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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.
Nature in Focus ~ 500px ~ G+ ~ Redbubble
This is the 3000th photo I have added to Flickr. When I first started posting here, I had no idea just much I would become absolutely passionately into all things photography. Every day is a school day, so I make a point of trying to learn something new about photography every day, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, it always turns out to be something that has helped. I hope you enjoy having a look not just at this photo but at all the others going back to the very beginning.
I nearly fell into Scarborough harbour taking this picture so please appreciate these delightful birds!
The nesting box has finally broken and fallen apart. The geese want it repaired, but the ground squirrel wants to keep it as it is.
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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
The black headed gulls were making a very noisy start to the day in the early morning sun - mating, nesting and roosting.
With this many gulls - there is more guano than in our 2015 Election broadcasts
Nesting bowl set
Largest bowl 7 x 11 inches
From a series of pots, inspired by a friend, whose main goal in life was to be "the pebble in the pond"
The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson
Shorebirds of Ireland with Jim Wilson.
Freshwater Birds of Ireland with Jim Wilson NOW OUT OF PRINT
Ireland's Garden Birds with Jim Wilson
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The Common Gull (Larus canus) is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. Adult common gulls are noticeably smaller than the herring gull and slightly smaller than the ring-billed gull. It is further distinguished from the ring-billed gull by its shorter, more tapered bill, which is a more greenish shade of yellow and is unmarked during the breeding season. The body is grey above and white below. The legs are greenish-yellow. In winter, the head is streaked grey and the bill often has a poorly defined blackish band near the tip, which is sometimes sufficiently obvious to cause confusion with ring-billed gull. They have black wingtips with large white "mirrors". Young birds have scaly black-brown upperparts and a neat wing pattern, and grey legs. They take two to three years to reach maturity. The call is a high-pitched "laughing" cry. (wikipedia)
This is an adult Common Gull in winter plumage. They breed on the coast and inland in the west of Ireland, from Dingle to Malin Head, with most colonies in Co. Galway, Co. Mayo and Co. Donegal. Inland it can breed on islands in lakes where it has declined. These declines, like those of inland breeding Black-headed Gulls, have been attributed to predation by American Mink, reaching previously safe nesting areas (per Birdwatch Ireland). This photograph was taken at Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in Cobh, Co. Cork. A great place to see gulls up close in winter.
Today was really cold and the sun kept trying to come out but the clouds seemed to be winning we did eventually get a little bit of hail but nothing much. We walked Ruby in the large wood to keep out of the wind there was as always lots of bird song and so one image of the anemone and some birds one in flight.
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.
A West Indian Woodpecker nesting in a dead palm tree - Salina Reserve, Grand Cayman Island.
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Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
There seem to be newly hatched chicks in there as I observed both parents bringing 'morsels' at regular intervals. Hope to get some shots of the babies too, but will have to wait till they grow up and start peeping out from the nest.
Note : The nest was lit by 'dappled' light filtering through the branches & leaves . . waited till the bird's head/neck was appropriately 'sunlit' and then took the picture.
This is the five different sizes of Lotus Bowls I have. I was inspired to arrange them like nesting bowls by Whitney Smith.
A yellow Volvo 850 with another yellow Volvo 850 on its dashboard.
Volvo Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nikon D610 + Tamron 24-70 f/2.8.
Edited with Lightroom 5.3.
I normally don't post videos but some people have expressed interest in down under native wild life and these nesting cockatoos were definitely behaving like pork chops, unfortunately I was testing my new wide angle, sorry about the lack of closeness and video skills, SOOC too. They then decided to take turns to dive bomb me, not too close, but just enough to send me a message.
Found a Hummingbird nest in my backyard and am guessing by the amount of time being spent in the nest she is probably sitting on some eggs. It was kind of a dark windy day today and the nest is at the bottom of a cedar branch that never stopped moving. Tomorrow it is supposed to rain but am hoping for a llittle more light on Friday so I can raise my shutter speed.