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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.
Listening to Carole King today… another old Rocker that’s made beautiful music for a number of years.
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.
Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter.
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The Hooded Merganser:
Spotted this Female Hooded Merganser Strutting Her Stuff after finishing a breakfast of Frog Legs alfresco. The legs were still attached to the frog, so it took her awhile to dine, but she seems to have had a Happy Ending : )
Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a “nictitating membrane,” which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases, they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water.
The oldest recorded Hooded Merganser was a male and at least 14 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mississippi in 2009. He had been banded in Minnesota in 1995.
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Wikipedia: The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa. It is a distinctive cinnamon colored bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop". It is native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. It spends most of the time on the ground probing for grubs and insects. The clutch of seven to eight eggs is laid in an existing cavity. The eggs are incubated by the female and hatch asynchronously. Some ornithologists treat the African and Madagascar hoopoes as subspecies of the Eurasian hoopoe.
Nine subspecies of Eurasian hoopoe are recognized by Kristin (in the 2001 Handbook of the Birds of the World). They vary mostly in size and the depth of color in the plumage. A further subspecies has been proposed: U. e. orientalis in northwestern India.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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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
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Mother Nature creates perfect teeth with these icicle-covered branches at the shore of Lake Ontario.
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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The largest accessible cave in the western Harz offers interesting insights into animal and geological history. Thousands of years ago bears and wolves lived there. The cave in a forest area near the Herzberg district of Scharzfeld is a naturally formed cavity in 270 million year old Zechstein dolomite rock. The cave is the information center of the Harz Geopark and a natural and cultural monument.
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
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* 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.
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!
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Flycatching
Conservation : Low Concern
A male Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) discovered a treasure trove of nutrients likely stored by another bird in a cavity in the rough bark of the aspen poplar in the woods east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
29 December, 2022.
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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.
Sparrows inspecting a branch cavity.
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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 Red-bellied Woodpecker pops its head out of a tree cavity that it has been excavating. There were two of them working on it, so I suspect that if all goes well, they will be raising little ones within the cavity soon.
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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.
The Tumblagooda Sandstone is a geological formation deposited between four and five hundred million years ago. At that time, this area of Australia was covered by a shallow sea. The sandstone was formed by the accumulation of sand and other sediments in the shallow sea, which were then buried and compacted over time to form the rock that is now exposed at the Kalbarri Cliffs in Western Australia. The rock on the right shows tafoni, cavity features that develop in vertical exposures of granular rock. The common factors in the environments in which they are found are high salt concentrations and frequent or occasional drying conditions.
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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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
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!!!
On my only morning visit to this cavity, she was staring for a prolonged period at something below, but I could see nothing.
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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.
"Several cavity-nesting birds, including the common starling, use yarrow to line their nests. Experiments conducted on the tree swallow, which does not use yarrow, suggest that adding yarrow to nests inhibits the growth of parasites."
Achillea millefolium is a food source for many species of insects, including the larvae of a number of moths, although is not particularly attractive to ladybirds."
A small owl species known for its plump body, large round head, and striking yellow eyes. It's widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, inhabiting open countryside, farmlands, orchards, woodlands, and even urban areas. Its found only in the higher Himalayan ranges of India in the northern most states.
Little owls have greyish-brown plumage with white spots and streaks, providing excellent camouflage in their surroundings. They are mainly nocturnal but are often seen perched prominently during the day. We sighted 3 -4 of them in our Ladakh trip - all of them early in the morning or late evenings.
These owls are carnivorous and primarily feed on insects, earthworms, small mammals like Voles, Pika, birds, and reptiles. They typically hunt from a perch, swooping down to catch their prey with sharp talons or their beak. They are monogamous and nest in cavities, such as holes in trees, cliffs, buildings, or even abandoned rabbit burrows. We sighted a parent with a vole kill in our trip. The Vole was pretty big for the owl, but would probably be sufficient for its 3 chicks that are nearing fledgling state.
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Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida, USA.
We got back to where this owl was around 10:15 AM. You can see that even that early, the sun was fairly high in the sky and the light was harsher than I would have liked. Still, I liked the shot enough to post it. Notice how well the owl blends into its surroundings.
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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.
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.
"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.
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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
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Small Animals
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Aerial Dive
Conservation : Low Concern
"North America’s littlest falcon, the American Kestrel packs a predator’s fierce intensity into its small body. It's one of the most colorful of all raptors: the male’s slate-blue head and wings contrast elegantly with his rusty-red back and tail; the female has the same warm reddish on her wings, back, and tail. Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory, kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind, flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place. Kestrels are declining in parts of their range; you can help them by putting up nest boxes... Unlike humans, birds can see ultraviolet light. This enables kestrels to make out the trails of urine that voles, a common prey mammal, leave as they run along the ground. Like neon diner signs, these bright paths may highlight the way to a meal—as has been observed in the Eurasian Kestrel, a close relative."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
This baby owl is looking miserable and grumpy due to rain on its second full day out of the nest 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.
Particularly intelligent, the black redstart is a resourceful species. It often frequents rooftops, chimneys and antennas. During the night, it prefers crevices of walls or rock cavities instead. When not in flight, it is perched on overhangs of buildings or other perches, characteristic wiggling its tail. On the ground it proceeds in small hops.
Originally the black redstart was living almost exclusively in rocky areas, but already in the 18th and 19th centuries, due to the increasing urbanisation and expansion of cities, it spread to the plains and then into the cities and villages, using buildings and high-rises instead of its native, alpine and rocky habitat. It nests at a maximum altitude of 3200m and it’s a very widespread species. It’s funny song is strident and it starts way before sunrise, giving the start signal to the birds for their morning concert.
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) male_w_5038
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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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
AP210339m
South Staffordshire Railway Walk (Himley)
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The Great Tit (Parus major) is a widespread, common, and adaptable songbird known for its bright plumage, distinctive calls, and bold behavior in gardens, parks, and woodlands across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Identification
Great tits are the largest members of the tit family in their range and are easily recognizable.
Plumage:
They have a striking glossy black head and bib, prominent white cheeks, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts with a bold black stripe running down the center of the breast and belly.
Sexual Dimorphism:
Males have a broader and more prominent black stripe down the belly than females, a feature used by females to assess a mate's quality.
Juveniles:
Young birds have a similar pattern to adults but with duller, more subdued colors and yellowish-white cheeks.
Habitat and Behavior:
Originally woodland birds, great tits have successfully adapted to human-modified environments like parks, gardens, and urban areas. They are common garden visitors and readily use garden nest boxes.
Vocalization:
They have a large and varied repertoire of calls, the most familiar being a high-pitched, two-syllable "teacher-teacher" or "tsee-dee" song, often heard in the spring.
Diet:
They are opportunistic omnivores. In spring and summer, their diet primarily consists of protein-rich insects and spiders, especially caterpillars for their young. In autumn and winter, they switch to seeds, nuts (like beechmast and hazelnuts), and berries, and are frequent visitors to bird feeders for suet, peanuts, and sunflower seeds.
Intelligence:
Great tits are known for their problem-solving abilities and intelligence. Historically, they learned to break the foil caps of milk bottles to get the cream, and in lab settings, they can figure out how to get food from puzzles. In rare instances, they have been recorded preying on hibernating bats in winter when food is scarce.
Nesting
Great tits are monogamous during the breeding season. They are cavity nesters, building a cup-shaped nest of moss, grass, and hair in tree holes, rock crevices, or nest boxes. The female incubates a clutch of 5-12 eggs alone, but both parents feed the chicks, which fledge after 16–22 days.