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This bee is best known for the habit of cutting semi circles from leaf's with the large jaws to make sausage-shaped cells in their cavities from the leaf segments. Can be seen and found in habitats such as gardens, parks etc from May-August.
The central black 'anchor' mark on the face would help show that this species is a common wasp. This is the wasp that will readily enter houses and can be found in various habitats such as gardens and parks. Just goes to show that even insects like to have a clean to help stay in shape as seen here. A typical cavity nester that will nest in aerial situations and in the ground. Seen from mid March to mid November.
The Little Owl is not a native species, having been introduced to Britain in the 1870s, but it appears to have occupied a vacant niche without having any detrimental impact on other species. Numbers and breeding distribution increased gradually, reaching an estimated breeding population of between 4,000 and 8,500 pairs at the time of Project Barn Owl. The current distribution extends across England, north to the Scottish borders and west into Wales, where it is largely confined to Anglesey and to eastern parts of the country. There have been very few records from Ireland.
Pairs remain on their breeding territories throughout the year, with territorial calling evident during autumn – when young birds are searching for breeding territories – and again during spring. Small cavities are favoured for breeding, these often located within hedgerow trees or the walls of old agricultural buildings. Favoured nesting chambers tend to be located some distance from the cavity entrance and with little daylight reaching them. The male will often perch close to the nest cavity while his mate is incubating her clutch of eggs.
Little Owls often hunt from a perch, taking small mammals and large invertebrates, including earthworms, cockchafers and other beetles. There is evidence to suggest that breeding success is linked to the availability of small mammals, though some pairs evidently do well on other prey; a pair breeding on the island of Skomer, for example, took a large number of Storm Petrels (Courtesy BTO).
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A female Downy who very briefly stopped from excavating a nesting cavity.
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Tel un Petit duc maculé, cette Chouette rayée a choisi cette cavité pour se reposer pendant la journée et faire un brin de toilette.
Just like an Eastern Screech Owl this Barred Owl chose this cavity for the day to rest and preen itself.
Merci Sylvain...
Chouette rayée
Barred Owl
Strix Varia
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J'ai eu le privilège, avec mon ami Sylvain, d'entendre la délicieuse mélodie de cette Chouette rayée. Vous la voyez ici en plein chant la gorge gonflée. Elle s'est avancée un peu plus sur les abords de la cavité pour nous offrir son air harmonieux et puissant. Doux bonheur !
What a privilege to hear this Barred Owl singing powerfully its aria with my friend Sylvain. You can see here that its neck is all puffed up from the singing. It moved forward of the cavity to offer its most beautiful and harmonious song.
Chouette rayée
Barred Owl
Stix varia
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Mother Nature creates perfect teeth with these icicle-covered branches at the shore of Lake Ontario.
Bien cachée au fond de sa cavité pendant la journée le deuxième bébé Chouette rayée se montra aux abords de la cavité alors que nous nous apprêtions à quitter.
Well hidden in the cavity during the day (we thought it had already left) this second owlet appeared around the cavity as we were leaving.
Chouette rayée - Juvénile
Barred Owl - Juvenile
Stix varia
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Two adorable raccoon kits peeking out of a tree cavity. Baby raccoons are up there on the top of the list for the cutest babies in my opinion!
I posted this shot to show the whole nest cavity of the cute little Gray Morph Eastern Screech Owl. Pennypack Trail, Huntingdon Valley Bryn Athyn PA.
* Le Gardeur, Québec, Canada *
• Formerly the rural parish of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite established in 1856 and former town located 35 km east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Le Gardeur is now a district of the city of Repentigny.
• Anciennement la paroisse rurale de Saint-Paul-l'Ermite fondée en 1856 et ancienne ville située à 35 km à l'est de Montréal, Québec, Canada. Le Gardeur est maintenant un quartier de la ville de Repentigny.
• Anteriormente la parroquia rural de St. Paul el Ermitaño fundada en 1856 y antigua ciudad situada a 35 km al este de Montreal, Quebec, Canadá. Le Gardeur es ahora un distrito de la ciudad de Repentigny.
Red-bellied Woodpecker creating a nesting cavity high in Shagbark Hickory tree. The woods rattle from the activity.
Common and abundant permanent resident.
Sparrows inspecting a branch cavity.
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A rock face pitted and colored by a near constant flow of water.
Thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29050464@N06] I now know this is a copper stain which makes sense as they do a lot of copper mining in this area.
This little guy was sunning himself in the same exact spot I saw him last year! It was so cute to see him in the heart shaped cavity.
A surprise encounter on a recent trip up to the Sierra’s. I was busy shooting some landscapes when I saw this guy leave this cavity. Grabbed my big lens and got some great shots of both the male and female. This guy completed my California woodpecker list.
