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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 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.
Quick trip to Darts Farm, Topsham in Devon resulted in some lovely close views of the Penduline Tits and a nesting building wren that was more on less ignored!
Trade from the talented nesting emily!!!
I love this necklace... she needs to make more. www.nestingemily.etsy.com
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
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)
At dusk at this time of year (early September) we see lots of flying termite queens coming out of the forest and looking for a place to start a new nest. They will fly around for only a short time before landing and dropping their wings. Unfortunately these queens chose our birdbath as a landing spot. Termites are poor swimmers so all they accomplished was producing interesting patterns and texture on the water surface.
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!
"What are you up to, Tiny", called Palo, "There's one hundred things we have to do today."
"Nesting", clucked Tiny as he wriggled his toggle and nestled further into the straw.
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The ring necked parakeet is common in South East of England. Breeding starts late January. Typical nesting places are tree holes abandoned by woodpeckers.
Razorbill, Alca torda, on a nest, Skomer, South Wales,
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I got SO MUCH ATTITUDE from the fam for not buying this bra-and-panty set. All I can say is that I couldn't imagine calmly trying on silly underwears while one of the ever-hovering salespeople was around. I am not as crazy buff as I would have to be to handle that situation with grace.
Plus, as was later pointed out, you have to buy at least three sets in escalating cup sizes to make the joke really work.