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The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers. The males appear all black except in some lighting when the purple iridescence becomes visible. Females are olive above and yellowish below.
Inca Doves nesting, the smallest of the southern Arizona doves. They use open areas with sparse shrub cover and scattered trees such as Palo Verde and Oak. They are year-round in the Southwest from SoCal across to E TX and down into Central America. Inca doves are named after the Incas but has nothing to do with the location of this species. Taken near Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. More doves in PhotoStream and/or Birds album.
On the same day a sparrowhawk visited our garden, a squirrel was also on its way with nesting material.
During its walk, it wanted to stop for a snack.
The squirrel completely forgot that it had put the nesting material down there.
Eating with nesting material in your mouth is impossible!
But like squirrels always do, after the snack, it completely forgot what it was doing.
That way, I was able to get a good photo of the little ball.
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
The Wood Storks were just arriving at Wakodahatchee to set up nests -- whereas the Anhinga and Great Blue Herons already had established nests and growing chicks. The trees were turned into bird condos and fortunately the storks seemed to like the penthouse.
Nesting boxes for birds and possums are fairly common features of Brisbane’s parks and the Council takes regular bookings from rainbow lorikeets for the birthing season!
This pair are making home in the park surrounding Dowse Lagoon at Sandgate.
It is like another world: limestone tufa towers rise like strange stalagmites out of the still, salty lake waters in California’s Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve.
The lake is a mecca for birds and bird watchers. Since the mid-1980s, osprey pairs have been nesting on tufa towers in Mono Lake. Although the raptors are fish-eaters – and therefore have to hunt for food further afield – the tufa-islands provide nesting sites that ground-based predators can’t access.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/evening-over-the-tufa...
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Kiskadees are one of my favorite birds in Costa Rica...it was nesting season when we were there this past spring so they were constantly busy.
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Nesting Killdeer
I was out doing a little birding when it started to rain and looked like it was about to get worse so decided to check a couple of my Killdeer spots because I can do it from my car, immediately found 2 pairs of them sitting on nests, both nests were out in a field and I would have had to approach on foot which would cause the parents to get off the nest in order to use the broken wing trick to lead me away but that would mean the eggs or babies they were protecting from the rain would get wet, I went to another of my spots and spotted a Killdeer nest sitting in a garden right alongside the driveway of a local business where they have nested for several years, I knew these birds probably have over 100 cars and trucks a day stop 20 feet away from them all day long so I turned around in the parking lot so I could shoot out my drivers window, just rolled by slow and and this parent was completely oblivious to me being a paparazzi.
If I make it back to the 3 nests I may be rewarded with them still sitting and get a nest shot if it's not raining or maybe I'll find babies running around the field.
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We didn't see this at first. But then we heard calling as a bird flew closer announcing itself. We watched until it landed next to its mate and then we saw the nest.. After a few moments, the mate rose. revealing two eggs it had been tending. It stepped off the nest and after a quick inspection to make sure all was well, the other one took its place.
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Well, you can't see it from here but there was bunch of baby birds in that grass..
It's a bit weird as it's late summer already... maybe a second round.
Monitoring this nesting loon from a respectful distance - Nikon Z7II at 600mm, f6.3, iso 640, 1/800.
I've completely run out of pictures to edit, and am having a very relaxing, lethargic weekend, so naturally I've decided to go back through some old pictures and completely re do them . A lot of these pictures I had no idea how to create what I wanted before, and it's pretty awesome seeing my style change. Sorry for the impending influx of old pictures, but they'll be new edits, and that's always exciting!
You can see the first version of this photo here
at the end of a dock at the marina.
I thought it was interesting to see this on top of a marina piling; notice the wires to shelter the purple martins from larger predatory birds.
Quite cool, actually.
A Red-crowned Parrot, enlarging a cavity for nesting. These are one of 13 species of feral parrots which have at one time been reported in in the Los Angeles area.
Take a look at The California Parrot Project for some fascinating information on these birds.
It did occur to me, as I was uploading this image, that many of my contacts are still in the midst of winter. I hope a nesting neo-tropical bird turns everyone's thoughts to spring and not shooting the photographer!
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While I concentrate on closeups, sometimes it's a mite interesting to show the nesting surroundings of this regal raptor. p.s. Caught a glimpse of a young one rising up the nest during this encounter.
our mute swan pair on Ladyton Loch seemed to be surveying for a new nest site but it may just be build up to new season and next clutch of eggs to be laid soon.
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Well the this pair of Ospreys have come together for the season. Time to repair there nest from all the winter storms. Once all the repairs have been made and the female is satisfied she will lay her eggs and begin with her mate to raise a new family.
One of the Osprey nest in Southeastern, Connecticut