I had the recent pleasure to spend some time on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca , Mexico....a daily walk in a park near to my hotel yielded a load of new and wonderful bird species. Including this VERY TINY Pygmy Owl...even better , it was nesting in a cavity of a palm tree , and it showed itself quite willingly. My first time seeing and photographing this tiny tropical version of its cousin the Northern Pygmy Owl. I spent a few minutes with it, observed it moving about the park , barely able to see it when it landed on various perches! This little owl measures maybe 6 inches in length and weighs very little!!! Amazing little one isnt it!!!
A European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) brings food to its young in a nest cavity of an old tree tree on the edge of the Great Sandhills south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1 June, 2011.
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"Skałki PIEKŁO pod Niekłaniem" reserve - the Stąporków Forest District. My wife and I went on this trip spontaneously, it's only 50 km. We arrived at the parking lot in the late afternoon. You still had to walk with a backpack and a tripod about 3 km to the place of the reserve, which for me (after the collapse) was quite a challenge. In the slowly falling dusk, in the middle of the forest, majestic rocks, approx. 150 m long and 7 m high, have emerged. Established in the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago, it was then a coastal zone of the shallow sea covering the present Świętokrzyskie Mountains. We were on our way back when it was getting dark and rain was falling - but it was worth it.
Hitech ND 0.9 ( x8 ) GRAD SOFT (85x110) .
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This Northern Flicker is looking out from a cavity that it had been busy excavating as a nest site (see this photo of it at work www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/51498454866/in... and another view of it at the cavity entrance www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/51499171034/in... ). This is a male intergrade (between the red-shafted and yellow-shafted forms), recognized by its red malar stripe and red nape patch. This individual was seen near the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Little Owl - Athena noctua (M)
The little owl (Athene noctua) is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa. It was introduced into Britain at the end of the nineteenth century and into the South Island of New Zealand in the early twentieth century.
This owl is a cavity nester and a clutch of about four eggs is laid in spring. The female does the incubation and the male brings food to the nest, first for the female and later for the newly hatched young. As the chicks grow, both parents hunt and bring them food, and the chicks leave the nest at about seven weeks of age.
The distribution is widespread across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Its range in Eurasia extends from the Iberian Peninsula and Denmark eastwards to China and southwards to the Himalayas. In Africa it is present from Mauritania to Egypt, the Red Sea and Arabia. The bird has been introduced to New Zealand, and to the United Kingdom, where it has spread across much of England and the whole of Wales.
This is a sedentary species which is found in open countryside in a great range of habitats. These include agricultural land with hedgerows and trees, orchards, woodland verges, parks and gardens, as well as steppes and stony semi-deserts. It is also present in treeless areas such as dunes, and in the vicinity of ruins, quarries and rocky outcrops. It sometimes ventures into villages and suburbs. In the United Kingdom it is chiefly a bird of the lowlands, and usually occurs below 500 m (1,600 ft).
In continental Europe and Asia it may be found at much higher elevations; one individual was recorded from 3,600 m (12,000 ft) in Tibet.
The little owl is territorial, the male normally remaining in one territory for life. However the boundaries may expand and contract, being largest in the courtship season in spring. The home range, in which the bird actually hunts for food, varies with the type of habitat and time of year. Little owls with home-ranges that incorporate a high diversity of habitats are much smaller (< 2 ha) than those which breed in monotonous farmland (with home-ranges over 12 ha).
The little owl is partly diurnal and often perches boldly and prominently during the day. If living in an area with a large amount of human activity, little owls may grow used to humans and will remain on their perch, often in full view, while people are around. The little owl has a life expectancy of about sixteen years. However, many birds do not reach maturity; severe winters can take their toll and some birds are killed by road vehicles at night, so the average lifespan may be on the order of three years.
Breeding Bird Survey data suggest that little owl numbers are declining, with the UK population estimated to be down by 24 per cent between 1995 and 2008.
UK breeding:
5,700 pairs
Chestnut Teals look beautiful floating on the water and that's where I'm used to photograph them. I came upon this male when he was inspecting a cavity in a dead tree some 3 meters above the ground. That's what the Wood Ducks usually do when looking for a suitable nesting site. I wonder what he had in mind.
Cavity Inspector - Female Great-horned Owl inspecting a tree cavity (I believe the tree is some type of walnut). While these owls didn't end up selecting this cavity for a nest, it was a treat to observe and capture this image, thanks to my buddy who puts in a lot of work observing and photographing this species among other owls.
