Ravens, red-tails, barn owls, great horned owls, prairie falcons, peregrine falcons, golden eagles, and large numbers of passerine songbirds such as cliff swallows all use cliffs throughout the high desert for nesting.

nesting ...in the mood for autumn

RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire

Since we lost our breeding pair of swans a couple of years ago, we've been without new cygnets each spring, which is something I have missed. The young swan who has taken the territory along this stretch of the Union Canal now has a mate, and a friend alerted me to the fact they had made a nest and it looks like there are eggs in it, so perhaps this spring we will have cygnets again!

Sadly being young and inexperienced, they have chosen a less than ideal location - in a busy area, right against the canal wall by some apartments, meaning locals cats, foxes and others can see down into the nest. Hopefully the large swans will be a deterrent to any would be predators and we get some hatchlings...

Delighted to see them building up the nest this evening as I walked home from work.

Hamilton-Burlington, Ontario Bird Sanctuary

Two years in a row now, we have spotted this loon, nesting right along the channel in a large marshy area. It's surprisingly brave of her, since this is a well-used waterway, not all that wide. But it won't be very busy until the end of June, and hopefully the chick will have hatched by then.

The Charadrius vociferus, also known as "Killdeer" is nesting within the grass. She never got up when I crawled up toward her, but kept a watchful eye. A bit late for nesting, but better late than never!

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The department painted one nesting doll per employee for our art director

Commissioned sabertooth Russian nesting dolls. Painted with acrylic.

The black headed gulls were making a very noisy start to the day - mating, nesting and roosting

Tree bumble bees have taken over the nest above this one so I gently opened the lid to check on our blue tits - how lovely is this? I hope the bees leave her alone ....

Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter :)

Here is a little Easter themed photo I created this weekend.

Nest and eggs made by me, and modelling is my beautiful best friend Tina :D

Thanks for looking!

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Swallows nesting - now in the stable with the boys. So tame. Managed to capture on my iPhone but will take some with my DSLR soon

A Black-necked Stilt nests in the North plant near the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee.

Time has passed by and nobody claimed as his/hers this model that I believe to be of mine... so, also because I've been requested, I decided to publish the CP.... I'm not sure it is correctly drawn so please... just give it a check... improvements are welcome. This model is licensed under CC and I don't mind if you make money folding and selling it (good for you! It is perfect for birth party.... Christenings, pregnacy party if anybody does etc etc....)

BUT PLEASE if you ever use it in pubblic just do not forget the attribution and if you ever make a variation of it, publish it under the same CC or you'll have seven years of bad luck :-))))

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN--Gorgeous G-plan nesting tables from the UK, all teak, with a slightly chunky, exaggerated effect. These three simple shapes could add mid-century modern and a focal point to your living room.

Biggest 53x43cm, height 49cm

of the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho, where as many as 800 pairs of raptors, including 12 species nest. At least 240 species of birds use the area along the Snake River.

My visit there was brief and all was quiet. I saw several kinds of hawks or falcons but they stayed out of my focal range. Some flew along carrying Paiute ground squirrels which are their favorite prey. I assume they were taking dinner to their young.

I would love to go back for the fall migration. Here is an Audubon article about the area: www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/snake-river-birds-pr....

These two Jackdaws weren't really sure on what they were doing.

The one on the left with the big stick eventually dropped it over the edge and watched it fall..strange..

Cairns Female Kookaburra nesting

Jackdaws helping themselves to red deer fur

One of a series of shots showing the buzzard collecting ivy to line the nest

Nesting..

Chaffinch collecting nest material

I'm retiring these fabrics from my Etsy shop! Final sale through 1/31/12 - 15% off.

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These birds form a large colony and live all year round in the Pohutukawa Trees (NZ natives) - Te Puna, Tauranga, NZ. The Pohutukawa is commonly known as the NZ Christmas tree and is a ablaze with red flowers around the northern coastal regions of NZ at this time of the year.

Today I found the nest of the Orchard Orioles! Much later in the summer than I've ever seen them nesting. And the nest is much lower in the branches of the gum tree where they've nested many times before. I'm not sure if the mother is still sitting on the eggs, or maybe there are hatchlings in there. The nest is very well hidden inside the branches and leaves, but almost at eye-level, so easy to photograph. I won't spend nearly as much time near this nest as I did with the Baltimore Orioles. I've been photographing the Baltimore Orioles for so many years, and I start watching them as soon as the nest building begins, so by the time they are nesting they are very accustomed to having me nearby, pay no attention to me at all. The Orchard Orioles don't know me so well:) So, I'll be keeping a distance from them because I don't want them to be anxious about me hanging around. So happy to have found this nest today!

Wild card-Bald eagle carrying nesting materials from to her nest

Nesting Osprey's on Highway 62 near Crater Lake National Park.

return of the great blue sky, and Great Blue Herons - Stanley Park , Vancouver, BC , Heronry

Nesting blue tits in garden bird box, they have started to increase the feeding,

Nesting blue tits in garden bird box, they have started to increase the feeding,

Blue Tit(Cyanestes Caeruleus). Busy with a mouthful of moss, ready for nesting.

Matryoshka dolls -- Russian nesting dolls -- in a shop window. (I think there are 65 of them.) We strolled the Rue Bonaparte and the Rue Jacob, looking into (and occasionally going into) the great variety of shops there.

This little rascal kept uprooting vegetation and taking it underground to a burrow. I wonder if babies are on the way.

It's Springtime here in the Pacific Northwest. While I was out and about at a local park, I came across a pair of nesting geese. I patiently watched as she fluffed around her eggs and carefully settled into keep them warm. She let me get close enough to photograph but the male was getting a bit testy so I moved on quickly.

Smallest - 11 x 11 x 18"H

Medium size- 13 x 17 x 19"H

Largest - 15 x 23 x 20H

Style #114 - Shaker Leg

Shown in Brown Maple/Onyx

Nesting by Sisters Hope

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Leaps of preparations for Sisters Academy - The Takeover in Copenhagen

Calls for residencies will open soon.

These big birds are great builders..they take every thing from the present world ..like fabric, papers..tin , big and small sticks and what not ..they build very strong nest for their breeding season :)

Found a couple of Starlings busy working on their nest in this Sycamore tree over looking the Ohio River in Marietta, Ohio.

Happy Friday !

For the puppy toys. Pattern by Nova. Linen and Basic Grey fabric.