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A Red-shafted Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) digs a hole in a tree to make a nest.
"Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. When they fly you’ll see a flash of color in the wings – yellow if you’re in the East, red if you’re in the West – and a bright white flash on the rump.". - www.allaboutbirds.org
a house sparrow male (Passer domesticus) in the bush outside my window collecting nesting material... seems like spring is really in the air now... ;)
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I watched this GC Grebe diving for nesting material. He/she kept bringing it over to a fallen tree and half heartedly placed it on a branch. As soon as its back was turned it fell off and sank to the bottom again.
Male Reed Bunting making it's way up the stem of the now blown Bulrush to collect nesting material for the upcoming breeding season.
Taken early morning at RSPB Old Moor on the path heading towards the Bittern Hide.
Early June and a 2nd week long trip to Bempton in East Yorkshire,
Saturday and RSPB Bempton was very busy again with people.
Day 2, RSPB Bempton.
A Northern Gannet nesting on a rocky outcrop on Bempton Cliffs.
The adult Northern Gannet or Gannet are large and bright white with black wingtips and an Orange head. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups.
On a recent visit to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve I saw a fenced off area with a small A4 sign on it. Walking up to read the sign it said that little terns were nesting on the beach, so I quickly went away but looking through the fencing with my binoculars I saw this one in the distance. I managed a shot or two with my newly refurbished Tamron 150-600mm and this is heavily cropped, so not quite as clear as I would like, but I was still delighted to be able to get an image without disturbing the bird which to me was the most important thing. You may detect a slight orange colouration in the image. This is caused by the fencing between the photographer and the bird.
"This delightful chattering seabird is the UK's smallest tern. It is short-tailed and has a fast flight. Its bill is a distinctive yellow with a black tip. It is noisy at its breeding colony where courtship starts with an aerial display involving the male calling and carrying a fish to attract a mate, which chases him up high before he descends, gliding with wings in a 'V'.
Its vulnerable nesting sites and its decline in Europe make it an Amber List species. It is also listed as a Schedule 1 species in The Wildlife and Countryside Act."
Source RSPB website: www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
Sunset and the Pelicans retreat to the sand island in the estuary at Red Rock on the NSW North Coast of Australia.
Spring brings these geese to locate a safe nesting spot to lay their eggs. this on found this nice secluded pond.
This hen mallard is nesting in a friend's yard, in town, not three feet off a busy sidewalk. She's well camouflaged and has a bush between her and the sidewalk. My friend erected a sign warning of a "nesting duck." Hope her brood makes it. There is a pond about a block away, so momma will likely lead them to it. My fear is that a dog on a leash will grab the nesting hen or destroy her clutch of eggs. Keep your fingers crossed.
Shot through a windowscreen, the nest is located just two meters off the ground on a small electrical meter box with lots of human traffic on the walkway below it. The robin layed no eggs and was gone a few days after we noticed it.
Snowy Egret (nest) - 2 nest-bound juveniles
Saint Augustine, Florida - Mid Summer 2024
In the Nest - Northern Florida U.S.A. - 7/4/24
-------Independence Day 2024 ----------Born in the U.S.A.!
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - Treetop - July 4th, 2024
Southern Snow - Beauty of Snow - Snowy Egret chicks
*[left-click for a closer-look - deep into a dense tree thicket]
*[strong blaring intense morning summer sunlight & shadows]
Snowy egrets breed in mixed colonies, which may include great egrets, night herons, tricolored herons, little blue herons, cattle egrets, glossy ibises and roseate spoonbills. The male establishes
a territory and starts building the nest in a tree, vines or very thick undergrowth. He then attracts a mate with an elaborate courtship display which includes dipping up and down, bill raising, aerial displays, diving, tumbling and calling. The immediate vicinity of
the nest is defended from other birds and the female finishes the construction of the nest with materials brought by the male. It is constructed from twigs, rushes, sedges, grasses, Spanish moss
and similar materials and may be 15 inches across. Up to six pale bluish-green eggs are laid which hatch after about 24 days. The young are altricial and covered with white down when first hatched.
They leave the nest after about 22 days. - Lots of fun to observe.
Nesting site of a pair of White-breasted Nuthatch. A beak full of hair from a deer carcass. After working several hours the two had an obvious difference of opinion as to just how much hair was needed. One carried it in and the other carried it out!
The photo was not particularly crisp as shot so applied a little "topaz glow" for effect.
I was heading down the home stretch at Ridgefield NWR when I saw this beauty drop out of the sky and grab his prey.......oops! I mean his nesting materials.
During a stay at a friend's place in Land Between the Lakes, it was my pleasure to discover another Bald Eagle nesting site. Photographed near Lake City, Kentucky.
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Antarctic Shags on Petermann Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. We encountered a nesting colony of these shags and much larger colonies of gentoo and adelie penguins on this island.