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It is such an honor to watch the Great Blue Herons nesting. This great Blue had a particularly busy day going back and forth to it's nest!
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 www.flickr.com/photos/ingermaaike2/4192887782/
What would you do with it? The one writing the most fun comment will have it :-D
I found these cocoons when searching through the terracotta pots. It was inside another pot and there was a gap. I can't find out what made it but assume it is a type of moth. I have put the pots back together and put them in a dry place.
I'm unsure exactly the id of this bird, although I've been told it is some kind of Weaver.
There were tons of these birds building hanging nests... bopping in and out... It was a joy to watch. This little guy seemed happy to pose for me in front of his house!
You can see her outline as she weaves inside the nest. At one point she comes back out of the nest to harvest some new material, then works at the opening.
Had lots to do today so Jackie walked ruby and I have made images of birds in our garden we have a Wren nesting behind the back garage door so really pleased just hope we don't disturb them. So images of birds mostly from the back door.
Nesting pair of great blue herons, a sequence in the nest and then one leaving the nest to gather nesting materials or maybe food....
St Aidan’s is rich in history from its mining past. You can get a glimpse into the site’s open cast mine via the 1200 tonne coal Bucyrus BE 1150 Walking Excavator named Oddball that remains on the site and is now home to nesting birds. Probably the biggest digger you’ll ever see and one for the kids to enjoy. Head over to the café to get a great view of it and keep your eyes peeled for open days for a chance to go inside.
St Aidan’s is a great place to walk the dog, with so much for them to explore. The nature reserve is dog friendly with free dog biscuits and poo bags at the visitor centre and a dog friendly balcony to eat your lunch. You are free to take your dogs anywhere in the park but make sure to follow the rules. Dogs must either keep to the path and come when they are called or be kept on a lead. If your dog needs some time to run wild, there is a dedicated recreation area where you can let your dog roam.
History
St Aidans used to be an open cast mine up until 2002 when production on the site ceased. The River Aire was diverted to dig six million tonnes of coal from the area. In 1988 the site was catastrophically flooded after the River Aire burst its banks and thousands of gallons of water flooded back onto the site. The site was reopened in 2013 as a nature reserve after extensive works to make it a sanctuary for rare and endangered wildlife.
Bucyrus Erie 1150-B Walking Dragline Excavator
This dominates the RSPB St Aidan’s Nature Park near Garforth. It is huge, and some idea of its hugeness can be gained from the people at the head of the jib. Look closely. 1200 tons of “impossible engineering” as they would say on that Yesterday TV programme. With a bucket size of 25 cubic yards, it was used for open cast coal mining which is why it’s ended up in a nature reserve as St Aidan’s was formerly such a site until it ceased operations in 2002.
But the most amazing thing about the excavator is that it walked, a pair of huge feet inching it along at the impressive speed of 352 yards per hour. It was built in 1948 in South Milwaukee for a site in West Virginia. Four years later it was purchased by the National Coal Board and shipped to the UK, working at opencast sites in South Wales and Cannock before coming to St Aidan’s in 1972.
There were three other BE 1150-Bs working in Britain, including a second one at St Aidan’s, all of which ran on 50 Hz electrical voltage. This one worked on the American 60 Hz and produced odd noises so consequently became known as “Oddball”.
The opencast coal mining site St Aidan’s had some interesting history. Imagine a huge hole, 17 million cubic metres and extending way below the River Aire which flowed adjacent to it. In 1988 a landslip caused the river to flood the workings causing operations to cease for ten years. The flooding took almost 3 days so thankfully “Oddball” managed to walk out. After work restarted in 1998 the dragline was no longer needed and was mothballed.
My daughter found this sweet nest yesterday.
My mother's words on nesting....creating her barn...for today's open house blogged at mayamade.blogspot.com/2008/07/nesting.html
Loudly the mother bird gives the signal call… they suddenly contract their muscles and hide themselves in the nest but clearly it becomes too small for two. They are 1 week old now!
Em voz alta o pássaro mãe dá o sinal… repentinamente eles encolhem e se escondem no ninho, mas claramente este torna-se pequeno demais para dois. Agora eles estão com 1 semana de idade!
For the first time ever, a pair of robins built a nest in the maple tree. Crows were constantly trying to get into the maple tree, but the robins were vigilant and attacking the crows.
The strangely attracting Box of Shreds serves many purposes for Gaius the Cat. Nesting is good. Especially since Kelly dumped a little catnip into the shreds.
A vintage find photographed for my etsy shop: How Now Design. Please see my profile for a link to my shop. SOLD
Half the adventure of Papua New Guinea is in getting to places! We traveled by outboard-driven dugout canoe from the informal dock at Pagwi, up the Sepik River to the little village of Kanganaman.
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Rip Rap Islands serve as crucial nesting ground for seabirds near the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in coastal Virginia. Currently, species that rely on the island include the royal tern, common tern, gull-billed tern, sandwich tern, herring gull, laughing gull, great black-backed gull, black skimmer, and snowy egret.
For decades before the expansion of the HRBT, two artificial islands anchored the underwater tunnels and housed the large colony of seabirds. The construction made these islands unsuitable nesting grounds.
In February 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam tasked the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources with relocating the colony. A quick yet massive renovation of Fort Wool, a Civil War-era military installment built in 1819, transformed Rip Rap Islands into a landscape for the seabird colony similar to the barrier islands. Along with Fort Wool, DWR leased three flat-top barges to create additional habitat next to Rip Rap Islands for the birds to nest. July 15, 2021 (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Virginia Sea Grant)
This little Blue Tit moves so fast - even with a big beak full of nesting material - it was hard to get a good shot! Our neighbour's have a couple of nesting boxes in their garden which have been used successfully by the Tits in previous years. I managed to get this zoom shot before the bird disappeared - as fast as lightning - over the fence.
Cloudy day today with just the occasional 2 seconds of sun every now and again. The forecast for the week ahead for the UK is set fair - even may go from warm to hot and sunny - Yay. Have a good week all xxx
Two of the three nesting islands found in Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). View from the southeast. Chase Lake NWR is home not only to one of the largest nesting colonies of American White Pelicans but also to North Dakota's largest mixed-species waterbird colony.
Credit: USFWS
Note the freshly added mud daubs around the nest entrance.
Cliff swallows build "adobe" enclosures that they glue to the junction of any cliff-like overhang (such the eaves of a roof) and a vertical wall in which they nest. These birds are collecting beaks-ful of mud they consider to be suitable for building/repairing their nests in Yellowstone.
Flocks of cliff swallows cumulatively consume tons of small insects, including pests like mosquitoes.
As I was standing looking out the back window into the Garden I saw this Hummingbird keep flying into the pear tree, and not coming back out. So I grabbed my camera and zoomed in on the tree to discover the hummingbird was sitting on a nest .Excellent surprise :0)... I took these pictures from in the house looking out the window so I wouldn't disturb the bird.... Hope you enjoy her as much as I did.
A mating pair of Great Egrets work on building a nest at Gatorland Park in Orlando, Florida. Gatorland is an excellent place to watch and photograph wild nesting birds doing their thing. Time it right and you'll also get to see them raising their young. I was too early in the season on this trip to see that.
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