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Bald Eagles Nesting in New Jersey
“The Rebound in the Garden State”
New Jersey was once home to more than 20 pairs of nesting Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). As a result of the use of the pesticide DDT, the number of nesting pairs of Bald eagles in the state declined to only one by 1970 and remained at one into the early 1980's. Use of DDT was banned in 1972. That ban combined with restoration efforts by biologists within the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) acted to increase the number of New Jersey Bald eagles to 119 active pairs in 2013 and 177 young produced.
This sculpture is installed at the north end of the new Martin's Point Bridge that connects Falmouth with Portland Maine, It replaces an older bridge from witch the metal rebar was used to make the nest.
Artist Wendy Klemperer of Nelson, New Hampshire, oversaw installation of a nesting osprey sculpture near the Falmouth approach to the Martin's Point Bridge on Friday, Oct. 31. Klemperer created the 75-pound piece of art in 2012 from weathered, salvaged steel; it was originally displayed at Maine Audubon in Falmouth. She made the nest, which weighs about 2,000 pounds and is 8 feet in diameter, over the last two weeks from reclaimed rebar from the old Route 1 bridge between Portland and Falmouth. The piece is considered a good fit for the area, since osprey are known to frequent the location. (Website)
I didn't want to go up into the loft above the garage because I knew it might disturb the nesting birds, but had to for a challenge so I made it quick. Noticed that the House Sparrows used nuts as nesting material. At first, I thought they were the bird's eggs. I don't think I've ever seen this before, but they did plug up the hole. It's amazing how they were able to carry these nuts up there, they are almost as big as these birds.
i havn't painted as many nesting boxes as I wanted this year. Here is one I took a photo of late in November and then painted at home.
Took a walk around Barr Lake to check on the nesting pole that was on a 45 degree angle - the lake was so low that Public Service was able to get to it since in normal height of the lake you can't get to it. So now it's up right plus the bird is gona have to build up the other side now.
Punakaiki Rocks on the West Coast, our third day of my friends from the UK, trip around the South Island. We left Christchurch at 6:30am as we had a long day of travelling making our way over the Lewis Pass to Punakaiki and our first night stop over at Hokitika on the West Coast.
Punakaiki is a small community on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, between Westport and Greymouth. The community lies on the edge of the Paparoa National Park.
The Pancake Rocks are a very popular tourist goal at Dolomite Point south of the main village. The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments), these form the main attraction of the area.
The Pancake Rocks are presently explorable by a number of walkways winding through the rock formations, parts of these wheelchair-accessible and others carved into stairways up and down the rock faces.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punakaiki
Any one interested in following our trip around the South Island.. here is a map: www.wises.co.nz/l/lewis+pass/#c/-41.801671/172.516537/8/
These Kittiwakes were nesting under the bridges over the Tyne at Newcastle, and on the ledges by the Hotels in the area too. Lovely to hear and see them....
These critically endangered birds return annually to nest in the old bridge pylons. They are sitting on eggs at the moment
The New Zealand fairy tern, also known as the tara-iti, is a small tern which breeds between Whangarei and Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is considered critically endangered with an estimated 45 individuals and 12 breeding pairs. Wikipedia
A male English Sparrow looks so proud perched on a branch with some nesting material. After taking this picture, I watched him move to the feeder where he dropped the material in an attempt to get some seed. So much for multi- tasking! I don't think his lady was too impressed, as I watched her scold him after dropping the nesting material. lol
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Taken on April 30/13 at 2:18pm on south Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
Camera, Canon 7D
Lens, Canon EF 100-400 mm L IS USM lens,
Tripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballhead
Taken at 1/1000’s at /7.1 at 375 mm, man white bal, iso 500
Slight crop off the right side, Slight exposure adjustment in Lightroom4. Sharpened in Photoshop CS2 ( Lab mode, lightness channel, unsharp mask ( amount 52, radius 1.2 threshold 3).
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A pair of Gannets nesting at Bempton Cliffs. I visit Bempton every year just to see the nesting birds and the gannet has got to be one of the most beautiful.
Nesting Frigatebirds on Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. The old barracks in the background were destroyed in a Hurricane several years ago and are no longer habitable.
Camera: Olympus Stylus 120
Lens: Olympus ED Multi-AF Zoom lens, 38-120mm
Film: Expired Kodak Gold 200
There was a colony of four or five of these nesting grey herons in the tree in front of the hide. The chicks were still very small and didn't move much in the nest.
Lake Panic, Kruger NP, South Africa.
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Another sign of Spring, seen yesterday. The first of the Great Blue Herons that returned (see below) is nesting.
Taken in a drizzle, with increased exposure.
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Thanks to John Piercy I was able to see a nesting Mute Swan in Bayfront Park. She has 10 eggs in her nest and I cannot wait to see 10 cygnets swimming with their parents.
Unfortunatelly it is very tough to get a clear shot of the nest without anything in a way. I used Photoshop CS5's new Content Aware fill option to clear this image a little bit.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Hamilton, Ontario
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We watched this osprey dive feet first into the water and come out with this wrapper - my best guess is that it's collecting nesting material?
I bought these little Russian nesting dolls or matryoshka, in Boston, MA, many years ago. They are very small, the tiniest being about 1cm tall!
Grey Heron on a nest in the Beech Tree high above the moat at Dunham Park. I have never known them to nest here before, usually on the far side of the park which is not accessible to the public.