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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.
A lovely.. 'Great Crested Grebe'.. 'Podiceps cristatus'.... sat on the nest.. treated with 'oli-ort'
Thanks for looking.. have a great day.
. . . thanx to h.koppdelaney for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/5393408331/in/photostream
Back from Photofest...great to see the usual suspects, and meet some newcomers. Will catch up soon with what I missed here on flickr!
I love the idea of creativity needing time to nest~ organically hatch and grow.
Muslin, watercolor crayons, acrylic paints, rubber cement, and iced coffee (clarification: iced coffee - extra shot with milk - for me). :o)
Gathering nesting materials he made a couple of trips from this branch to a near by tree where he/she was building a nest.
What's not to like about photographing a pair of nesting Gannets, another image from a recent visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
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