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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.
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More fun with white measuring spoons. (Psst...it's a lighting thing!)
Strobist: One AB800 camera left and high into a silver reflecting umbrella at 1/2 power. One AB800 camera right online with subject at 1/4 power into a shoot through umbrella. Triggered with a sync chord and optically.
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.
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Nikon D7500, 70.0-300.0 mm; f/4.5-5.6
f/5.6, 300.0 mm
1/1000, ISO 360
Hand held
"Here is your feather pillow dear".
Brave or ignorant , but this pair of White-breasted Nuthatches is building about 70 feet from the Coopers Hawk nest. I have noticed over the years that the white-breasted will harass the hawks by landing reasonably close and making a lot of noise(possibly to warn others).
Circle B Bar Reserve - Eagle Roost nesting pair. You really notice the size difference along with the larger beak of the female on left.
A look around the Somerset Levels today was rewarded with the following Nesting Birds
1. Cormorants at Canada Farm
2. Grey Herons at Swell Wood
3. Rooks at Burrowbridge
The seagulls in the local park seem to be getting less cautious about their choice of nesting sites. This one chose a low roof over a picnic area.
On our way to my friend's sister's house in Sudbury we stopped to see if we could find the swans on the river. They weren't in their usual place but we eventually found them. They have chosen a very unusual place to build a nest, which I will reveal tomorrow.
It's time to build a nest, so you have to collect food from lake as well as nesting tools by mouth.
This is a resident Little cormorant at the Rabindra Sarobar lake, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Above is a photo of the male Bluebird nesting in my yard feeding the female I'm calling "Blondie." Apparently, this male has taken two females as mates, Blondie above and Brownie below (named for their head color - not terribly accurate, but easy to tell apart). I have seen the male courting and feeding both and the three are generally together. Both females have been seen going into the nest, which now has 5 eggs. The eggs came on 4 consecutive days, then a two day break, then a 5th egg.
Blondie has taken to sitting on the eggs and isn't good about letting Brownie in. I suspect that if Brownie is hoping to lay more eggs, she is going to have problems. I'll check nearby empty nest boxes for an egg drop. The two females just BARELY tolerate each other and have been seen rolling around in the dirt pounding on each other. Both females have also gone in and out of a nearby empty box.
The Great Swamp had a similar nesting trio a few years ago and was witnessed on their nest cam, so it's not unheard of. Females frequently mate with other males, producing eggs from different mates. It will be interesting to see what happens when the eggs hatch in terms of feeding and care of the babies.
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Got a nice call a few days back that piping plover are back and already nesting in Western Newfoundland.
I was able to responsibly photograph two mating pairs and nests, one with 4 and the other with 3 eggs.
I loved this image with a rainbowish background!
During breeding season the Belted Kingfisher pair defends a territory against other kingfishers. A territory along a stream includes just the streambed and the vegetation along it, and averages 0.6 mile long. The nest burrow is usually in a dirt bank near water. The tunnel slopes upward from the entrance, perhaps to keep water from entering the nest. Tunnel length ranges from 1 to 8 feet
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.
New Jersey
I was so excited to find this nesting barred owl on public land a couple of weeks ago. It is nesting in a beech tree cavity about 150 feet high. I should start seeing some fluff balls soon!
Nesting in a bolder, on the river on the walk to the waterfall at Savegre Lodge. A cropped shot, was quite far away, but such a lovely sight to see!!
This picture started out completely different with no nest or owl. Now all that's left is the nest and owl. Another example of a picture taking on a life of it's own.
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The Chickadees have won the new nesting box over the Bluebirds. The male and the female were both busy gathering their nest material yesterday. It was gray and cold yesterday--hoping for better sunshine shots today.
A male killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on duty in their nest, well camouflaged on the rocky field.
As we paddled further down this rural section of the city of Cornwall we were amazed by the amount of water on this marsh. Basically a small shallow lake was created by a beaver dam that blocked a creek. Here there are several beaver lodges that geese nest on top. Below a closer view of the goose nesting...
An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) carrying what looks like some kind of seaweed back to the nest. They're also commonly known as Fish Hawks because they often fish by hovering motionless many feet above the water scanning for fish. When they spot one they dive down at full speed, straight in to the water, for the catch! Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida.