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Sparrows built a nest on a night sensor lamp hanging near a condo balcony. At least the chicks will be warm at night every time the light turns on.
Can you spot them? I sat in the canoe and watched, as I have annually for several years now, as they went about their business, each alternately sitting on the nest while the other went fishing nearby. Ultimately accepting, their initial response to my intrusion is to dive bomb the canoe, flashing ghost-like underwater in an attempt to intimidate. Fun.
In any event, I have yet to see any young produced over in the 11 years I've been here. There are numerous reasons why that might be...from black fly outbreaks to eagle predation. Regardless, seeing a little one riding the back of its parent is on my bucket list and I wish them well this time.
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
Probably the same Whitethroat has returned to the same spot 2 years in a row by the Marsh Hide, Baron's Haugh NR...shot from last year
Defacing Seaside Properties and Leaving their trademark Excrement everywhere ...This was seen on Bridlington Harbour .
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.
Again this year we have a pair of Carolina Wrens, Thryothorus ludovicianus, this time on the back fence.
10 Mar 2021; 08:15 CST
This female Red-winged Blackbird knows exactly what supplies are needed for a comfortable nest. Mother Nature is so beautiful in the springtime.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and fabulous day dear Flickr friends !
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
A goose size, long bodied, broad tailed aquatic bird. Bill thick,hooked,forehead low & flat unlike a Shag
Length: 80-100 cm
Wingspan: 1.3 - 1.6 m
Weight: 2-2.5kg
Nesting Time -- coming and going -- and the babies are really making a racket. A really pleasant and peaceful morning shoot.
This male house sparrow was gathering twigs and fluff by the Willamette River. Never saw his landing place, though - kept the nest well hidden!
Habitat : Forests
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Foliage Gleaner
Conservation : Low Concern
"In western North America, the sweet song of the Black-headed Grosbeak caroling down from the treetops sounds like a tipsy robin welcoming spring. The flashy black, white, and cinnamon males and the less flamboyant females sing from perches in suburbs, desert thickets, and mountain forests. At feeders they effortlessly shuck sunflower seeds with their heavy bills. The showy male puts in equal time on the domestic front: both sexes sit on the eggs, feed the young, and feistily defend their nesting territory."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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 Great Blue Heron was delivering a small twig to the nest as filler to cover the gaps between the larger branches.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II, EF400mm f/5.6L USM, f/5.6, 1/8000, ISO 1600.
April is the nesting time for many birds,some Birds started to collect the nesting materials and some waiting for later and I found this Common Myna in Dubai near Garhoud area
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.
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.
Sandhill cranes raise one brood per year. In migratory populations, egg-laying usually begins between early April and late May.
Both members of a breeding pair build the nest using plant material from the surrounding areas.
Nest sites are usually in marshes, bogs, or swales, though cranes will occasionally nest on dry land.
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.
Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness... An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology