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I just got a new lensbaby for Christmas and am experimenting with all it can do. These nesting dolls are from Russia, my youngest's Christmas gift
Dewey & Daisy are both laying eggs again. Dewey started several weeks ago, Daisy just last week. Dewey has been taking her maternal responsibilities very seriously and sits on her nest nearly all day, regardless of how many eggs are there. We've tried leaving them alone until there's a full clutch, then removing them, or removing them every day. It makes no difference. There she sits.
As you can see, this nesting house has several compartments so that each duck can have their own space. The outer wall used to be solid, but Todd opened it up to provide ventilation in our hot summers. As it gets colder, he can put the wall panel back up.
So this morning Dewey was already on her nest (left) and Daisy was ready to lay her egg. She discovered that Dewey had rolled her (Daisy's) previous eggs from the right nest to the left. Dewey is now setting on both her eggs and Daisy's. Since Daisy couldn't get to her own eggs, she tried to crowd into Dewey's nest with her and lay her egg there.
(Janis runs to get camera)
Daisy decided to go back to her own nest again. So much for the photo op.
A great egret sitting on her eggs. there was a whole little island full of these nests.
More egrety goodness: www.flickr.com/photos/artolog/2428614576/in/photostream/
kitschy nesting dolls from Japan! on its way to me as you're reading this... thanks to Bubbles Company for the tip ;) Check out her flickr here: www.flickr.com/photos/bubbles_company/
get one for yourself at: www.jbox.com/SEARCH/unazukin/1/
The sparrows are collecting the pampas grass just outside my living room window. It looks as if the grass did not survive the bad winter we had. I had to take the pictures through the window
Morro Rock, that looming monolith seen miles away across the bay that bears its name, is a bird sanctuary, so sadly, you can't climb it. But all along this section of the coast are nesting grounds, rocks and beaches that are secluded and protected, where hundreds of seabirds come to rest and breed. The sun was barely half visible above the horizon when I reached this portion of the beach, just time to snap two chots from between these rocks at the birds and the rock across the moving water.
They're not really up to snuff, too soft to print, but pretty onscreen. :)
Nesting dolls of Elvis, Freddie Mercury, Barack Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel, Mao, Berlusconi, etc. Also present but not pictured were famous cartoon characters, Soviet leaders, tsars, Osama bin Laden and Michael Jackson.
The white-fronted bee-eaters nest in colonies, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks. In this case, we saw them in a mound by a quarry. If you look closely, you can see one standing on the ground above the holes.
The white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) is a species of bee-eater widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa.
They have a distinctive white forehead, a square tail and a bright red patch on their throat. They nest in small colonies, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks but can usually be seen in low trees waiting for passing insects from which they hunt either by making quick hawking flights or gliding down before hovering briefly to catch insects. Wikipedia
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)
Sabal Palm Sanctuary's resacas are full of Least Grebes.
We've counted at least 8 pairs building and sitting on their nests!
On our hike, we spotted an osprey nest built on a dead tree. Mom was in there keeping the babies warm. For scale - this is a BIG bird, wingspan is 5-6 feet!
This was special because we're usually looking UP at their nests, seeing one from above is a treat.
(I took another photo later in the day, shows scale a bit better)
A nesting green sea turtle(?) (Chelonia mydas) from the Nicoya peninsula in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. Unfortunately she chose a bad place to nest, her eggs were poached before she even got a chance to return to the water.
EDIT: Turns out this is actually a olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)! Which is pretty exciting since then this is the first and so far only one of these I have seen. This is a wide ranging species and is found throughout much of the worlds oceans but population levels have dropped from historic levels.
I already forgot which bird this is. From the African safari attraction at Disney World's Animal Kingdom.
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Here is the other photo of the nesting turtle that I like from yesterday. It was an awesome experience.
March 22, 2020
Our two remaining Eastern bluebirds are very busy making their nest. They are occupying the same box from last year. I guess they like the location!
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Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in a nest under the footbridge leading to Theodore Roosevelt Island. Usually, these birds are busy flying around at high speeds.
As a result of the slight relaxation of the StayatHome guidelines, I have been taking the opportunity to have a few day trips to locations that I hope wouldn't be too busy with other people. One such place is the Blackdown Hills and in particular where a few new clearings were created last year. I was watching Spotted Flycatchers when I noticed a Treecreeper returning to the same old tree. Then I realised that it was nesting behind the bark only a few inches off the ground. I have enjoyed watching the adults making repeated visits with all manner on insects. That is probably it for now as I do not wish to disturb the birds. All images taken from a very safe distance.
The swallows make an awful mess every time they come back to nest, and they terrify the cat, but they are so cute that we enjoy their visits.
Taken at Wollaton Hall, April 2015.
Wollaton Hall has a collection of managed deer within their parkland. Although I've seen other peoples photos of jackdaws collecting fur from deer, to this point I'd never witnessed it. I was pleased on this occasion, to not only see them, but to photograph it as well, and not one but two of them, They made several trips, so presumably had a very cosy nest as a result.
Dec 8/11 another kind of nesting. beautiful nests at my coworker's home make me miss living rurally...
Another shot of the Nesting mother? Curlew. I presume this is the
female but I haven't got a bird ID book at hand right now. Which brings
up the next point, which of the pair nests ? or is it a shared
responsibility ?
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)
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Least Tern, Huntington State Beach, Ca.
During the Spring and Summer months Least Terns come by the hundreds to nest at Huntington State Beach. They nest simply in a shallow burrow in the sand. Here you see one of them about to sit on a couple of eggs.
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Nesting Kittiwakes at St. Abb's Head.
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Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 August 2013.
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Church of San Domenico, photographed from below in Siena. The regular holes in the walls appear to be nesting sites for pigeons, which were once a significant source of protein. Among other things...
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)
Matryoshka dolls meet soft puppets. Made from fabric scraps. Blond doll is hiding two more dolls inside.
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Cool Facts
- Thanks to specially shaped neck vertebrae, Great Blue Herons can curl their neck into an S shape for a more aerodynamic flight profile and to quickly strike prey at a distance.
- Great Blue Herons have specialized feathers on their chest that continually grow and fray. The herons comb this “powder down” with a fringed claw on their middle toes, using the down like a washcloth to remove fish slime and other oils from their feathers as they preen. Applying the powder to their underparts protects their feathers against the slime and oils of swamps.
- Great Blue Herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night vision.
- Despite their impressive size, Great Blue Herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones—a feature all birds share.
- Great Blue Herons in the northeastern U.S. and southern Canada have benefited from the recovery of beaver populations, which have created a patchwork of swamps and meadows well-suited to foraging and nesting.