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This bird is nesting inside a multiflora rose bush with a lot of sharp thorns.
What a smart little bird!
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Yeah, it was hard getting my little birdie in and out of that nest! Sharp sharp thorns!
..for many days, while Dad stands guard, the Mother duck will hunt for the perfect spot in the marsh for her nest.
Here she is with her prize just after she broke it off the poplar tree. Checking her surroundings before she takes off I think... then, up and away, immediately transferring it to her talons....as I managed to catch in the previous photo!
Look at the size of the twigs and branches she likes to gather for the nest. Perhaps it doesn't look like much, but when you consider her size ... which is huge....it's a good sized branch... and, this is one of the smaller ones I've seen her carrying...
Have a look at this video if you'd like some info on the nests of eagles.
This is the Female Bald Eagle. I have found out which is which now... see that little black mark on her outside tail feather? ... That tells me it is her. I have "mating" photos of them and know from those which is the female.....the only way I can tell when they are apart is this mark.
They say the females have longer tails than the males...but, you can only see that if they are sitting side by side... this little bit of colour is a dead give-a-way.... I'm so glad I noticed it...
'a new home' make take three or four days to build with spiders silk being the key to holding all those different materials together....their eggs are so tiny that it takes at least one hundred to make an omelet...the largest humming bird lays an egg weighing 1.4 grams (smallest .4) with a large chicken egg weighting forty times that....
The spectacular cliffs at Fowlsheugh are packed with more than 130,000 breeding seabirds during the spring and summer months. These include guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes, along with some puffins and fulmars too. If you're lucky, you might also spot grey seals and dolphins in the water here. Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/fowlsheu... Address: RSPB Fowlsheugh, Crawton, Stonehaven AB39 2TP. Grid ref: NO879808. A colourful coastal cliff top walk over grassland to view thousands of seabirds with a stunning backdrop of 30-metre sea cliffs should not be missed. Although the seabird experience is limited to May to early August, Fowlsheugh provides a great walk for all months of the year. A small shelter at the end of the trail overlooks the breeding ledges. The cliffs, mostly basalt and conglomerates of Old Red Sandstone, form a rock face with innumerable holes and ledges, providing ideal sites for cliff nesting seabirds.
Taken this January at the Audubon Rookery in Venice, Florida. Since anhingas do not have water proof feathers, they are often found on a perch drying their wings after diving for prey.
From a short walk in the area at the northern end of Lake Flynder near Vinderup, Denmark - April 30, 2021.
It's that time again.. lots of wood storks nesting in Wakodahatchee wetlands. They seem to like building nests on crab apple trees.
Delray Beach, Florida
Do you see what I see? It was harder to get this shot than I would have thought. I could have used an even bigger zoom lens, and well traffic. This mourning dove is still resting here upon my last drive by. I wonder what she thinks of all the bright green lights every so often.
This bald eagle jettisoned some nesting material it had in it's talons just before arriving at it's nest in Indian River County near Vero Beach, Florida.
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Galah
Scientific Name:Eolophus roseicapillus
Description: The Galah can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Birds from the west of Australia have comparatively paler plumage. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.
Similar species: The Galah is generally unmistakable, but in flight may resemble aGang-gang Cockatoo in shape.
Distribution: The Galah is one of the most abundant and familiar of the Australian parrots, occurring over most of Australia, including some offshore islands.
Habitat: The Galah is found in large flocks in a variety of timbered habitats, usually near water.
Feeding: Galahs form huge, noisy flocks which feed on seeds, mostly from the ground. Seeds of grasses and cultivated crops are eaten, making these birds agricultural pests in some areas. Birds may travel large distances in search of favourable feeding grounds.
Breeding: Galahs form permanent pair bonds, although a bird will take a new partner if the other one dies. The nest is a tree hollow or similar location, lined with leaves. Both sexes incubate the eggs and care for the young. There is high chick mortality in Galahs, with up to 50 % of chicks dying in the first six months. Galahs have been recorded breeding with other members of the cockatoo family, both in the wild and captivity. These include the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, C. galerita.
Calls: The voice is a distinctive high-pitched screech, 'chi-chi'.
Minimum Size: 35cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 36cm
Average weight: 337g
Breeding season: February to July in the north; July to December in the south
Clutch Size: 3 to 4
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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