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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
Up and over...Coot leaps from the water to bring nest building twigs and branches on to the pontoon in the old dock near Techniquest in Cardiff Bay,South Wales,UK.
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.
In mei leggen alle vogels een ei.
This Dutch saying (literally translating to: "In May all birds lay eggs") is especially true for this diligent little blackbird, who frequently uses the ledge of my balcony as a stop between gathering wood and leaves and its soon-to-be king-sized nest.
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
Watching me very carefully. THE WHOLE TREE WAS MOVING FROM THE WIND, I MAY TRY FOR OTHER SHOTS ON A CALM DAY.
A grab shot hand held through my bedroom window, (should be making the bed....)
A pair have built a nest in our garden box, they feed each other and are very loving, but they look identical. Isn't the female more brown less red?
Should anything develop I will use a tripod with the window open and try again!
I took this photograph during an excorted visit to Bass Rock which is home to over 150,000 gannets at the peak of the season. This bird was returning to it's nest with some new bedding material, ie kelp.
Gannet adults are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and a long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying higher and circling before plunging into the sea. It breeds in significant numbers at only a few localities and so is an Amber List species.
The biggest mainland breeding colony ia at RSPB's Bempton Cliffs. There are two mainland colonies - at Bempton and Troup Head, Scotland. Also there are large island colonies on St Kilda, the Northern Isles; Bass Rock in Scotland and Grassholm in Wales.
The gannetts arrive at their colonies from January onwards and leave between August and October, with many migrating as far as the West coast of Africa.
The lower ledges of the Bass Rock are also home to shags, guillemots and razorbills, with seals hauling up on the rocks below. Bass Rock itself was formed 320 million years ago and is the remains of one of many active volcanoes in the area. With an incredible past, it has played a key role throughout the history of Scotland - a religious retreat during early Christianity; fortress and prison in the time of the Covenanters and Jacobites; and a strategic stronghold during the times of the Scottish and English wars. Notably it has been owned by the Hamilton-Dalrymple family for the last 300 years.
These were nesting, and feeding young, in the hat next to the toilet door in the al fresco cafe environment. It seemed that nothing would deter them.
This nesting box is on a post in a pond on the Bridgeport Bar between Bridgeport and Brewster, WA. I had heard that there were Western Screech Owls nesting in one of these and got 2 short glimpses of a face twice that looked like an owl. Was unable to get a photo. 6/24/2013
Five nesting boxes in a shelf system that keeps the boxes dark and separates chicken access from people access. The birds get in and out of the boxes via the alleyway between the boxes and the wall. A second shelf with 5 more nesting boxes will go above this one. To simplify periodic cleaning, the nest boxes are bottomless - just pull the box off the shelf and the soiled litter falls to the floor. Covering the shelf with linoleum should help with cleanup too.
The height of the shelf is more for our convenience - so we don't have to stoop to reach into the nests for eggs. We have a few heavier birds (Black Jersey Giants) that probably won't be able to flap their way up to the landing pad on this lower shelf. I'll add a ramp underneath the shelf later for pedestrian access at the far end of the shelf.
I found a roll of linoleum scraps in the garage left by the previous owner, and it was exactly the width of the shelf. Perfect!