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The front of the house had to be bumped out to accomodate our chickens and a nesting box was added. No laying yet but they sleep in their nesting box, not on the roosting poles. Ugh!
I took this picture on my trip to Argentina. We had gone all the way to the end of the world (at least that's what they call, "Fin del Mundo"). It was a town called Ushaiua in Patagonia, which is the last large settlment before you leave for Antartica.
While there, we took a boat trip to go see some penguins by travelling down the Beagle Channel. But on the way we passed several large rocks sticking out of the water. On these rocks was a mixture of Cormorants and Sea Lions I guess it was nesting time and we got to see them in pairs. It was a very cool thing to see. If not a little bit strong to the nose.
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Sunshine the canary had a little surprise for us last week. "He" laid an egg! So much for being a guaranteed male -- not that it matters, really, since I was looking for a companion bird more than a singer.
Once I realized I had a girl and not a boy, I read up on what a female bird needs, and that turned out to be a nest. Sunshine had been trying to tell me this for a while: so desperate was her desire for nesting material she had been plucking her own feathers. (I treated her for mites instead, no doubt adding insult to injury.) But now the cage is outfitted with a little wicker nest and three types of nesting material. OK, four if you count my hair, which seems to have made its way into the nest, as it has every other corner of the house.
It took Sunshine a few days to get the nest thing figured out, but once she realized what it was all about she wasted no time customizing it to her liking. She's very proud of her efforts, and every day when we come home from work, she's eager to show us what she's done! And happily , the feather picking seems to have stopped.
this small acre is well cared for by a gnome. This area is home to a growing number of birdhouses up high in the trees and this year the gardener has appeared. This is the latest addition to the birdhouse woods aka Walnut Grove. They are nesting leather faces. For birds like doves and robins to nest.
Blue Herons near Ucross, WY. This shot shows three, you can barely see the head in the nest on the far left. I will keep going back and hopefully see more activity.
I posted a similar photo a few weeks ago, but this one was a little clearer. It appears that this heron is hanging out on a nest, one of the few you can actually see from anywhere accessible in the state park if it really is a nest. It will be interesting to watch as nesting season arrives; anybody have a clue when herons nest?
I knew we had Red-Eyed Vireos around, but I barely even saw two in my entire life.
One day, I heard a ruckus of chirping while hanging out around the house. It was incessant. Nearby I found some egg shells, white with barely visible brown spots on them. Looking through a field guide, I narrowed the ID down to about a dozen birds. When I discovered egg fragments next to where my dad parks, I looked up, but didn't find any nests.
It wasn't until a while later (and I wasn't even looking for nests!) that I was standing directly under the tree and noticed a cup nest barely visible in the shadows of the tree's branches.
After seeing a bird going to and from the nest, I got my binoculars and discovered it was a Red-Eyed Vireo! In the two-plus years that I've been birding, this is the first nest I've found on our property. And it's also the first time a bird I rarely saw had nested nearby, to the point where I could see it everyday!
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April 17, 2021
I found this pair of merlins while walking along Lake Champlain near Burlington Vermont. They are nesting high in a tree on the edge of the forest. The tree stands alone on a sandy beach. They were making a lot of noise, otherwise I would never have seen them.
(Falco columbarius)
(Thank you, Buckeye. for confirming the ID!)
Lake Champlain Waterfront
Burlington, Vermont
USA
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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!
I'm pretty sure that this Eagle is "Bonnie" carrying fluff to the nest... I think that "Clyde's" beak is more curved at the tip than hers. Also, when she dropped it off at the nest and tried to place it around, "Dad, (the carpenter of the family)" "beaked" her until she gave up and moved away from it?
* sorry for the overall clarity of this image..300 yards + harsh light = ;[
Cormorants and Egrets adopted an abandoned russian ship in the Walvisbay lagoon as their nesting place
Namibia (Jun05)
size: set of five
color: milk white
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
We bothered the osprey on our way up. You'd think they'd be used to people, they built right above a switchback in the trail.
The male Pied Triller returned with a juicy green caterpillar for the babies. Taken at the Kranji Marshes.
Shooty is never a slouch when it comes to impromtu nesting oppotunities; not that he is planning to care for a new bunch of booty-shaker chicks! Oh no, anywhere warm and soft will do, with a good view of the TV! Merlin was in another of his 'contempating life' moods, so Shooty took full advantage of the situation!