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I was so happy to finally find these in town on Craigslist. Not really a "deal" at $100, but they are in mint condition, and I didn't have to pay for shipping!
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
Noisy, feisty and crowded; the magic of Inner Farne. There is almost an aggressive feel to the Kittiwakes' bonding ritual, a bit like that of the Gannets when they clack their bills together
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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Seems we've got a young family in our wisteria in the backyard. Makes me smile.
This nest is about 4 feet off the ground, buried in the wisteria vines. I pulled the vines back a smidge to take the shot, and promptly (and gently) moved them back. I don't have any idea what kind of bird is nesting here - other than she is small and the daddy has a red breast, and they aren't robins.
I'll keep you posted.
We've had cliff swallows in the front entry for the last few years, it's still early for them, and they haven't returned yet. Their nest is too high to see into, so this is a real treat for me.
Today I was just looking over some of my old shots and came across this one. I punched up some of the colors to make it look a little nicer. I hope you enjoy it. This was taken in one of the stands on 5th avenue in New York City.
I think Pops has been watching too much SpringWatch. He seems to think he has to sit on Mr T's seedlings so they will hatch ;O. OOps.
Black guillemot (cepphus grille), called a tystie in Orkney, nesting on the cliffs beside The Gloup - a collapsed sea cave.
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.
This pair of owls is not nesting… sad..perhaps they are too young, perhaps they met with a disaster. No clue.
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!