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Greylag geese (Anser anser) pair at the pond; one nesting, the other looking towards the camera while preening.
RSPB The Lodge, Sandy, 4th April 2023.
sandbank no 8 ..........
occasionally turtles crawl accross and break eggs..sorta payback for birds eating haching turtles i guess.
i found this swan nesting the other day and its partner is with it as well I'm going to keep a eye on them and hopefully they will give me some cracking photos.
This was on Cunningham Island in the middle of the lake at Land Between the Lakes, KY. I took this handheld from a kayak. There were 50-75 nesting birds on the island along with several Black Crowned Night Herons, hundreds of Cormorants, and a few other assorted waterfoul.
One of several nesting pairs that inhabit live oak trees in an urban yard in Houston, Texas. Last year, there were seven or eight pairs in two adjacent trees. This is the second pair to show up this year.
From the residua left on the ground under the nests, it appears these birds enjoy a diet that includes frogs, toads, and crayfish.
From a distance the cliffs of Boreray can look snow-capped but its actually just guano from the thousands of nesting birds.
We spotted this nesting common nighthawk at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.
Photo by Itza Yurland/USFWS.
We spotted this nesting common nighthawk at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.
Photo by Itza Yurland/USFWS.
This was at the Salton Sea, CA.
These are REAL birds on REAL nests. They flew away after I took a couple photos but I swear they were really there!
Round Two. Ms. Moose decides to show the geese who is boss on this lake and she charges the nesting goose. The nesting goose flew up onto her back and started biting her.
A stall with Russian nesting dolls
If you use this image I'd be grateful, if you could credit blog.uyora.com/author/george/ Thanks!
They're back again this year, nesting on a much smaller island. It's illegal to interfere with a swan's nest.
"Nesting"
encaustic and mixed media
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Painting created for my encaustic and mixed media article in the Nov/Dec issue of Somerset Studio
We spotted this common nighthawk sitting on its nest at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota. These ground nesters will incubate two eggs for 16-20 days. After 17-18 additional days, young are ready to venture out!
Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS.
I dedicate this image to my Flickr friend, Kim. She inspired me to go to the 9th Street Rookery in Santa Rosa to see the nesting birds there. I only wish that I had a better lens to get a tighter shot. . I will put that on my wish list!
Collared Aracari are social toucans that nest in natural cavities or deserted nests of other birds. The lower bird is tending to its young in the tree cavity. Photographed in the Sarapiqui rainforest, Costa Rica
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set of 3 nesting fabric gift boxes in a lovely floral print with a striped inner box. boxes are 3", 2" and 1.2" cubes.
Can't beat that for a background! The nest must be inside the azalea, as the bird surveyed the area to make sure it was unobserved by predators before popping in with the twig. Note the brood patch on the breast -- I've rarely seen such a marked one.
It says here in the book that the male usually builds the stick nest and that only the female incubates. Tell that to the bird! It must be a female with a brood patch like that, but there it is with a twig.
Hard to get a clear shot with all the trees - but this Anhinga was nesting amongst the egrets and herons. I didn't realize they had such beautiful eyes.
In order to assist with the successful nesting of Osprey, platforms have been built on top of utility poles complete with wire screening to help keep the nest secure. This pair have rebuilt on this same pole now for the past three years. The photo below shows the female in the nest. Note she has added a bit of teasel to the interior to help spruce things up a bit!
I tried to get another sharper shot of the mourning dove's eye, but it looks as if it's going to be hit or miss with the auto-focusing. Perhaps another attempt in the morning (when the light is more direct) will give me a clearer, sharper image. (Uncropped.)