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Long Tailed Tit with spiders web.
The sticky silk is perfect for holding moss, lichen and other nesting material together.
Blue Tit taking nesting material in and out of my garden nest box. I only put this box up a few weeks ago so I'm delighted that a pair have moved in.
Spicer Reservoir, Stanislaus National Forest, California
I took this 2 weeks ago on a kayaking trip in the mountains. They were beautiful guarding their nest together. :-)
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Galah
Scientific Name:Eolophus roseicapillus
Description: The Galah can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Birds from the west of Australia have comparatively paler plumage. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.
Similar species: The Galah is generally unmistakable, but in flight may resemble aGang-gang Cockatoo in shape.
Distribution: The Galah is one of the most abundant and familiar of the Australian parrots, occurring over most of Australia, including some offshore islands.
Habitat: The Galah is found in large flocks in a variety of timbered habitats, usually near water.
Feeding: Galahs form huge, noisy flocks which feed on seeds, mostly from the ground. Seeds of grasses and cultivated crops are eaten, making these birds agricultural pests in some areas. Birds may travel large distances in search of favourable feeding grounds.
Breeding: Galahs form permanent pair bonds, although a bird will take a new partner if the other one dies. The nest is a tree hollow or similar location, lined with leaves. Both sexes incubate the eggs and care for the young. There is high chick mortality in Galahs, with up to 50 % of chicks dying in the first six months. Galahs have been recorded breeding with other members of the cockatoo family, both in the wild and captivity. These include the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, C. galerita.
Calls: The voice is a distinctive high-pitched screech, 'chi-chi'.
Minimum Size: 35cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 36cm
Average weight: 337g
Breeding season: February to July in the north; July to December in the south
Clutch Size: 3 to 4
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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She was starting to get unhappy with me, even though I was some distance away and using a telephoto lens. So, I left her to peacefully tend her eggs. Location: Petite Camargue Nature Preserve, Alsace, France.
In my album: Dan's Birds
Blue tits nest in crevices in all sorts of surfaces. This includes tree trunks and walls.Blue Tits nested in non-excavated holes with narrow openings, typically in live trees, which reduced both the risk of nest predation and of nest soaking.
At the ferry terminal at Tsawwassen the gulls nest on the most narrow of edges. I wondered how many baby gulls fall into the water below.
Palmyra Cove Nature Park - www.palmyracove.org/ is 250 acres of green in a highly developed area on the Delaware River just south of the Tacony Palmyra Bridge. With its woodlands, wetlands, tidal cove and wild river shore line, PCNP serves as an important feeding site for migratory birds.
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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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Ring-necked Parakeets are developing a significant wild population in Trafford, south-west Manchester.
Here a female looks out from her nest-hole in a tree near Flixton.
After grabbing some ribbon weed this Pelican lifted off the water and flew back to the small sand island to continue with nest building.
Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend. Cheers D&J.
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.
Friends Shelby and Stephen took me to this Bald Eagle nest in Tishomingo County, Mississippi on this date. This nesting site has been at this location for at least four to five years.
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Happy Wing Wednesday everyone! I was fascinated to discover this pigeon sitting on a nest (of sorts!) in a defence tower along the seafront in Portsmouth!
...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..
University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin.Taken from an elevated, fenced wooden walkway on a pond at 450 mm full frame equivalent.
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.