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Gathering Nesting Materials
Osprey with a large clump of What I believe must be nesting material at Ocean City, New Jersey
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This one nesting in one of our nest boxes is the greenest Tree swallow I have ever seen. Isle Lake Alberta.
The female on the right is incubating eggs. Male came in and they talked a bit, then he flew off and took a perch where he could watch the nest and she settled down on the eggs. Taken near Fort Pickens, FL.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Painted Stork cutting a twig from a tree with his bill for use as
nesting material in Jakkur Lake, Bengaluru.
A distant shot, but it was great to see them making preparations. He has been sent off to get more material, while she does the more detailed work.
I believe this is a Grebe of some sort. Can anyone identify the type? It was nesting at Beaumaris Lake.
A couple of swans nesting just by the area on the jetty where the boats go down to the water. According to a woman who went by they should be due very soon, they've been sitting on their eggs (5) for a month now. She thoughtfully put the notice on the traffic cone to hopefully let people with their boats and cars to be considerate.
While I was there they've got quite a few guardian angels keeping an eye on them with their fingers crossed all goes well in the next week or so.
...almost looks like a fall shot but this is early spring at a small pond on the daily commute.. noticed one half of this pair earlier peeking out from the tall grass, and since the Canada geese seem to be pairing off right now, this couple is likely preparing and/or guarding a new nest by the pond..
I've never really thought about nesting bowls before, as they tend to be for food use.....but I was stacking my bowls to tidy them the other day and was pleased with this colour combination.....I think maybe when I have finished my 265 project (only another 3 weeks!) I may have a go at a nesting set.....
University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin.Taken from an elevated, fenced wooden walkway on a pond at 450 mm full frame equivalent.
Ok, I'm a bit obsessed with my nest. I made it and love how I can change it up with different accessories, colorways and babes! Here I am using it with yellow flowers and a mongolian curly lamb fur to nestle sweet Alexandre in, 3-weeks old and such a dream!
Again. This is a long shot for a relatively short lens but images from fuji sensors seem to handle being cropped to this level much better than do Canon files.
Watched this guy dip down in a field and come up with something when he got to the nest he had just grass..that's all he brought to his wife who had been on the nest most of the day..and by the looks of the bloody beak he had a little snack before returning..
The Australasian Grebe is a small waterbird with two distinct plumage phases. The non-breeding plumage of both the male and female is dark grey-brown above and mostly silver-grey below, with a white oval patch of bare skin at the base of the bill. During the breeding season, both sexes have a glossy-black head and a rich chestnut facial stripe which extends from just behind the eye through to the base of the neck. At this time, the eye becomes darker and the patch of skin at the base of the bill becomes pale yellow and more noticeable. When approached, Australasian Grebes usually dive under water.
The Australasian Grebe may raise up to three successive broods in a season. The pale blue eggs are laid in a nest which is a floating mound of vegetation, normally anchored to a submerged branch or reed. The striped downy chicks are able to swim from birth and are cared for by both parents. When parents start breeding again, however, the young of the previous brood are driven away.
Source: Birdsinbackyards.net
A female, Eastern Kingbird, sits on her eggs, patiently waiting for their arrival. Her nest sits in a rotted out tree, with water below, like a moat surrounds a castle.
Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
July 2017
Taking nesting material into the box. I think this maybe Pampas Grass. The birds like this for the insects that gather in it, also makes nice nests it seems!
I had an old suet block feeder that I was not using, so decided to put some Alpaca wool in it, which I bought especially from Amazon as nesting material. The blurb says it dries quickly if it gets wet... and yes, it does.
So far I have not caught a bird on it, but looking at the way the wool is being pulled out, someone is certainly using it.
It appears they prefer black rather than red! lol
CC March Versatile - Messy.