Species: Great-horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R7 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/5s, ISO: 2500, f/7.1 @800mm EFL, On Tripod, Remote Release
This little guy was sunning himself in the same exact spot I saw him last year! It was so cute to see him in the heart shaped cavity.
This owl has its eyes partially open and is leaning out of its tree cavity because a pair of White-breasted Nuthatches and a lone Black-capped Chickadee decided to try to mob it - behaviour that alerted me to the owl’s presence. I had walked by it twice in different directions, which says something about how much more alert you are if you might be the next meal.
Whenever I return to Ottawa from intensive work events - I often visit locations with high pressure disputes and stay until they are resolved or on the path to resolution - the first thing I do is grab a camera and head out to the woods or the River. Getting out takes me far away from that kind of intensity, and in the healthiest way I know.
And then getting to find an owl makes it even better. Late afternoon light and the leaning out made me think this might be a decent image. I would have liked to get one or more of the mobbing birds in the frame but they were pretty wary, sticking to flying at the owl and then veering back to nearby branches. I quickly secured a dozen images and moved on, with a spring in my step.
Some of the most beautiful plumage on any Screech-owl is on its wing feathers, and the lean out here shows just a glimpse of them.
"Barn Owls nest and roost in cavities, abandoned barns and other buildings, and dense trees. At night, Barn Owls hunt by flying low, back and forth over open habitats, searching for small rodents primarily by sound. Up to 46 different races of the Barn Owl have been described worldwide. The North American form is the largest, weighing more than twice as much as the smallest race from the Galapagos Islands. Barn Owl females are somewhat showier than males. She has a more reddish and more heavily spotted chest. The spots may indicate the quality of the female. Heavily spotted females get fewer parasitic flies and may be more resistant to parasites and diseases. The spots may also stimulate the male to help more at the nest. In an experiment where some females’ spots were removed, their mates fed their nestlings less often than for females whose spots were left alone. The Barn Owl has excellent low-light vision, and can easily find prey at night by sight. But its ability to locate prey by sound alone is the best of any animal that has ever been tested." Information from the All About Birds website, www.allaboutbirds.org, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor - Hirundinidae) at their nest in a cavity in a branch of a poplar tree (Populus deltoides, - Salicaceae).
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area,
Leopold Wetland Management District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Waukau, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolour) adult at the entrance to its nest cavity in an old stump in the camping area of Lake Newell Provincial Park south of Brooks, Alberta, Canada.
26 May, 2016.
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck nesting in tree cavity - I learned that Black-bellied Whistling ducks are cavity nesters. I also watched a changing of the guard as the pair switched spots on the nest.
Australian Capital Territory
From eBird: Large white cockatoo with a spectacular plumed yellow crest and dark bill. Often erects its crest immediately upon landing. Occurs in a wide variety of woodland habitats, including urban parks and gardens. Calls include extremely loud harsh screeches lacking any musical quality whatsoever. Commonest call, both in flight and when perched, is a very harsh grating note. When perched, vocabulary more diverse, with most notes having similar tonal quality to flight call, combined with nasal squeals and squawks.
We were on the hunt for Gang Gang and Glossy-Black Cockatoos when we came upon this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at her nest hole. Although the bird flew in and out several times with food, we didn't get to see her feed the chicks as they stayed hidden in the nest cavity.
Even though the Northern Flicker as a species is not particularly heavy, weighing some 130 grams (less than 5 oz) on average, it is nevertheless a substantial bird {as I have appreciated while holding them during banding}. An indication of that heft comes from the size of the nest cavity, which is about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. The compact sturdiness of a Northern Flicker stands it well in winter, when the primary diet of insects (especially ants and ant larvae) is mainly replaced by berries and seeds. This image shows both the red malar stripes of a male — in this case of the intergrade form (although the red nape is not visible, this is the same individual as here: www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/51498454866/in... ).
This Northern Flicker was removing dried grasses from a cavity, apparently in preparation for nesting. This intriguing behaviour was witnessed in Carburn Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The bird doing some ‘housework’ here is a male of the red-shafted form.
This photo, and my last post are both images from a Screamin'Sicilian pizza box. I blacked out everything but the teeth and the lines. HSS!
The two parents of this cavity nest were making very regular trips to collect food and then bring it back to feed the four youngsters inside. The older ones were about to fledge and would climb up to look around.
It appeared the parents were encouraging their kiddos to get out of the nest and learn how to forage. When I checked on them the next day, I didn't see any activity at the nest.
It is interesting that most of the young starlings around the area were fledging at the same time, and we saw small multi-family flocks of mature and immature birds feeding on lawns and farm fields. Later in the year, they will form big flocks and participate in the amazing murmuration activity that starlings are known for.