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female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus, Icteridae) with fiber for the nest rests on a cattail
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Venice is a residential, commercial and recreational beachfront neighborhood on the Westside of the city of Los Angeles.
Venice was founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it merged with Los Angeles. Today, Venice is known for its canals, beaches, and the circus-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half-mile pedestrian-only promenade that features performers, mystics, artists and vendors.
In 1839, a region called La Ballona that included the southern parts of Venice, was granted by the Mexican government to Machados and Talamantes, giving them title to Rancho La Ballona Later this became part of the Port Ballona
Venice, originally called "Venice of America," was founded by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town, 14 miles (23 km) west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought two miles (3.24 km) of oceanfront property south of Santa Monica in 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called Ocean Park, which was soon annexed to Santa Monica. After Ryan died, Kinney and his new partners continued building south of Navy Street. After the partnership dissolved in 1904, Kinney, who had won the marshy land on the south end of the property in a coin flip with his former partners, began to build a seaside resort like the namesake Italian city took it.
When Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905, Kinney had dug several miles of canals to drain the marshes for his residential area, built a 1,200-foot (370 m)-long pleasure pier with an auditorium, ship restaurant, and dance hall, constructed a hot salt-water plunge, and built a block-long arcaded business street with Venetian architecture. Tourists, mostly arriving on the "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, then rode Venice's miniature railroad and gondolas to tour the town. But the biggest attraction was Venice's mile-long gently sloping beach. Cottages and housekeeping tents were available for rent.
The population (3,119 residents in 1910) soon exceeded 10,000; the town drew 50,000 to 150,000 tourists on weekends.
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Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Delray Beach, FL
I always enjoy the antics of these little beauties. One moment they're preening peacefully and the next minute they're locked in a duel to the death, racing around the garden at breakneck speed. Thanks again for visiting.
For several years now, falcons have been nesting in the gable wall of a neighboring listed industrial building in Berlin, Germany.
Birdhouse and lots of cobwebs at our barn. Never seen anything like this before. The birds are getting lax. :-)
The better half! The female Red-bellied Woodpecker was sharing the feeding duties with the male. This nest was only about 20 feet away from me, as I was walking on a board walk.
A Larinioides patagiatus on our balcony.
I used an extension tube and a reverse ring with my old Nikkor 50mm 1.8D set to f11 to capture this one.
Mom is doing some housekeeping chores while the young one watches her leave. Their were three little ones in the nest. This one does not seem any too happy to see her leave. Feeding was continuous with both mom and dad taking turns with the duties.
A South Shore Trainman is sweeping the steps of snow so passengers can board at Bendix, South Bend on New Years weekend 1977.
Bempton Cliffs. This seems to be a new nest site, the gannet is clearing small stones from the ledge and awaiting nesting material.
Housekeeping !
Also this year I picked up the plan to follow the stork's nest at restaurant "'t Stokske" in Moergestel ( The Netherlands ). My first visit was on March 4, 2022. This picture is taken on the 16th of March ! Visit the album : 2022 Ooievaarsnest 't Stokske Moergestel ( Gemeente Oisterwijk ) Noord-Brabant for this lovely couple !
Red-headed woodpecker takes out the trash; chick poop mixed with wood chips.
Backlit in direct sunlight, against bright clouds.
Housekeeping is a seemingly never ending process for more than just people. Blue herons can take many weeks to construct their nests. The male does most of the gathering, handing off the twigs to his partner, who does most of the construction. He frequently seems tentative, waiting to see if the twig he has brought home will please her.
Detail view of pure chrysotile asbestos fiber-bundles protruding from the Tex-Knit brand "miracle" ironing-board cover material, made with high-percentage chrysotile-asbestos.
This particular cotton-asbestos textile blend is advertised as "ASBESTON" and winner of a 1947 safety award on the product's labeling, as well as guaranteed by Good Housekeeping and claimed to be used in over 4-million households at that time; a product made by U.S. Rubber Co. and Textile Mills of Chicago, Illinois.
A Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) tidy's up its cavity in preparation for the upcoming nesting season. Chickadees are secondary cavity excavators. They lack tools like a sturdy, sharp beak, strong neck muscles, and reinforced skulls to penetrate the bark. Instead, they look existing holes, typically excavated by woodpeckers, and will work on removing the soft inner pulp until they've created a cozy cavity to their liking. Caro and I watched this pair doing just that in this old flowering dogwood snag.
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf