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At work near the pond there is a pair of geese that definitely have a nest. The female is always sitting there, and often ducks down to try to hide when anyone comes near. Luckily I have a long lens.
Blue Tit taking nesting material in and out of my garden nest box. I only put this box up a few weeks ago so I'm delighted that a pair have moved in.
Not to worry, no nests were endangered with this. This photo was taken at the rookery at The Alligator Farm in St. Augustine with a long zoom lens. This beauty is nestled on the nest tucked in behind the flora.
The cover of a 1960s children's book on various bird species and their nesting behaviors.
It's Nesting Time.
Written by Roma Gans
Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura
Ty Crowell Co (June 1964)
For most birds of prey, females are the largest, much is the same with eagles. Females can weigh 25% more than their male mates. Since both sexes have the same colouration unlike other birds and ducks, a good way to tell them apart is their size. They believe being larger as a female makes it easier for them to protect their young, seeing as they spend the most times incubating eggs, though the males do help.
Pattern: Nesting Dolls designed by Katie Startzman
Pattern Source: Available for purchase from Katie's Ravelry Pattern Store
Yarn: Various colors and amounts of Cascade 220 and Patons Classic Merino
Needles: US10.5 and US13 Clover Bamboo DPNs
Date Started: 1/25/2011
Date Finished: 1/30/2011
Modifications: Instead of embroidered patches, added bowties from wool felt
This pattern is really well written--and not to mention totally adorable! These guys are going to be for Serena for her first birthday next week. I think she will love how colorful they are!
This was taken at a considerable distance to avoid disturbance of the nesting birds. This is always important, as any disturbance could lead to abandonment and unnecessary stress.
Mama robin decided to build a nest in an odd spot - on a railing of a boardwalk in the middle of a park where a lot of people walk by. Probably kept most of the predators away, though.
We are two months into the breeding season at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, with several gbh nests already complete and a few still being built. This is "phase one" and we would hope that in a another month or so when the chicks have arrived that construction will begin again.
It is like another world: limestone tufa towers rise like strange stalagmites out of the still, salty lake waters in California’s Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve.
The lake is a mecca for birds and bird watchers. Since the mid-1980s, osprey pairs have been nesting on tufa towers in Mono Lake. Although the raptors are fish-eaters – and therefore have to hunt for food further afield – the tufa-islands provide nesting sites that ground-based predators can’t access.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/evening-over-the-tufa...
Sandhill Crane sitting on nest. I am amazed these birds are able to survive during the nesting season. They build their nest on the ground in the high grass in the wetlands, completely vulnerable to gators and other nest predators.
The bluebird is my favorite song bird. They are nesting in our yard this year, which is just fantastic. They have nested in the yard in years past but not in a couple years. Hopefully it will be a successful nest. Having the 800mm with the 1.4x keeps me at a nice distance as not to overly disturb them.
ODC - NEST or NESTING is the topic for Monday 16th September 2019
These nesting baskets come from Tanzania, the largest is only 2 inches high and 3 inches across, they are handmade using wire and small beads. My son-in-law was stationed there and brought back some really neat stuff.
I almost didn't notice this Killdeer nesting among the wood chips. I was in my vehicle to take this photo and had no intentions of flushing the bird, but my stupid lens hood fell off and onto the pavement below and the bird did get up and move a few feet. It did confirm though that there were indeed four eggs under there! I took a few photos of the eggs and moved on. This is only the second time I've seen actual Killdeer eggs. Anoka County, MN 06/06/23
*Must View large to appreciate the detail
came across this swan and it's mate close by. they were in small pond out in the country