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Red Shouldered Hawk building a nest. I would've thought it a little late in the season, but what do I know?
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) cleans the nest then takes off to discard debris; SLO County; CA; USA; Canon 1DX; Canon 500mm lens + 1.4X; Gitzo Tripod; Topaz AI
From All About Birds: "NEST DESCRIPTION
Both male and female help build the remarkable hanging nest, a process that may go on for a month or more. The nest hangs up to a foot below its anchor point and has a hole in the side near the top that leads down into the nest bowl. The adults make a stretchy sac using spider webs and plant material, sometimes stretching the nest downward by sitting in it while it’s still under construction. They add insulating material such as feathers, fur, and downy plant matter and camouflage the outside with bits taken from nearby plants, including the tree the nest is built in. While the nest is active all the adults associated with it (the breeding pair plus helpers) sleep in it. The pair typically reuses the nest for its second brood of the season."
Just look where our Robin is nesting!!!😀
In our shed , top step of the ladder, behind my hubbys garden jacket.
Tucked away warm and safe.!
As you can see there are 5 eggs in the nest, made our day "hurray"😃
Well done Mrs. Robin.
Nest image and journal page collaged and printed atc size, then embellished with egg images and organza bow.
This was 1 of 2 atcs for the Graphicus Guild ATC Swap for March 2008 - Nature.
I always love to watch the weaver birds in the big aviary at our zoo. They are very active at the moment as they are building their sophisticated nests. Several trees in the aviary are full of these nest, a quite impressive sight. The weaver bird in this photo is a female chestnut-and-black weaver.
This nest was so small I would never have found it if a friend hadn't pointed it out to me. It was high up in a tree hidden behind a lot of branches and the wind was blowing, making for a challenging shot indeed.
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A pair of coots built a very impressive nest in our local pond. It is protected from humans and cats by a stretch of water and shielded from view by willow branches. There are 4 very cute chicks hatched recently and parents are currently very busy supplying food for them..
Both eagles were briefly in the nest on this afternoon (while I was there at least). Sometimes it is hard to leave a place. This was definitely one of those times.
We found a new pair of Bald Eagles making a nest nearby. This is going to be a great place to shoot! I hope they keep building here!
My third try at this nest, finally a better view.
Osprey facts:
Nests on artificial platforms, especially in a pair's first season, are relatively small—less than 2.5 feet in diameter and 3–6 inches deep. After generations of adding to the nest year after year, Ospreys can end up with nests 10–13 feet deep and 3–6 feet in diameter—easily big enough for a human to sit in.
Ospreys build large nests which can weight up to 200 lbs. They use sticks, grass, muck, seaweed, eelgrass, reeds, and often trash to build up their nests. Today, the estimated size of the population is above 650 nesting pairs (Wurst and Clark 2020).
(from 7 April)
Glaucidium gnoma,
Los Padres National Forest,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
We felt very fortunate to see this little owl briefly at its nest hole. After a number of people saw the owls into late April, suddenly they were not seen, so we assume something happened to the nest. Or . . .
(This is a very cropped photo.)
I am posting a series of photos in recognition of the Morro Bay Bird Festival going on now, 11-15 January 2024. If you haven't been, check it out next year, but plan early as it is very popular. (I have been a leader or co-leader each of the 26 years of the festival.)
Or, I found a peanut! Here is the story:
While photographing other birds, I was seeing a stream of magpies emerging from a clump of spruce trees carrying peanuts and flying off to hide them. At the peak of activity, there were probably a dozen magpies involved so I went to see what was up.
What I found was a number of magpies rummaging through a bunch of dried grasses mixed with paper, feathers, leaves and other materials. And they were pulling out peanuts. I quickly realized some unfortunate squirrel had its winter nest removed from the branches of a spruce tree and dumped on the ground. The nest was stuffed with its cache of peanuts that it had spent a long time collecting. I'll never know if the magpies, the wind, or some other critter did the initial damage.
The squirrel soon made an appearance and alternated between chasing the looters away (including blue jays), recovering its peanuts, and dragging its nesting material back up into the tree. Sometimes it just sat and ate a peanut. I guess chasing birds takes energy!
I felt sorry for the squirrel, as it probably took a lot of time and effort to build the thick, warm nest and stash so many peanuts in it. Of course, the magpies were unconcerned with the plight of the squirrel. They were merely taking advantage of an opportunity. The squirrel was doing its best to limit its losses but was not overly successful.
Photo descriptions:
Top Left - Black-billed magpie rummaging through the nesting material.
Top Right - Magpies showing off their peanut plunder. Many dozens of the peanuts were flown from the squirrel's cache to the magpies' hiding spots.
Bottom Left - Red squirrel recovering nesting material.
Bottom Centre - A blue Jay gets involved in the heist (they were not as persistent as the magpies).
Bottom Right - Rest & snack time. The offended red squirrel eating a red-skinned peanut.
Its that time of the year again where I once again look for my pair of local sparrowhawks.
I found them both some weeks ago. Last week I saw them both mating and now Im seeing them both start nest building.
This isnt the best picture Ive ever taken by a long shot but It tells a story. At this time of year the male will spend a lot of time nest building. The female will choose her favorite and then add the finishing touches.
I find them very gentle secretive birds thought Im sure the local bird population would disagree.
I cant wait to see if the are successful again this year.
One of the several eagle nests in my area that are used year after year to raise a new population of Bald Eagles. I'll be watching this one and hopefully documenting the event.
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This was taken late December of last year when the two Bald Eagles finally were able to start building the nest.
Crows in urban areas adapt to build their nests in combination with natural and plastic, thin wire materials.
Even then in finishing stages they prefer only natural twigs to cushion their nests.
We have been watching this nest for about 4weeks. this is the second time I have seen her off of the nest.
This is a close-up photo of the concentric 'paper' layers of the top of a hornet's nest, where it had been attached under the eaves. The co-ordination of the co-operative construction, and the engineering of the sophisticated structure are a marvel of instinctual intelligence.
The great horned owls welcomed an owlet in a recycled osprey nest. The nest is conveniently at a stop light. Literally. Last year 2 owlets called this home.
A view of Winter Harbor, Mt Desert Narrows seen from the vantage point of Raven's Nest on the Schoodic Peninsula. Fog ever present on the day :) - Acadia National Park.
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) perched on a tree trunk with nest building material – wood shavings, I believe – in its mouth.
Wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) siedząca na pniu drzewa z materiałem do budowy gniazda – chyba drewnianymi wiórami – w pyszczku.