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The early bumblebee or early-nesting bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), is one of, but not necessarily the earliest bumblebee to emerge from hibernation - sometimes as early as February.
It is a small bumblebee with a wide distribution in most of Europe and parts of Asia. Often in gardens and visits a range of shrubs and perennials, especially raspberries and blackberries.
The queen is 15-18 mm, workers are 9-14 mm and males are 11-13 mm. The front part of the thorax is covered with yellow hairs, even though the thorax may be covered with yellow hairs entirely, especially in males.
De weidehommel (Bombus pratorum) is een kleine soort hommel, die veel in Nederland, bijna heel Europa en delen van Azië, voorkomt. De habitat bestaat uit weidegebieden, lichte bossen, tuinen en parken. Deze soort komt op vele planten voor, maar zit vroeg in het jaar op wilgen, bolgewassen, longkruid en later in het jaar op kruisbessen, braam, framboos en wilgenroosje.
Weidehommels hebben net als de aardhommel twee gele banden maar met een geel, oranje of rood/ achterstuk in plaats van wit. Ook kunnen de gele banden minder duidelijk zijn of zelfs geheel ontbreken. Mannetjes van de weidehommels zijn duidelijk meer geel behaard (kop, achterrand van het borststuk en grote delen van het achterlijf) dan de werksters. De koningin is 15 Ã 18 mm, de werkster 9 Ã 14 mm en het mannetje 11- Ã 13 mm lang.
Een volgroeide kolonie van de weidehommel bestaat uit 50 tot 200 werksters. Het nest zit bovengronds in composthopen en vogelnesten, maar ook onder stenen.
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This photo was taken at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
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The blue tits have been so busy today taking in as assortment of nesting material. They are not bothered by me standing at a distance with my telephoto lense.
...."I see you" Mama Loon sees everything. Her two babies are due to hatch on the 29th of June, I'm excited. Very difficult to catch focus with all the reeds on a moving kayak. I guess rodeo is good practise for me. As long as you keep moving she will remain on her nest. She has that do not disturb look.
The male selects the nest site. Loons can’t walk well on land, so nests are built close to a bank, often with a steep dropoff that allows the bird to approach the nest from underwater.
Male and female build the nest together over the course of a week in May or early June, making a mound out of dead plant materials such as sedges and marsh grasses that grow along the lake’s edge. Then one of the loons crawls on top of the mound and shapes the interior to the contours of its body. The finished nest is about 22 inches wide and looks like a clump of dead grasses by the edge of the water.
People have asked me about the nests but I won't dare tell them where they are located. I don't want anyone bothering them, it is bad enough speedboats zoom by. What happens in the Loon nest stays in the Loon nest ;-)
This is a Common loon nesting on a small island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. The legs on loons are positioned far back on their bodies, making them excellent swimmers and divers, but making them less mobile and slower on land. Hence they typically nest on the water’s edge, often on isolated, quiet lakes using materials that are readily available, like grass, leaves, and twigs. Loons usually lay 1-2 eggs, and both parents share incubation duties. The nesting period is sensitive to disturbances from humans or predators that can lead to nest abandonment. This photo was shot from a safe distance with a telephoto lens and then cropped.
Blue and Yellow Macaw couple at nesting Cavity in Brazil's Pantanal. What a pleasure it was to see and photograph so many different species of Macaw's! Judy Lynn and Gary Malloch put together a great trip!! Thanks for looking and I apologize for being a bad contact! I have been very busy and have had so many people ask about our images I just wanted to share some!!
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This dove was nesting in a tree outside the hotel, and her nest was about chest high to me. She was so sweet and calm as I photographed her.
A nesting pair of Grey Herons, photographed yesterday whilst enjoying a bright sunny day out at Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire,
As my good lady laughing said, it's almost as if one is saying to the other
''There you go, promised you a nest with a view''
Bright and with a cheerful song, these Eastern songbirds are a common nesting species in the summer. Maumee SP.
A cattle egret carrying nesting material into a tree full of egret nests in the Ria Formosa National Park.
March Point. Padilla Bay/Fidalgo Bay.
"Hosting one of the largest Great Blue Heron colonies in Western North America, this island of forest sits between Padilla and Fidalgo Bays. Vera and Bud Kinney donated this property to Skagit Land Trust in 1994 to protect the nesting herons. With the cooperation of neighboring landowners, each year, Skagit Land Trust conducts a nest count in the heronry. 680 heron nests were counted in 2019 in this relatively small area, which provides easy access to feeding grounds for the herons. Unfortunately, the Trust does not have access to all neighboring property, and therefore some heron nests are uncounted. The overall trend, however, shows increasing number of heron nests in the colony on SLT property and the property to which we have access -- and there are likely to be hundreds more nests on the adjacent property to which we do not have access." March Point Heronry
An ‘alae ‘ula constructs a nesting site in marsh embankment vegetation. The ‘alae ‘ula is an endangered, Hawaiian endemic subspecies of the common moorhen or gallinule. In Hawaiian mythology, the red shield is the result of scorching received while bringing fire from deities to humans.
Osprey is on the move to refurbish its' nest site.. in Central Park - Roseville, Minnesota.
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Took this shot 15days ago inside a railway shelter whilst standing on a bench with my arms above my head...............went back yesterday and 2chicks are now peeping out, will post a couple of them tomorrow :-)
Do wooden ducks lay stone eggs? This duck decoy is nestled next to a shrub in my apartment complex and stones have been placed next to it. Very strange.
Little Grebe getting on its nest with eggs , hidden behind the growing reeds . Captured from a hide on the Fowlmere reserve using a Canon 7D with a 300mm lens .
In mating plumage, a great blue heron delivers nesting material to its mate at the Viera Wetlands in Viera, Florida.
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