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Heron carrying branches back to its nest

Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida

A European Starling gathers more material for the nest.

Image of a Stork nesting in an abandoned dockside crane in Portimiao, Portugal.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

 

The Ruakaka estaury side. DoC only has a small area marked off for the bird nesting.

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.

Gannets at Muriwai.

  

Nesting platforms in the 'open' enclosure in the bird park near Bugibba have all been adopted by spoonbills. I couldn't be certain but I think there were eggs in at least one of the nests.These are African spoonbills (pink faces) that are not listed on Maltese bird lists and certainly not as breeders. It will be interesting to see if they manage to colonise using the bird park as a base.

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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Dawlish, a little town on the Devon coast, is famous for its black swans, introduced from Western Australia about 100 years ago.

Along the Rondout Reservoir near Grahamsville, NY.

A Mourning Dove carries a twig in the process of building a nest

Today there is a ceremony for my neighbour, who passed away last Saturday. Only a limited number of relatives will be able to attend, due to Corona measures.

Rest in peace, my friend.

 

photo by Pieter Lommerse

Pygargue à tête blanche en train de nicher.

Taken at Barton Marina

Where to see a heronry..The sight of a grey heron standing in solitary siege on rivers and waterways is one that is as familiar as it is bewitching. Yet for around three months of the year from February these distinctive-looking birds, with their crests, dagger bills and stilt-like legs come together to breed. A heronry is somewhere herons have nested for many generations and on certain Wildlife Trust reserves it’s possible to catch a rare glimpse of up to 40 nests teetering in the tree-tops at any one time

A male Guianan trogon flies towards a cavity it is digging to make a nest from.

"Northern Flickers usually excavate nest holes in dead or diseased tree trunks or large branches. In northern North America look for nests in trembling aspens, which are susceptible to a heartrot that makes for easy excavation. Unlike many woodpeckers, flickers often reuse cavities that they or another species excavated in a previous year. Nests are generally placed 6-15 feet off the ground, but on rare occasions can be over 100 feet high. Northern Flickers have been known to nest in old burrows of Belted Kingfishers or Bank Swallows"

 

from allaboutbirds.org

COLLECTING NESTING MATERIAL

This is another shot of the female Vermillion Flycatcher from the Rocking R6 Ranch. This ranch is located about 20 miles north of Larado, Texas and is well worth the trip to visit.

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in central Minnesota

ODC-Nest or Nesting

 

Another name for these is Matryoshka Dolls. These are hand painted. I got them from Russia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll

Fishlake Meadows Romsey.

Near top of tall tree

 

Here are some more images from this morning's observations of the activity. Nesting material being brought in, feasting on breakfast, and repositioning on a branch.

nesting gulls...are they gulls?

Small Boats, North Nesting, Shetland, Scotland

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