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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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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.
of Canada Geese. With Spring comes nesting Season. These two Geese were looking for just the right spot to start building there nest on the river.
Southeastern, Connecticut
Anna's Hummingbird sitting on her nest made of bits of bark, leaves, moss and held together by spider's filament.
The softness of this image is not photoshop but a window screen I shot through as I did not want to disturb the busy activity of nest building
Five active nests: One Anhinga and four Great Blue Heron
More info: edrosack.com/2022/04/24/busy-birds/
Sitting very quietly and focused on its nest Inside a tree, it won't even turn its head to look at visitors :-)
Pigeon ramier - Columba palumbus - Common Wood Pigeon
Omonville la Rogue, Cotentin, Normandy, France
Further along the coast this morning I spotted these Linnets gathering feathers presumably for nesting material. Weather change making them do an early start
These storks live at the Jacksonville Zoo but are free flying and free roaming. The zoo has set up a habitat for them to prosper. Not too long ago, these storks were endangered in Florida and still are in some states...
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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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Long Tailed Tit with spiders web.
The sticky silk is perfect for holding moss, lichen and other nesting material together.
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. :-)
We have a busy Wren visiting our garden. He's building one of the many nests in a tree by our garden. He'll build several nests in different parts of his territory and hope that one of them will satisfy a mate. Fingers crossed that she picks the nest in our garden ?
Nesting spot contest
Tree swallows engaged in an aerial squabble over a nesting box at Exton Park
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The nest is made high up in a tree alongside nests of egrets, herons and cormorants. The rookery is on a very small, protected island in a fresh water retention pond. Delores Fenwick Nature Center, Pearland, Texas.
Photographed in the Northlakes Wood Stork colony and nesting area along Sagebrush Road in Hillsborough, Florida.
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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.
...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..