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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.
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Most of the Arctic Tundra Swans that migrate here from over 2,000 miles away, just stay for the winter. Hardly any stay to raise a family. I believe this one has already or is going to very soon lay some eggs and stay to raise them. Her nesting area might be right under her body where it is now, or, as I suspect, back in the dark opening in the marsh grasses. I'll mark with a note where I think her nest is.
*Here* is the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge in Corvallis, Oregon.
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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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Taken at the Bald Eagle Observation Site by Rondout Reservoir in Neversink, New York, USA (Sullivan County) on February 20, 2011. According to other birders at the site, the eagles have been taking turns sitting on the nest for about two weeks. By chance, I got a picture of one of the parents leaving the next just as we arrived. I watched him/her fly to a distant tree, where s/he then roosted & groomed. Although we stayed for quite a while, we didn't witness another change of shift. This was a hand-held shot w/ my little point & shot, plus my 1.7x telephoto lens. It's not great quality, but I was glad to get anything! I tried to track the bird as it flew, but was completely unable to get any shots before it landed.
Mock up of a nesting doll ornament. I'll be making these for people who deserve gifts, but I can't get anything proper for.
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.
Dominant Silverback Neptuno, a Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) of the Neptuno Group. They have disturbed ground nesting bees while digging for roots and tubers. The bees don't seem to bother the gorillas but when they found us, they swamed us and drove us away. The western lowland gorilla is the smallest subspecies of gorilla. They possess no tails and have jet black skin along with coarse black hair that covers their entire body except for the face, ears, hands, and feet. The hair on the back and rump of males takes on a grey coloration and is also lost as they get progressively older. This coloration is the reason why older males are known as "silverbacks". Their hands are proportionately large with nails on all digits, similar to that of a human's, and very large thumbs. They have short muzzles, a prominent brow ridge, large nostrils, and small eyes and ears. Other features are large muscles in the jaw region along with broad and strong teeth. It is the gorilla usually found in zoos. In 2006–07, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society studied gorillas in heavily forested regions centered on the Ouesso district of the Sangha Region. They suggest a population on the order of 125,000 Western Lowland Gorillas, whose isolation from humans has been largely preserved by inhospitable swamps.
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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