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My little nymph prefers to sleep outside in an old bird nest then inside in a warm blanket. I'm always finding her hiding in the bushes or playing in the rain. I swear she just tolerates living with me. :I
Song Sparrows are nesting at all my favorite sparrow spots. The old machinery made a nice singing perch.
'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....
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.
Often with birdwatching it pays to wait! And so it was with this male Pardalote. He sat on the end of a branch, took his time then walked sideways along the branch and popped into a hole which i had identified as a possible nesting hole. I waited, then eventually he rewarded me by popping out!
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
A Northern Gannet, (Morus bassanus) with a beak-full of nesting material. Presumably the other eye was less obscured by strands of grass, as the skies were very busy with seabirds, so avoiding mid-air collision would seem tricky, yet I didn't see any birds collide.
Deux pygargues à tête blanche au nid.
Ils nichent entre février et avril.
J'ai quand même été surprise de les voir. Il faisait -25C ce matin.
Two bald eagles nesting. Their reproduction period last from February to April.
I was surprise to see them in their nest. We had -25C early this morning.
Many thanks for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers
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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A couple of weeks ago we spent a wonderful weekend on the Bellarine Peninsula in a fabulous original 1960s Barwon Heads beach shack.
We were lucky enough to see a pair of beautiful white faced Heron's nesting in the tree next door!
No, I'm not pregnant!! I'm just really into playing with textures! Until this weekend, I was a one-layer {at a time} girl! I think this shot was edited with five or six layers!!! The original is in my comments.
I'm off to comment!!!! Sorry you haven't heard from me today... I got carried away in Texture-ville!! ( "
Textures: Kim Klassen, SkeletalMess, Ash Imagery.