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For the first time ever, a pair of robins built a nest in my maple tree. Crows were constantly trying to get into the maple tree, but the robins were vigilant and attacking the crows.
Shooting without a tripod these days gets me shaky results. But this is still an announcement of Spring is on the way. By the end of July this 5 inch ball of cotton fluff is a 2" ball. The birds love it, makes for a nice cozy nest.
Nesting generally occurs in a tree overhanging the water. The male starts building the nest before he
meets his mate. He gathers sticks and vegetation and places them in a tree. Once he has chosen a
mate, the female will finish the nest. Both parents incubate the eggs, usually from three to six, which
will hatch in about 30 days. When the chicks are born, they are blind with no feathers. After about six
weeks, they begin to grow feathers and then venture out on their own.
Found this nest at the Gatorland Rookery.
Orlando Florida.
Ospreys construct massive nests of large branches, on the tops of tall trees, usually very close to water. This picture shows the female on the nest. Male and female osprey are very similar in coloration, but the female's brownish "necklace" is more distinct (compare to the earlier post of the male osprey).
Seen in J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA.
Late afternoon Dermakot. It had rained all afternoon and was stil raining. Our guide Siti spotted a nest with a little tuft of orange sticking out. We waited for the occupants to hopefully stir. Shortly after the heavens opened and mom built a cover for the nest.
Dermakot Forest Lodge, Borneo
I was taking pictures of the maned wolf (in the shade), and looked up to see this hawk... without time to make all of the adjustments to my camera settings, I shot and got this. This is one of a breeding pair that was building a nest in a nearby palm. This was the only (mostly) unobscured flight shot I was able to get.
These swallows are sociable, and they nest in large colonies vertically on cliffs, under bridges, in caves, & sides of dams. They do everything in large groups whether it be feeding, preening, bathing or migrating. They come to North Texas and use existing nest colonies to raise their babies then migrate back to South America for the winter. This colony was very large & this was the most nests I could get in the frame at one time. I could only back away so far without falling into the water.
Cliff Swallow Nesting Colony (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Breckinridge Park
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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...
A little Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) entering and exiting the nest.
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While on my lunch time walk, I noticed this little Blue Tit go to and from this gate post.
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So went up one Saturday morning, set up my tripod in the grass verge and waited to get a squence of shots.
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What a safe place to use for a nest, amazing to and see how small a space these little birds can squeeze into and at such great speed.
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Taken using a Sigma 50-500.
Some of the Cattle Egrets already had chicks but others were still in nest-building mode. Not sure how comfy the nest is going to be with those thorns though.
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Rock squirrel gathering nesting material. Leigh and I watched this little beast for 20 minutes. She would run up to an old log next to the trail and stuff as much semi-rotten bark into her mouth as she could, then run down the hill to her nest hole in the ground. Presumably she's getting ready for baby season!
A true test to see if the Nikkor 200-500MM F5.6 is sharp. You can decide for yourself. This bullfrog was nesting in an irrigation ditch not moving a muscle. It gave me the opportunity to photograph his amazing eye.
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I have lived in Maine for 35 years, and in all that time, I had never seen a loon on its nest before. Photographed in some haste from a canoe, after which we promptly left the area so as not to disturb it. Full zoom + crop in post.
I would be very impressed, not to mention surprised, if any camera from any manufacturer could automatically focus on its dark red eyes (an amazing adaptation which facilitates underwater vision), since there is so little contrast between its dark eyes and black head.
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I nearly fell into Scarborough harbour taking this picture so please appreciate these delightful birds!
I had the incredible experience of witnessing thousands of puffins nesting on the cliffs of the Tjornes Peninsula in Iceland. They are pretty skittish, so I found myself inching along on my stomach in an effort to keep them from flying off.
This little female hummingbird (I think she is a black-chinned) was very busy collecting fluff from the dandelions in my yard. One of the reasons I love to leave a few of these plants in my yard, despite their unpopular status as noxious weeds.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in April 2021
This shot was taken through a small gap in the brush,and marsh growth. The highlight were nearly blown out, so I did some adjusting of the highlights, and added a light texture, and blended it with the fuzzy brush encroaching on the opening...just trying to make a not so good exposure better and more appealing to the eye.