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This pigeon was under a bridge near where I live. The sun was VERY bright outside, and I spot-metered off the bird's chest. Despite this, some detail seems to have been lost in the body, though I still really like the shot. This is basically SOOC with a slight crop and white balance corrected. In the nest were a few babies, which may have been dead (or so recently hatched that they weren't moving or making noise). You can see part of one of the chicks if you view this original size. Given the somewhat difficult exposure conditions I'm proud to have come away with this image, which I feel is nicely composed and very representative of what the scene looked like.
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 pair of Great Crested Grebes are nesting in front of Lake Hide at Westhay. I understand there were a couple of chicks in the nest but I didn't see them.
I continue to be impressed by my little TZ70, 30x zoom is of little use handheld but resting on the window frame of the hide produced pretty respectable results.
Mute swans are common in the Lea Valley, and this one chose a nesting site very close to a public car-park.
Sometimes, hard-trying, it seems I cannot pray-----
For doubt, and pain, and anger, and all strife;
Yet some poor half-fledged prayer bird from the nest
May fall, flit, fly, perch----crouch in the bowery breast
Of the large, nation-healing tree of life;
Moveless there sit through all the burning day,
And on my heart at night a fresh leaf cooling lay.
------George MacDonald
eleanor is done with raising her chick and has gone back to laying eggs, but insists on laying them in my garden, instead of in the laying boxes in the coop -- here she's making a nest for herself in a patch of feverfew...
I found a little dugout area with sticks around it that reminded me of a nest so I decided to turn myself into a bird (sorta).
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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)
Eurasian Crane. On the reserve at Slimbridge.
I don't know if it is actually on a nest, but that's what it looks like, so that's the title.
Shot with an Opteka 650-1300mm lens. I believe I had it set to around 800mm (no electronics in the lens to register EXIF data).
One of the few ducklings to be found in Bradgate Park, happily paddling through his new surroundings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my photographs
The Robins that come in the garden are nesting near my office, and their chicks have hatched! There are four chicks in the nest, all needing constant feeding. Jan found the nest by accident, she was gardening and nearly destroyed their nest - so I ended up fixing the nest using string round the Cordyline leaves to hold it in place and repair it. I was worried the Robins would come back in to feed the young but they did.
I'll upload some photos soon, but for now enjoy nature at it's best!
I set my tripod up in my office and shot this clip using my E-PL2 with my 150-300mm (300-600mm equivalent) The HD version looks really good, sorry this is a down sampled version as it huge file.
Sorry for the noise in the background, it's sound from my security camera in the office. I should have turned it off. Oops.
Here is link to HD version on my YouTube account :
Double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) nesting in red mangrove on the ragged keys. Biscayne Bay National Park, Florida.
Alfa nesting table is a modern table designed by Sohoconcept that represents the latest modern furniture for home, office and restaurant.
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Very cute way to attract birds to your garden: Bird nesting box photographed at the Enchanted Maze Garden, VIC. Australia.
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I think that there are just the two eggs visible here.
Jersey Shore
Kind of reminds me of Jack and the beanstalk.
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The downside of a weekend out of town followed by a non-stop kickoff to a new busy week - finding that it's almost the middle of the week before managing to jump in and catch up. I think I'm finally sorted and back on track though. Next up - visiting the rest of Flickr. Be by soon!
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