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Again this year we have a pair of Carolina Wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus, this time on the back fence.
10 Mar 2021; 08:15 CST
I have the delight to see this pair of Great Blue Herons nesting each day after work. The male collects much of the nest materials and presents them to the female.
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.
Image taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire. At the time this image was taken the female Great Crested Grebe was sitting on 5 eggs, just after this two little Humbugs were hatched there is a beautiful image of them altogether to be found on David Smith's Flickr Photostream. I visited yesterday and didn't see the chicks or remaining eggs the parents were both off the nest diving for food, I hope that everything's ok with this family and the chick's and eggs were just in the bottom of the nest will be going back today to check. Update Wed 3rd June 2020 the nest is definitely abandoned when I arrived a Crow was standing on top of the nest so it's empty, only one adult Grebe present looked all round the area no sign of the other one.
"Portrait of a Reddish Egret."
Reddish Egret
The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range. In the past, this bird was a victim of the plume trade.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, there are only 1,500 to 2,000 nesting pairs of reddish egrets in the United States — and most of these are in Texas. They are classified as "Threatened" in Texas and receive special protection.
Egrets are herons which have white or buff plumage and develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons and have the same build.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddish_egret
From The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Reddish_Egret/overview
Black-crowned night heron with its eggs at the Ocean City Rookery.
No birds were harmed in taking this image. I am way above the nesting area, on a bridge. This rookery offers a rather unique opportunity to be above the birds and peek into the nests.
We went to the Wairepo Kettleholes Conservation Area in search of Black Stilts, while we didn't see any Black Stilts, we did see several Pied Stilts, some were nesting.
It may look like this Killdeer is nesting on a beach somewhere, but you might be surprised that she decided to lay her eggs in the middle of a church parking lot!! In an effort to protect her from the inevitable crush of traffic come Sunday, a chair with a sign on it was placed over her nesting site. She doesn't seem to mind the roof over her head, but it made it a bit challenging to shoot! (Saanichton, BC).
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs, etc. without my permission.
This was another sign of spring this week. The squirrel had quite the mouthful of nesting material. Happy Fence Friday!
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
Got out to Gator-land Orlando today, had great time. Lots of herons and egrets nesting and some hatched. There are a lot of try-colored herons hatched up to one month old chicks. Cattle egrets started nesting!
Also called fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk.
A very distinctive fish-hawk, formerly classified with other hawks but now placed in a separate family of its own. Along coastlines, lakes, and rivers almost worldwide, the Osprey is often seen flying over the water, hovering, and then plunging feet-first to catch fish in its talons. After a successful strike, the bird rises heavily from the water and flies away, carrying the fish head-forward with its feet. Bald Eagles sometimes chase Ospreys and force them to drop their catch: The Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds
This one was on the Turner River, Big Cypress Preserve in the Everglades
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 !
At least two each of Roseate Spoonbills, Great Egrets and Cattle Egrets nesting in the island rookery of the Delores Fenwick Nature Center in Pearland, Texas. I count ten nests in this photo.
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Papa comes home with a fishy meal. The fish of the day is Brown Hoplo, or suckermouth catfish (Hoplosternum littorale). This fully armored catfish is native to tropical America. It is wide spread in Florida waters. I haven't seen a native North American catfish in quite some years, though I've heard that they don't displace the native catfishes.