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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.
The eagles are busy rebuilding the nest after Hurricane Ian hit the coast of Florida. I am pretty sure this is Harriet.
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.”
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated.
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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This is the changing of the guard so to say. Can't let the eggs get cold, and one must have a break at some point. Hopefully at some point we'll be getting shots of the little ones peeking through the hole awaiting food.
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.
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.
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.