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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.
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Nesting Hole Battle.
Tree Swallows fighting over a coveted nesting hole in Bombay Hook NWR.
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Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) iDs a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
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Galah - annual nesting spot
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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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.
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.
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
Defacing Seaside Properties and Leaving their trademark Excrement everywhere ...This was seen on Bridlington Harbour .
This female Red-winged Blackbird knows exactly what supplies are needed for a comfortable nest. Mother Nature is so beautiful in the springtime.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and fabulous day dear Flickr friends !
Nesting Time -- coming and going -- and the babies are really making a racket. A really pleasant and peaceful morning shoot.
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.
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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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) male perched on a branch with some nest-building material in its beak.
Samiec wróbla domowego (Passer domesticus) siedzący na gałązce z budulcem do gniazda w dziobie.
It may look like this Killdeer is nesting on a beach somewhere, but you might be surprised that she decided to lay her eggs in the middle of a church parking lot!! In an effort to protect her from the inevitable crush of traffic come Sunday, a chair with a sign on it was placed over her nesting site. She doesn't seem to mind the roof over her head, but it made it a bit challenging to shoot! (Saanichton, BC).
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April is the nesting time for many birds,some Birds started to collect the nesting materials and some waiting for later and I found this Common Myna in Dubai near Garhoud area
Image taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire. At the time this image was taken the female Great Crested Grebe was sitting on 5 eggs, just after this two little Humbugs were hatched there is a beautiful image of them altogether to be found on David Smith's Flickr Photostream. I visited yesterday and didn't see the chicks or remaining eggs the parents were both off the nest diving for food, I hope that everything's ok with this family and the chick's and eggs were just in the bottom of the nest will be going back today to check. Update Wed 3rd June 2020 the nest is definitely abandoned when I arrived a Crow was standing on top of the nest so it's empty, only one adult Grebe present looked all round the area no sign of the other one.