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One from Swansea Vale Ponds the other day. I was stood watching this swan pulling out and pecking at the reeds investigating them in prep for building a nest
These birds, which I think are Storks, were seen at several of these nests around the site of the Basilica of St John in Selcuk, Turkey. I wondered if they had some religious significance?
It appears leatherbacks weren’t the only sea turtles interested in securing early bird nesting status during the 2020 season: bit.ly/2wr5aPJ
Our first loggerhead nest of the 2020 nesting season was reported from Jupiter Island in Martin County, yesterday morning, March, 20th. The earliest loggerhead nest on record in Florida, was March 6th, 2007.
Three polyhedrons nesting with each other. The outside frame is a rhombic triacontahedron. A maple cube is next with a tetrahedron at the center. This geometric trophy sits on a rhombic shaped pedestal. (dscn7527c)
Temperatures reached 74 degrees yesterday and the bluebirds are busy with family planning issues. They are busily coming and going from the nesting box used by chickadees last year. In this image, the male is leaving while the female is flying in, I did observe the male bluebird fighting with one of the chickadees earlier so I assume the chickadees were also planning to use this box, No fear! We have several nesting boxes available.
I'm retiring these fabrics from my Etsy shop! Final sale through 1/31/12 - 15% off.
Blogged here:
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On sale here:
This ground dove (Columbina talpacoti) took up residence in my cherry tree (acerola) about a week ago. Best of luck to her chicks.
Sitting in my pontoon boat I could approach her from the water without causing any alarm. This breeding coot let me come within centimeters of her nest. She watched me carefully but there was no distress. I was cooing the coot.
Nesting bowl pattern from Nova at acuppaandacatchup.com/2012/03/nesting-fabric-bowls-pattern/
I made the biggest one
A wet day in Saddleworth, so perfect to sit in the car and get a few photos of the nesting blue tits in a drystone wall.
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....
Someone thoughtfully placed a ring of rocks around this nest to protect her and her eggs from foot traffic in the busy area.
Swallows Park, Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington, USA
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This American Robin (or "Rouge Gorge" in French) has a nest in the tree on our front lawn.
A couple of weeks ago, I was doing Spring inspection of our lawn and noticed a tiny light blue Robin's egg on the ground so I think it was a fatality of this nest.
Yesterday, I was sitting outside with my camera waiting for birds to come to the tree and suddenly 3 Grackles showed up. The Grackles made a lot of loud noise and were trying to get at this nest in the tree. The pair of nesting Robins rallied and chased away the Grackles successfully.
Today I went looking for the nest, spotted it, and managed to get this shot of one of the adult pair incubating the remaining eggs.
This nest is not very far from the Starling nest in the eaves of my neighbour's house. The Starlings sometime visit this tree, but I've noticed that the Starlings always seem to be chasing away other Starlings who try to get into their own nest.
This is just a shot of the living room before I tidied up by putting away my chore boots by the front door. You can see the ladder on the porch.
The story goes like this.
Years ago...28 to be exact, I saw this Chicken Nesting Box being used as a coffee table in my future MIL's living room. It had some unique antiques in the nests.
I fell in love with it. So in love that my FIL decided to make me one. A new version, but with the same dimensions. He died before he could fulfill his promise.
But I still loved this piece. A month ago there was an estate sale for MIL's items from her apartment to help pay for her nursing home costs.
Determined to get this I held my auction number up and knew that I'd go beyond what it could be worth ...just to have it. Yes, it means that much to me.
I nailed this prize. Not so much a prize, but a solid beautiful piece of memory that I could carry on.
And well, I had ideas.
Each box should have it's own special 'scene' as it were.
Enjoy....
There will be more 'boxes' and memories coming as I get things set up.
Lens test in our yard of the new Sigma 150-600mm mounted on the D7100
All shots hand-held.
This zoom lens is a monster 😰 It belongs on a tripod -- well, perhaps it's more versatile than I thought with a VR image stabilization that's good for 4-5 stops! It's much easier to shoot with the D800E as the heavier body balances a little better. But, I would not want to take a long hike with it and then shoot hand-held. It would be easier to carry a tripod and then relax with a setup letting the tripod do the work.
These images are cropped from D7100 files taken at 500mm!
Seen in Paris, France.
This is a "natural" photograph, no edition (except cropping), no color enhancement.
This unconventional but highly creative and opportunistic nesting site was chosen by a pair of pigeons. They had built their nest in the men's urinal in the Frenchmen Valley Campground in Grasslands National Park. Their nest wasn't successful. They had abandoned it prior to my discovery as the eggs were stone cold. This photograph was taken on the same day that the wildfire burned through the park.
I found their nest very endearing. We had seen them hanging about the bathroom a week or so prior to the discovery.
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© Colleen Watson-Turner. All rights reserved.
The Chickadees have won the new nesting box over the Bluebirds. The male and the female were both busy gathering their nest material yesterday. It was gray and cold yesterday--hoping for better sunshine shots today.
I made something and I know it will never sell in my store, nor will I ever use it. Shall I do a little lottery or something? Anyone want to win this
What would you do with it? The one writing the most fun comment will have it :-D
Leave me a way of contacting you if I do not already have your address or mail
The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice-Valtice Area or Lednice-Valtice Complex, Czech: Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural complex of 283,09 km² in the Czech Republic, South Moravian Region, close to Břeclav and Mikulov.
The Lednice-Valtice Area is registered in the list of monuments protected as World Heritage by UNESCO next to another site – Pálava Landscape Protected Area, registered by UNESCO only a few years prior to the nearby Pálava Biosphere Reserve. Such close proximity of two landscape systems protected by UNESCO is world-unique.
At the end of the 18th century, the local manor lordship – the House of Liechtenstein – began to create a unique manmade landscape complex: The Lednice – Valtice Area. During the 19th century, the Liechtenstein family continued transforming the area, which has since been called the "Garden of Europe", into a large landscape park with two centres: Valtice Castle (and contiguous town) and Lednice Castle (and contiguous village).
Lednice is the best-known tourist destination in south Moravia. All roads in the Chateau park lead to the Minaret. The gallery, 60 metres high, provides a view of the entire Garden of Europe. It is easy to see from this point the magnificent Pálava Hills and Malé Karpaty Mountains, when weather allows. The whole Lednice-Valtice Area shows many other sightseeings as middle-age castle imitations like Janohrad, the empire temple Apollónův chrám, the classic salet Tři Grácie, and the classic castle Rybniční zámeček. All of these sightseeings are connected by a network of bike roads located in wooded area.
(Wikipedia)
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Did spend a nice summer weekend in the south Moravia, once more enjoying Pálava region and the area around Lednice - it is truly one of the most beautiful parts of the Czech republic.