and Hood inspect their fledglings. Hood is mighty proud of his new family. Hood "struts his stuff" as only a Robin could. He is extremely protective of his crew, dive bombing enemies if they approach.
The proud parents protected and feed their new additions until they were about 2 weeks-old. After all the fledglings have “flown the coup,” Bee and Hood say their goodbyes, each flying off in a different direction singing their beautiful song of joy…
Names of the robins were inspired by "Robin Hood" and the "Bee Gees."
Just a fun shot to wish you all a lovely week ahead. The egg on the left is a blue egg laid by one of my neighbour's hens but somehow they never look as blue in the winter as they do in the summer. I'll have to get another in the summer so that I can show you true "eggshell blue"!
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” —Arnold H. Glasgow
We discovered this Mother Robin nesting on top of the ladder. She has four beautiful blue eggs. I'm a bit concerned there are cats and raccoons around here and I know they are out at night. I just hope the ladder is tall enough. I made sure there aren't any objects near the ladder so cats can't get close. The mortality rate is quite high for robins.
What an elegant small water bird! Look at the off-white highlighted edges of the wing feathers. And the subtle blue tone around the eye and the head that matches the color of this precious clutch of eggs! The gorgeous male was vigilantly watching on a nearby branch.
The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron (Butorides striata), and together they were called "Green-backed Heron." They are extremely rare in western Europe; individuals from the Pacific coast of North America may similarly stray as far as Hawaii.
The Green Heron is relatively small; adult body length is about 44 cm (17 in). The neck is often pulled in tight against the body. Adults have a glossy, greenish-black cap, a greenish back and wings that are gray-black grading into green or blue, a chestnut neck with a white line down the front, gray underparts and short yellow legs. The bill is dark with a long, sharp point. Female adults tend to be smaller than males, and have duller and lighter plumage, particularly in the breeding season. Juveniles are duller, with the head sides, neck and underparts streaked brown and white, tan-splotched back and wing coverts, and greenish-yellow legs and bill. Hatchlings are covered in down feathers, light gray above, and white on the belly.
The Green Heron's call is a loud and sudden" kyow"; it also makes a series of more subdued "kuk" calls. During courtship, the male gives a" raah-rah" call with wide-open bill, makes noisy wingbeats and "whoom-whoom-whoom" calls in flight, and sometimes calls" roo-roo" to the female before landing again. While sitting, an "aaroo-aaroo" courtship call is also given.
Little Green Heron, Butorides virescens
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
We've had the warmest January on record here on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia (and on the mainland too). The sun has barely come out all month though and the weather has been distinctly uninspiring for photography. No sun. No mist. No snow. Just an endlessly white or grey sky that's kind of driving me crazy! So here's my ode to spring...I'm really looking forward to it this year. Bring it on! Thanks to dog ma for the texture.
I found this little gold bee pin at an antique flea market this weekend. I'm pretty sure he's going to find his way into many more photos. ;)
Captured this moment of a baby robin hatching before my eyes
Published in October, 2013 edition of Photography Monthly (UK) under readers pictures entitled fur and feathers.
Made the to 25 in the "Color in Focus" contest and will be featured in an e-book.
We have new chickens at home having lost our girls and Fred the Cockerel to Mr Blooming Fox last year. A friend asked if we would re-home them as she was emigrating, they have been closed up in their pen for three weeks but as I'm not good at caged "anything" we decided they can now start exploring.. they seem to like this messy corner behind the sheds. The cockerel is not nearly as handsome as Fred was, but thankfully he's not quite as loud, and also seems to like a lie in in the mornings so doesn't get us up at the crack of dawn.
Los huevos de gallina mapuche ( los azules o celestes o verdes) son bajos en colesterol
Mapuche hen eggs are low in cholesterol (light blue or light green)
This bird's nest has been in our mailbox for over a year, in the paper compartment. We noticed it last year, and since we don't get the newspaper anymore, we just left it. So early this month I decided it was time to clean it out of there, and I was startled to find there were blue eggs in it! They were very small, about the size of my thumb nail. I think these are bluebird eggs. They were too small to be robin eggs, and the pattern did not match up with the red-winged blackbirds. All are prevalent in our yard.
We have lots of birds in our area, and lots of bluebirds.
I can't imagine how the eggs managed to stay intact all through last summer and this past winter. They were beautiful, and merited a photo.
August 3, 2020.
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Snowy Egret on the nest with 2 blue eggs, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park Rookery, St. Augustine, Florida.
Shannon O'Shea Wildlife Photography
Tri-colored Heron ~ three precious blue eggs
Florida Wetlands ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
In the Wild ~ Summer 2016 ~ Northeast Florida
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The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age.
The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida.
have you ever seen a blue egg?
today, i went to a poultry farm to buy some eggs and found the beautiufl blue eggs.
those are the chickens from Chili...Araucana kinds...
i am so happy to looking at the colors of the eggs. just a little find that make me all day so happy :)
have a nice week :D
A bowl of colorful eggs, pomegranate, and an avocado arranged on a wooden cutting board. I was playing around with the Lensbabies before getting serious about doing some stock photography. I used only natural light from the window and a piece of whit mat board as a reflector.
Camera: Nikon D810.
Lerns: Lensbaby Double Glass with the F5.6 aperture disk.
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I find happiness in the simple things of life....Mrs Robin built a nest in one of our shrubs,,,this is for Kim Klassen's course Beyond Layers II ....thanks to kim for her textures. I used the textures Zuzu and Let Go
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