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Come on Birds here some Nesting
Bits, lot's of moss etc !!!! and of course have a temporary cam watching.
Not a common site. A nesting pigeon.
Hopefully, I can get a shot of her chick, which would be a real rarity!
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)
Pair of Black-collared Starlings saw also at the construction site near my office.
Very noisy and always move in group.
Just like their lovely yellow eye-cover.
Her beak is hidden by a ridge of rock. She is warming several chicks here. The pink on the chick to the left is from a flower that I could not get out of the camera's field without falling off the cliff. Shell Beach, California
The swan in on one side of the pool and is behind reeds, here, in front and trees and bushes behind. It's quite safe where it is!
Sunbirds started nesting very near to my home today.I planted many small trees for helping the birds for their nesting .Cutting of trees and bushes become a threat to birds and some other species for there survival.,so please plant some greens around you for the future preservation of the se beautiful species.
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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Nesting doll sailor figures in the collection at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA (accession # MT 56)
I made Justin a set of nesting dolls- us and Chloe- for a Valentine's day gift. The dolls turned out great, although the lacquer makes them smell a little funny :/
Least Grebe - nesting pair
Tachybaptus dominicus
When we went to Sabal Palm Audubon Center, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd heard good things, but it seemed to be the orphan child of the numerous places on the 'must see' birders list. Still, we had some of our better birding at this little park. And this was one of the highlights.
We started our day hiking the boardwalk along their small stream/resaca, seeing dragonflies, long-billed thrashers, Pied-billed Grebes, Great Kiskadees and these wonderful Least Grebes, a lifebird for me. We watched them for a while dredging up grass and the occasional fish, and then went about our walk.
Later, before we left, we decided to go back and see if we could get some better shots. What we go instead was this unexpected treat - a brand-new egg in the nest. In the span of about 45 minutes to an hour, they had gone from a couple to expectant parents.
We were really excited to see this and had to temper our excitement against disturbing the birds. However, it was obvious after just a few minutes that the birds couldn't care less about us - they were happily tending to their new (soon-to-be) bundle of joy.
Check out my blog for more on our trip to Sabal Palm.
Just back from a week of photography in Florida. Some nice balmy days, but too much rain and thick cloud cover for my purposes.
My favorite experience was observing a pair of nesting Great Blue Herons, pictured above, at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. They put on quite a show as they displayed, collected and exchanged nest material, and even mated once.
For more photos from the trip, have a look at my FLP bird gallery starting here.
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)
They breed in trees along with other water birds. The platform nests are typically placed in a tree on an island or in an otherwise undisturbed area. The best nesting sites are at the tops of the trees and birds jostle for these locations. In some areas where they have been left undisturbed they nest very close to human habitations.[12]
The breeding season begins in the winter months shortly after the monsoons. In northern India, the breeding season begins in mid-August[17] while in southern India the nest initiation begins around October[18] and continues till February[19] and or even until April
A well-known colony that has been studied since the 1960s includes one inside the New Delhi Zoological Garden where the birds arrive about 30–40 days after the onset of the Monsoons in Delhi.[31] This colony is made up of 300 to 600 wild birds that make use of the trees within the artificial islands inside the zoo
June 05th, 2014
Seen at Lily Pond in the Amana Colonies in Iowa...
A hiker coming the other way on the trail alerted me earlier about the nesting site. I only saw a single adult swimming away when I got to the spot. This video was shot after taking a break at the Millstream Brewing Company and then taking a second loop around the trail...
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/