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Not a very good shot, but neat to spot an Eastern Kingbird with a big beak full of nesting material. Paulinksill WMA - Hyper-humus marsh
A pair of Nuthatches were working tirelessly at Burton Mere RSPB, adding beak-fulls of mud to finish off their nest hole.
A couple more shots below - in the second, you can just about see part of the mud wall in the hole.
While crawling through crevices along the escarpment I stumbled upon this scene. Turkey Vultures are not nesting birds but rather lay their eggs in dark recesses in ledges, caves and crevices. This one was laying on her eggs in a small crevice along the Bruce Trail.
Um ninho que caiu bem pertinho de mim na praia. Foi um dia de muita sorte. Tenho outras, depois elas veem. To indo ali ( ai ). Volto no sabado. Uma super linda sexta feira para vcs. Que o papai do ceu proteja cada um de vcs...
A nest that felt right where I was sitting at the beach. It was a great hour. Great pictures. I will be off to work I will be back on Saturday.
Ps. Nao deixei no chao nao. Um cara que estava perto os colocou de volta na arvore.
Oh teacher o que ta achando?? Rsssss
I have been out of action due to an injury but starting to recover. These guys have been making a racket outside for weeks and I finally managed to capture them (image).
This is one of two and I think this is their nest. They are very quick and normally hang around the tops of trees where the image gets burnt against the sky.
These critically endangered birds return annually to nest in the old bridge pylons. They are sitting on eggs at the moment
The New Zealand fairy tern, also known as the tara-iti, is a small tern which breeds between Whangarei and Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is considered critically endangered with an estimated 45 individuals and 12 breeding pairs. Wikipedia
Common Murre nesting close to the side of a cliff on Duck Island in Cooks Inlet, Alaska.
Nesting without an actual nest on this island lasts until the end of August, and then the murres return to the sea.
The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It is also known as the thin-billed murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North-Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Common murres have fast direct flight but are not very agile. They are more manoeuvrable underwater, typically diving to depths of 30–60 m (98–197 ft), and depths of up to 180 m (590 ft) have been recorded.
Common murres breed in colonies at high densities, nesting pairs may be in bodily contact with their neighbours. They make no nest, their single egg is incubated on a bare rock ledge on a cliff face. Eggs hatch after ~30 days incubation. The chick is born downy and can regulate its body temperature after 10 days. Some 20 days after hatching the chick leaves its nesting ledge and heads for the sea, unable to fly, but gliding for some distance with fluttering wings, accompanied by its male parent. Chicks are capable of diving as soon as they hit the water. The female stays at the nest site for some 14 days after the chick has left.
Both male and female common murres moult after breeding and become flightless for 1–2 months. In southern populations they occasionally return to the nest site throughout the winter. Northern populations spend the winter farther from their colonies.
From Wikipedia
A great blue heron and its child excitingly awaits the approaching partner/parent who was returning from a fishing trip.
Today Joe & I checked out one of the local Eagle's nest to see if the Eagles were on eggs yet. We found one of the adults in the nest and it looks like the nesting period has begun.
A common sight this time of year, they're nesting in any boxes that the larger bluebirds don't claim, and there's always one of them in the door looking disgruntled as anyone stuck at home with the kids.
Napa, Ca. June, 2023.
Sat I presume on eggs, keeping them cool in the 30 degree heat, changed over after about an hour with the partner.
thought some may be interested in a few things about the Sea Turtle Nesting. I've included a link or two:
www.conserveturtles.org/florida.php?page=nestingseason
www.conserveturtles.org/beachlighting.php?page=turtlefrie...
You can get into Big Trouble for tampering with these,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Having just landed, this female surveys her surroundings before laying down on her eggs. Stately and bearing lovely plumage, these herons are striking in appearance. It was a privilege to experience and capture this female on her nest at sundown.
Please enlarge for a more immersive view...
Two Sandhill Cranes have their nest on a large mat of vegetation in the retention pond behind a shopping complex.
The male on the left may be keeping an eye on the juvenile alligator that was partially submerged in the pond about 25-30 feet away.
Press "z" to enlarge.
Nikon D7500, 70.0-300.0 mm; f/4.5-5.6
f/5.6, 300.0 mm
1/1000, ISO 360
Hand held