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Okay it's now officially spring, I've posted a nesting goose photo. I took this shot last night at Lake Beaumaris. Every year more and more of the geese nest closer to the walkways. This one was only a couple of feet away from from the sidewalk.
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While birding at Barr Lake State Park on day one of our Big Birding Weekend, my dad and I heard the pounding of a woodpecker but couldn't track down exactly where it was coming from. I placed my hand on the trunk of this tree to brace myself as I looked peered around and felt the tree vibrate in sync with the sound of pounding. After that clue, I found the nest hole and seconds later this cute female Downy stuck her head out for this amazing photo.
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After going through the gardens on the west side of the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg and crossing to the west side of the canal (a comparatively long, narrow pond -- see map) in late April, I came upon this goose nesting on the edge of the pond. In my first shot, the goose was more relaxed, with it's neck in front of the body; this is the third shot, with her attention rather fully on my -- but not excited enough to get off the nest. A 105mm lens on a full-frame camera doesn't provide a lot of telephoto reach, so I cropped about a third of the image away.
The main attraction of the day - the Painted stork (Best viewed large
Nesting quite close to the walkway mentioned in the previous image they were the most photographed ones. With a bright orange face and beak, partially black wings and a tinge of pink on their feathers, they are nice to look at.
Having already found their mates, and the nesting season about to begin, they are collecting twigs from a tree (near a watch tower) to make their nests. At the time I took the picture, there was quite a lot of activity
Vedanthangal Bird park
India
Done for a baby shower. Was designed completely by my client. Done to match the invites, mom to be's colors and nursery. All fondant
size: set of five
color: emeraude
the nesting lotus bowls are one of the top pieces of my collection. their botanical, organic shape make them universally appealing. the nesting lotus bowls are gorgeous as a sculptural display piece, and they are completely functional for everyday use.for entertaining, these bowls are wonderful for filling with favorite dips, condiments, and snacks.
sizes:
set of five (6.25"w x 3"h) smallest bowl measures 3" w, largest is 6.25" w
set of eight (9"w x 4.25"h) mallest bowl measures 3" w, largest is 9" w
colors: emeraude green, milk white, robin egg blue, poppy red
Atlantic Puffin collecting nesting materials on Skomer Island. We got to the island a bit earlier than we did last year, and a lot of the puffins were still building their nests. It seemed to make them care even less about the people watching them...
Canon 60D and Canon 300mm IS
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)
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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Little tern. A rare breeding bird on Danish shores.
Keep your dogs in a leash when on the beach in spring/early summer!
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.
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)
These guys have obviously decided that the tail fin hinge of a decommissioned Merpati CASA CN-235, is the perfect place for a nest. I guess it's not gong anywhere soon...
hmmm... the idea's a good one, but I don't think it sufficiently deters the girls from sleeping where they've slept for so many nights (the nesting box compartment)
Great Blue Herons nesting at the Venice Audubon Rookery
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 200-400 F/4 VRII + TC20EIII (FL=800mm)
Wimberly WH-200
1920 x 1080 x 60fps
I found the dry lavandula
I felt the sensation of nesting
I picked up the leaves and the hedera
I reaped the rose fruit
I made the liquidambar leaves branch
I composed the nest
I photographed
And in the end it flew away...
Wow! I can't believe I really got to see a nesting green salamander! You cannot imagine how stoked I was when my sister shined this at Secret Spot, AL! She was a good ways back in the crevice, but I managed a photo or two (or three...) and some video. Females guard their eggs non-stop until they hatch. When the babies hatch they will stay with their mother until they fully absorb all their yolk and disperse. Green salamanders are so unique and rightly my favorite salamander species.