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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.”
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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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
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.
I have never owned a watch and we do not have clocks in our house. Therefore, I had to borrow a timepiece this week for the challenge for the Smile on Saturday group - theme Timepieces
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
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.
Again this year we have a pair of Carolina Wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus, this time on the back fence.
10 Mar 2021; 08:15 CST
A female garden sunbird (cinnyris jugularis) gathering nesting material from the fibrous growth on a tree trunk. Photographed in Ban Khlong Sai, Krabi, Thailand.
First you have to create a very durable nursery then mother nature will take care of the rest....nesting my babies.
Female Red-winged Blackbird !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and spectacular day dear Flickr friends !
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.
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