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I had been hoping to take a better picture of this contented goose, but she has pretty much disappeared behind the bulrushes now...
...of Red Bellied Woodpeckers. The amount of work and dedication involved in raising just one chick was amazing and such a privilege to observe and shoot.
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Not my usual thing ... but I've had a grouchy, unwilling model lately. :) This tiny bird's nest is smaller than my thumbnail - I made it out of moss. It's resting on a vintage French book page, with some tiny twigs and a teeny feather ... that gold bokeh is a golden wing. :) I would have liked a deeper dof in hindsight, but Little Miss A insisted it was tea party time. In honor of my "nesting" instinct with this little bub in my tummy.
Another of the May Island residents, for the time being at least are the Fulmars rather pretty little seabirds related to the Albatross, as can be seen by their rather strange looking bill with its blowhole arrangement on top and bright pinks, yellows and pale blue colouration.
This pair of tree swallows is nesting in our swallow house for the second year. The female is fond of sitting on the clothesline wheel. (Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
Nesting Herring gulls on cliff tops. There were so many more of them but I had to crop the image otherwise they'll be even smaller. Larger view when you click on the image.
Nova Scotia, Canada.
"Heron Silhouette Flight on Watercolor Background" by Patti Deters. A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) can be seen in flight as a silhouette carrying a vine or a branch in his beak as he flies to his nesting site. The shoreline below has been rendered in textured digital watercolor with blue and peach and a little bit of brown sandy beach. If you like this outdoor digital art, please enjoy more (scenic, landscape, waterscapes, birds, more!) at patti-deters.pixels.com. This particular artwork is for sale on a variety of products at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/heron-silhouette-flight-... (printed and shipped WITHOUT watermark) through Fine Art America (FAA) which offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
It is nesting time at Wakodahatchee Wetlands ... I have watch the anhinga for several minutes working to fit that branch, on front of her beak, in the nest ...
Delray Beach, Florida, USA
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Serge
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Gathering nesting materials he made a couple of trips from this branch to a near by tree where he/she was building a nest.
Blue tits start looking for a place to nest as early as January, usually beginning to build their nest by late March. They favour cosy cavities: rot holes and cracks in trees, old woodpecker nests. I was very lucky to find and spot this little gem, he was in and out of nest for a constant 6mins the i left the family to it.
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Another shot from the nest I recently discovered. The adult female is feeding the dominant offspring (pretty sure it is a male) which already spends quite a bit of time poking his head out of the nest. Judging from the calls from the nest, he is not the only youngster.
“Reminiscent of a troupe of wide-eyed clowns, Acorn Woodpeckers live in large groups in western oak woodlands. Their social lives are endlessly fascinating: they store thousands of acorns each year by jamming them into specially made holes in trees. A group member is always on alert to guard the hoard from thieves, while others race through the trees giving parrotlike waka-waka calls. Their breeding behavior is equally complicated, with multiple males and females combining efforts to raise young in a single nest….. Acorn Woodpeckers are medium-sized woodpeckers with straight, spike-like bills and stiff, wedge-shaped tails used for support as the birds cling to tree trunks….. These woodpeckers live in oak and mixed oak-conifer forests on slopes and mountains in the Southwest and West Coast. They’re tolerant of humans, and you can find them in towns where there are acorns and suitable places to store them.”
Status : Least Concern
Source ; Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Cascade Mountains – Jackson County – Oregon - USA