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Red-Shouldered Hawk nesting. Natural frame with this photo, too! I think this is the most endearing shot of her on the nest. I have a couple others to post still, and almost did a multiple upload of them today but changed my mind. Save them for when I'm not out taking photos . . .
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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.
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.
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!
Turnbull Nesting Tree 3825
I went back to check on the nesting eagles...no sign of the eaglets but saw tip of a white head so knew one or more parents were there. As I took photos of the head tip, the adult started to fly....camera in right place at right time, wind blowing the leaves aside so I could get some good shots, a thrill.
I'll have to go back when the young are starting to fledge...maybe I'll get lucky again.
...interesting observation; the neighbors are so accustomed to them they don't pay any attention.
Enjoy the weekend, flickr friends....thanks for your visit...Pat...xo...
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Some family health problems going on...
We went for a drive and stopped off at the Bowral cemetery. We went for a wander looking at the gravestones, trees, flowers and birds. We discovered a noisy miner nest with a pair of adults working hard with three hungry babies to feed. It was a very well constructed 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.
A nesting swan with eggs. I watched for awhile and I think this was the mom - at least, this swan spent more time sitting on the eggs and the other one was more hanging around guarding. But I'm no swan expert so this could also be the dad.
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.”
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.
Probably the same Whitethroat has returned to the same spot 2 years in a row by the Marsh Hide, Baron's Haugh NR...shot from last year
A busy Tree Sparrow takes a brief rest as it gathers material for its nest. Photographed at Bempton last month.
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.
Nesting Time -- coming and going -- and the babies are really making a racket. A really pleasant and peaceful morning shoot.
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.
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
A female garden sunbird (cinnyris jugularis) gathering nesting material from the fibrous growth on a tree trunk. Photographed in Ban Khlong Sai, Krabi, Thailand.