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After roosting all winter, the bluetit has decided to use the box for a nest. Yesterday they were clearing out the mess - poo and feathers. Today they have been bringing in nesting material and to keep guard on the few bits they have brought, one of them is roosting over night.
Nesting zebra finches at the aviery in London Butterfly House in Syon Park
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Leather back turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting on a black sand beach on the Commonwealth of Dominica
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 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.
Juvenile Crimson Rosella / possibly Adelaide Rosella peeking out from a nesting hole.
I thought this was too early in the season for it to be a young one, but maybe it is. Thanks mrdehoot for confirming it's probably a crimson rosella - I think it's probably the Adelaide rosella variant though it's hard to say. They do tend to be more orange and have more green in them too - I've uploaded a couple of photos below.
On looking in Wikipedia, they have a photo of a juvenile crimson rosella that looks very much like this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Rosella
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.
Another day of nesting preparations....Hard to see she is so well camouflaged....Photo credit to my neighbor Pat Holmes.
Female seen nesting on the evening of June 3, 2010--the fourth box turtle I'd found that day--a personal record!
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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Plastic nesting tables under some pine trees. The film was cross processed in E6 chemicals, scanned by the lab, and I used iPhoto's Antique effect to reduce the blue color cast. The grain is very strong, but the leading edge is in focus. I really like the numerous diagonals.
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)