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A mother swan has built her nest on top of a muskrat den; we were told she’s been nesting in this spot about 4 weeks.
Lake Erie Metro Park – Brownstown, Michigan
Check out these lovebirds. They adorn an antiqued gunmetal chain with red stone globes for a punch of color. This reminds me of necklaces that Anthropologie stores and catalogs would sell for one hundred dollars. I love that I can make my own version that is sooooooo much more affordable!
In Orkney I was on my way to the standing stones and all the old amazing historical places an monuments that are ALL pretty much older then the Pyramids.. mental? yes.
I noticed a few nesting swans near a road and on a small bit of land in the lochs etc. I had to get a shot. Im not a big fan of swan shots, but I had an idea of the shot that I wanted.. this is basically what I wanted :) Hope you guys like it :)
Cheers!
All made from leftover yarn.... not intentionally monochromatic but my stash is apparently a little heavy on the pink.
High up in a tree, a squirrel is gathering nesting material to prepare its home for the winter. The camera's eye-tracking focus is impressive, finding its way through all the branches between me and the squirrel. An amazing invention that I don't understand how it works but appreciate very much. Shot at the Woodland Cemetery in southern Stockholm, Sweden. Early December 2025.
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.
Fulmarus glacialis
The northern fulmar is monogamous and forms long term pair bonds. It returns to the same nest site year after year. The breeding season starts in May with the laying of the single white egg. They produce a stomach oil that can be sprayed out of their mouths as a defense against predators and as an energy rich food source for chicks and for the adults during their long flights. It can destroy the plumage of avian predators, and can lead to their death. Fulmarus glacialis can be broken down to the Old Norse word full meaning "foul" and mar meaning "gull".
Nesting zebra finches at the aviery in London Butterfly House in Syon Park
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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 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.