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Moorhens are sometimes known as the "skitty coots"
The name moorhen is misleading and is, in fact, a corruption of mirehen or marshhen, which gives a much truer picture of its natural habitat. Since, however, it is essentially a wild bird of an independent nature, it usually keeps its distance from human intruders and, except in severe weather, does not join the rush for social security handouts of crumbs so eagerly accepted by the tamer members of the duck population.
Second in my series of nesting birds we observed at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
This American Coot nest didn't conform to the norm. Here's what the Cornell Lab says about coot nests: "Nests are almost always built over water on floating platforms and almost always associated with dense stands of living or dead vegetation such as reeds, cattails, bulrushes, sedges, and grasses."
This nest was far from any living or dead vegetation and was far from the edge of the lake.
A brief visit to the Farne Island allowed me to add a few more bird images to my gallery. This Puffin was flying straight towards me with a beak full of nesting material.
SoCal. These herons provided lots of opportunities to work on my camera technique as they predictably harvested nesting material from an area close to their nests. I still had a tough time getting them in focus.
A turtle takes a break after carefully digging a nest for her eggs on a sandy beach by Lake Erie in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.
In the summer of 2001, as a present to myself, I purchased a Canon FD 200 mm bayonet mount lens. This roll of film was my first test roll shot with it. I still have the lens and regard it as one the best in my collection.
Check out an album containing more of my photos shot in 2001.
Canon FTb
Canon FD 200 mm f/2.8 S.S.C. bayonet mount telephoto lens
Kodak Royal Gold 100 ISO film.
Scanned using a Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED with the FH-835S 35mm strip film tray.
Chorlitejo grande - Charadrius hiaticula - Common ringed plover or ringed plover, es una especie de ave caradriforme de la familia Charadriidae que habita en Eurasia y norte de África. Las aves limícolas son parte de las Charadriiformes. Son un grupo de aves acuáticas relativamente diverso. - Charadrius hiaticula - Common ringed plover or ringed plover, It is a species of caradriform bird in the family Charadriidae that lives in Eurasia and northern Africa. Wading birds are part of the Charadriiformes. They are a relatively diverse group of waterfowl.
I found the dry lavandula
I felt the sensation of nesting
I picked up the leaves and the hedera
I reaped the rose fruit
I made the liquidambar leaves branch
I composed the nest
I photographed
And in the end it flew away...
Insect nest under ground. Surreal image of woman in insect lair.
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Technique: Nesting Miner Bee Deconstruction.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 with highlight tone priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering with -1 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Il fratino (Charadrius alexandrinus) uccello simbolo delle spiagge è una specie in declino, si stima che attualmente vi siano soltanto circa 600 coppie nidificanti in Italia. Questo piccolo uccello (15-17 cm) del gruppo dei limicoli trascorre la sua vita sulle nostre spiagge e qui nidifica. I nidi non sono altro che piccole buche nella sabbia e sono quindi soggetti ad essere calpestati inavvertitamente dai bagnanti, portando così alla distruzione delle uova deposte. La difficile sopravvivenza di questa specie ben rappresenta la difficoltà di convivenza delle specie selvatiche con l’uomo che sempre più spesso sottrae loro la quasi totalità degli spazi vitali.
The Kentish (Charadrius alexandrinus) bird symbol of the beaches is a declining species, it is estimated that there are currently only about 600 pairs nesting in Italy. This little bird (15-17 cm) of the group of waders spends its life on our beaches and nests here. The nests are nothing more than small holes in the sand and are therefore subject to being inadvertently trampled on by bathers, thus leading to the destruction of laid eggs. The difficult survival of this species well represents the difficulty of coexistence of wild species with humans who increasingly deprives them of almost all of their living spaces.
"Egret Nesting Silhouette" by Patti Deters. An adult Great White Egret (Ardea alba) perches near her tree top nest with three baby chicks looking expectantly, probably hoping for some supper. This dark navy silhouette, created from my own photograph, is framed against a digital texture sunset background with shades of blue, pink, purple, and a bit of green. If you like this painterly minimal nature image, please enjoy more (wildlife, landscape, more) at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/egret-nesting-silhouette....
A Laysan albatross, or mōlī, returns to land at a breeding colony after many solitary months at sea. It tries out a nesting site, usually a simple scrape, while waiting for its returning mate. Albatrosses have uniquely complex and long duration courtship rituals that result in lifetime pair bonding.
"Nesting Pelican - Texture" by Patti Deters. This Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is sitting on her nest in a swampy marshy wetland. The male is the one to select the site of the nest, then the female does the building while the male gathers progressively smaller sticks for her. She moves and pushes sticks with her bill to form a comfortable nest cup. The male brings new material for the female to add throughout incubation and may even rearrange the nest. Pelican nests can measure up to 30 inches across. Both parents incubate the eggs and care for the young. This ground nest appears to be a simple depressions lined with grass. A light canvas texture overlay has been applied for artistic interest. If you like this outdoor nature photograph, please see more birds, wildlife, and digital artwork at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/nesting-pelican-texture-....
A Roseate Spoonbill vocalizing to its mate from the nest. A cormorant nest can be seen in the background. Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX. Kudos to Houston Audubon for conserving this important coastal rookery. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Fort William Historical Park
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Gotta love it when a lifer poses in it's typical nesting habitat. Prothonotary Warblers are cavity nesters and there were plenty of tree cavities in the area. They love swampy woodlands & this wetlands section qualifies. Their nickname is swamp warbler. The vegetation below it is aquatic and that is water in the upper left corner of this shot. This guy was taking a break from chasing a rival around the prime territory to forage for insects in the vegetation below him.
Male Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney
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