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*ahem* deer in headlights? *ahem* This giant mossy thing was an interesting play thing. I look like I'm a nesting mother.
Goldfinches are one of our most colourful birds even though 80% of them migrate for the Winter I see them as our birds. We have a charm that comes to our garden and now I know where they go to nest. Happy
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It's late August and the birds are finished laying their eggs. This nest is empty and not likely to have anymore birds use it
Insect nest under ground. Surreal image of woman in insect lair.
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This male American Kestrel is perched on a huge dead cottonwood. There are holes and gaps in it and later I would see a female nearby. She was snacking on something, Starlings do nest very nearby.
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Last full day in Corolla NC I was able to view about 5 different osprey nest while walking along the waters edge.
Last week at Lake Merritt, I watched a cute little Bushtit work for five minutes straight to try and grab some nesting material. She worked and worked on some string hanging from a trellis in the garden. She wasn't very successful, but she did get a little and then grabbed some spider webs that were covering her face at one point.
No wonder these tiny little birds work so hard, their nests are so impressive and HUGE. I was lucky enough to find a nest several years back and watched a pair using it. It looks like a giant sock, especially in comparison to how tiny Bushtits are.
So wonderful to watch all the different behaviors of birds, I feel so honored to be able to witness everything they do.
We spotted this Killdeer nest in the open, on a gravel mound. The nest blended marvelously into its surroundings. Furthermore, the speckled eggs themselves looked like well placed stones. Killdeer are very tolerant of humans, as we discovered, by the way it just sat on its nest despite our picture taking. The eggs are incubated for 24-28 days.
A Black Tern nests on a floating mud mound in the marsh wetland of Point Pelee National Park. They usually nest either on floating material in a marsh or on the ground very close to water, laying 2–4 eggs. Looking close at this photo reveals at least one of her eggs. Point Pelee National Park in Canada boasts a robust population of black terns.
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The Doves have moved into the vacant nest that was built by the Robins earlier this summer. It's typical of Doves to inhabit the nests that have been abandoned by other birds.
Nesting Ospreys at EB Forsythe NWR.
In total I saw 8 separate active osprey nests and at least 14 ospreys on the salt marshes. There should be a bumper crop of ospreys this year.
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Emerging series "Urban spaces / City trees".
Nikon F2 with 50mm/1.8 Nikkor
Fomapan 400 developed in R09
Darkroom print, toned in Amaloco d-max enhancer