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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)
Female Wompoo Fruit-dove, Ptilinipus magnificus, sitting on her sparse stick nest in Australia's World Heritage Wet Tropics area in far north Queensland. In this side view she is showing her deep purple breast plumage.
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The nest on the beach were impressive enough, and packed, but the crazy ones were those back in the forest. Forest penguins! Fluffy brown chicks, too.
DSC_3864: Nesting Osprey on July 3rd, 2014 at Grand Lake, New Brunswick. I spent about 30 minutes taking pics and videos of this very cooperative subject on her nest today. She wasn't afraid of me at all, and just sat on top of her nest brooding over her young one.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. The swans' close relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven living (and one extinct) species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition, there is another species known as the coscoroba swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although “divorce” sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.
Work for upcoming show at: www.aokayofficial.com/ in April!
I can take commissions for custom nesting dolls :)
Tell me about your Matryoshka!
Just a little comic trying to promote Nesting Dolls (Matryoshka Dolls) for www.therussianstore.com
Nesting Dolls sometimes 'crack' up - har har!
more to come on our blog www.therussianstore.com/blog
of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
sticky pine sap pours from holes created by the RCW, providing effective protection from predators: climbing tree snakes, raccoons, etc
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Nesting Infinity by Sisters Hope
photo: I diana lindhardt
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The Sister and The Asteroid embarking on infinite journeys into the unknown.
Great Blue Herons nesting at the Venice Audubon Rookery
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 200-400 F/4 VRII + TC20EIII (FL=800mm)
Wimberly WH-200
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Killdeer standing over its eggs in their ground nest. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in bird life category.
Photo Credit: Judy Watson / USFWS
In 2007, the Service, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, completed construction of Iguaca Aviary. This new facility will serve as the Service’s main facility to advance the parrot recovery. Photo by Roy Hewitt, USFWS.
A nesting endangered California Least Tern. Didn't have the reach to get a great image but an uncommon shot nonetheless.
When walking across moorland above Askrigg on the 31st May 2013, I suddenly came across this female Red Grouse, hunkered down on its nest. This photograph serves to demonstrate how effective the Grouse's camouflage is, so much so that I was virtually upon it before I realised that there was a nesting bird in front of me.
A very interesting nesting site of Anthidium manicatum, Anthidium septemspinosum, Anthidiellum strigatum, Halictus quadricinctus, Halictus scabiosae and Halictus sexcinctus and also Philantus apivorus and many others parasits (Chrysis) or cuckoo-bees.
Bougue - 40 - France
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)
The Good the Bad and the Babushka Dolls
Just a little comic trying to promote Nesting Dolls (Matryoshka Dolls) for www.therussianstore.com
more to come on our blog www.therussianstore.com/blog
Brass Chain: Vintaj
Pewter Bird and Hive button: MamacitaBeadworks
Brass nest: Michaels
Turquoise rounds eggs
Faceted red Czech glass: Fusion Beads
Red glass tube: Mat's Beads
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)
Double Crested Cormorant carries nesting material to his waiting mate. We enjoyed watching the bonding antics of the pair each time they came together.
Phalacorcorax auritus
As I found a couple of weeks ago, there is a power pylon close to the Calaveras Reservoir that has a big nest at the top. At the time I speculated that it was a Bald Eagle nest (based on comments from locals who said there were nesting Bald Eagles in the area) but I hadn't seen them myself. Well today as I drove home along the Calaveras Road I looked over at the nest only to see a nesting eagle. This is as close a shot as I can get using my 70-300mm lens. The pylon is in a fenced off area (private land belonging to the San Francisco Water Company) so it’s impossible to get closer without trespassing (and doing some serious hillside climbing!).
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