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Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 23,000 acres in eastern Washington on the edge of the Columbia River Basin. The Channeled Scablands ecosystem that predominates the Refuge is unique within the National Wildlife Refuge System. Ponderosa pine, wetlands, meadow steppe and riparian habitat dominate the landscape.
The dry summer’s impact to the wetlands and lakes is apparent as is the resulting low number of birds. This dried out wetland dead tree caught my eye for its textures and moss - and also because I hope to see song birds nesting in its nooks and crannies next spring!
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Shags nesting in Dunbar Harbour The cliffs are covered in the Birds droppings.One bird panting in the the heat of a summers day.
I've had places I called home in SL before, but... the truth is, I was just being allowed to live in someone else's home.
Not this time. We chose the land together, picked the house together, and furnished and decorated it together. It's not the way someone else wants it; it's not even the way I want it. It's the way we want it.
This is our home.
It was interesting to study this coot's nest. It must be that there are different building materials at this location compared to what are available in my local area. i.e. a lot more sticks instead of reeds.
Storks are fascinating to me because they don’t reside in the Ozarks. When I saw this pair on a museum in Turkey, I almost got in trouble with the tour guide because I stopped to take pictures! “European white storks use their long, pointed bill to spear prey. They are monogamous, meaning breeding pairs mate for life. These birds return to the same nest every year, with the male arriving a few days before the female to repair and enlarge the structure.”
Glossy Ibis / Sichler (Plegadis falcinellus)
Collecting one of the many sticks needed for a sturdy nest! Rather comically, this Ibis was stealing his sticks from the edge of a Mallard's nest.
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
First sighted on the nest on the 18th of last month. It looks fairly certain that the Grebes are nesting again.
Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
At a nearby pond I spotted this Moorhen nesting,
The female moorhen lays four to twelve eggs at a rate of one egg per day. The eggs hatch in 17-22 days. The chicks are precocial and will leave the nest and feed themselves within a few days of birth. Once all the chicks leave the nest, the moorhens use the extra nests to sleep in at night. Both parents care for the chicks. They chicks fledge in about five to seven weeks. The mating pair may raise more than one brood in a season, using the same nests.
Bad news for the Mallard who made a nest next to my pond, all the eggs disappeared during the night / early morning,
Nesting Hole Battle.
Tree Swallows fighting over a coveted nesting hole in Bombay Hook NWR.
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I had hoped to see some of these but really didn't expect to. While out on a boat safari, we came upon a whole cliffside full of holes and it was buzzing like a hive of bees. I doubt that is where they got the name, but it was just like bees coming and going.
This pair nested out in the open at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary. I wanted to get back to follow their progress, but unfortunately didn't. They look pretty amazing in breeding plumage. Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island, Texas - 4/2023
This Carolina Chickadee is one of several birds in my yard, including doves and gold finches that were busily collecting nesting materials and building nests.
Taken in Chester County, PA on 4/14/2020, as part of my backyard COVID-19 'Stay-at-Home' series.
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Sparrows built a nest on a night sensor lamp hanging near a condo balcony. At least the chicks will be warm at night every time the light turns on.
Can you spot them? I sat in the canoe and watched, as I have annually for several years now, as they went about their business, each alternately sitting on the nest while the other went fishing nearby. Ultimately accepting, their initial response to my intrusion is to dive bomb the canoe, flashing ghost-like underwater in an attempt to intimidate. Fun.
In any event, I have yet to see any young produced over in the 11 years I've been here. There are numerous reasons why that might be...from black fly outbreaks to eagle predation. Regardless, seeing a little one riding the back of its parent is on my bucket list and I wish them well this time.
A female garden sunbird (cinnyris jugularis) gathering nesting material from the fibrous growth on a tree trunk. Photographed in Ban Khlong Sai, Krabi, Thailand.
Again this year we have a pair of Carolina Wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus, this time on the back fence.
10 Mar 2021; 08:15 CST