Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

Habitat : Lakes and Ponds

Food : Fish

Nesting : Tree

Behavior : Aerial Dive

Conservation : Low Concern

"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons."

- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

Sagebrush Rd. Rookery

Taken from a long distance away on a rainy day.

not much light for this but had to share anyway. this little cutie was grabbing the moss from my back garden to take back to it's nest

This snowy egret picked up this rather large stick and is flying it to its nest.

Nesting mute swans at Abbotsbury.

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Out of respect for the eagles nesting this spring I waited till now to post images. County of Sturgeon Alberta.

Male bringing reinforcements for the nest with mom sitting on eggs.

Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, Texas.

St. Augustine, FL

Resoft County Park, Alvin, Texas.

Roseate Spoonbill races towards nest with fresh nesting material in tow...

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

~ Rumi

If you wish, zoom in to see the raindrops :)

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Seen high above on a street in Bridlington .

Cassin's Kingbird

Great Crested Flycatcher female, Suamico, Wisconsin USA

This Great Crested Flycatcher pair took up nesting residence in a Wood Duck nest box after a Merganser hen had hatched and fledged her brood.

This is a nesting Mourning Dove (I'm pretty sure). The mourning dove is one of the most common birds in the United States, with a population estimated to be 350 million (there are only 331 million humans in the United States). The oldest recorded mourning dove lived over 30 years (it was banded in 1968 and taken out by a hunter in 1998, so it didn't even die of natural causes). All my fun facts come from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology web site.

Nesting Territorial Dispute at John Heinz NWR in Philadelphia..

I watched the lower Tree Swallow diligently challenge any bird, not just swallows, even blackbirds that came too close to its nesting hole.

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Troup Head , Scotland

Small plover with streaked upperparts, strong white eyebrow, and a heavy black line through the eye. Note red eyering. Adult has distinctive black V on chest. Very common around freshwater wetlands. (eBird)

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After seeing the chicks the day before, we returned to the nesting site and finally found this beautiful adult dotterel within the first few minutes of arriving at the beach. Lovely crisp plumage with the red bill and eyering makes this a very striking bird.

Te Horo Beach, New Zealand. February 2024.

Roadrunner Birding Tours.

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

I hadn't been past the Vic Uni Pond since last Wednesday. This morning I found one of the adults apparently sitting on a new nest. I will have to keep an eye on them.

I saw this Sacred Ibis sitting on the nest last weekend when I took a short walk at a park. It wasn't easy to focus as he or she was partially hidden behind the greenery. Sacred Ibis are a rather rare sight here as they are native to sub-Saharan Africa. In current heat wave they probably feel very much at home here, though.

Tasmania

We went for a drive and stopped off at the Bowral cemetery. We went for a wander looking at the gravestones, trees, flowers and birds. We discovered a noisy miner nest with a pair of adults working hard with three hungry babies to feed. It was a very well constructed nest.

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Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)

As I was on my way down Hoppers Lane I spotted a Hobby sitting high in a Gum Tree in the High School grounds. As I was heading back home I saw this one fly into the trees along the front of the school. It took me a few minutes to find where it had gone and to my surprise it was on a nest. Hopefully I will get to see the chicks, it will have to be a non school day as I won't take photos around the school while there are children around.

The eagles are busy rebuilding the nest after Hurricane Ian hit the coast of Florida. I am pretty sure this is Harriet.

Lawrence's Goldfinch, female

Exposed cypress roots and two little cones at Jordan Lake, North Carolina, USA

I had a good morning with the Cormorant a few weeks ago. Photographers’ (me included) are oft heard exclaiming “Look at that light!” . When I was teaching birds in flight one of my suggestions was to find a background that might get a good subject. Subjects are like magnets, and for good reason, and act as the siren song luring the camera away from the gold. In this case, the light reflecting on the water was where there was a good chance I might get a cormorant bringing home nesting material. They were working hard that morning, usually flying too far above the water, but there was a chance. And yes, I hit gold a few times, this being one of my favorites. (Double-crested Cormorant – Nannopterum auritum) (Sony a1, 400mm, f/2.8, 1/2500 second, ISO 2000)

a little bit of Dr Seuss

And a displaying Great Egret. Resoft County Park rookery, Alvin, Texas.

I resigned from my teaching position this week . . . . try to rescue some of my sanity. I'll make ends meet somehow. Sell marbles, for example.

Thanks for Viewing.

I've had places I called home in SL before, but... the truth is, I was just being allowed to live in someone else's home.

Not this time. We chose the land together, picked the house together, and furnished and decorated it together. It's not the way someone else wants it; it's not even the way I want it. It's the way we want it.

This is our home.

A few more weeks...

A nice little bird that I saw next Tahoe City, California.

It was apparently preparing its nest.

Algonquin Provincial Park