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From a DNR Eagle Cam
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As I watched I saw the Raccoon make several attempts at her eggs. In the end this protective Eagle, defended her nest. The DNR images are fun to watch.
Eagles can normally lay 2 to 3 eggs several days apart.
Mom is so proud of her nesting family as they grow more and more each day. This one young chick is trying hard to find room enough to stretch his or her wings in such a confined nest.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul....Darrell.
Have a safe and sweet day dear flickr friends.
Thank you to everyone for your visits to my photo-stream....very much appreciated !
This is a common, long-legged wading bird of the Heron family, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa, often found near wetlands and coastlines where it hunts aquatic prey. The Grey Heron is closely related and similar to the North American Great Blue Heron, which differs in being larger, and having chestnut-brown flanks and thighs; and to the Cocoi Heron from South America, with which it forms a superspecies. They have the ability to live in cities where habitats and nesting space are available. They are often considered a significant pest of fisheries, causing damage to the population of valuable fish both in natural reservoirs and in ponds intended for the cultivation of cultivated fish species.
Anhinga's are one of my favorite birds. Their behavior always entertains. From the way they fish, feed their young, land and greet their mate when arriving at the nest. Here's one taken under good light bringing some nesting material home from a nearby tree.
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worth clicking on to see the spiderweb Mrs Bushtit is using to construct her nest!
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S.A.
According to the IUCN Red List, the Black-crested Titmouse has approximately 1,200,000 mature individuals with a population trend that is increasing.
IUCN Red List Assessment (2025): Least Concern
The Black-legged kittiwake, to give it its proper name, (Rissa tridactyla),Breed on cliffs in the summer months and spend the rest of their time at sea on the Atlantic.
Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
Sitting on her nest, a Pacific Loon waits patiently for her eggs to hatch. The loons are one of the last migratory birds to arrive in the Arctic and the one of the last to leave. By the time their chicks hatch and fledged, ice will be formed on the ponds. They have a beautiful buff grey head with black body and stripes. They also have a pearl necklace around the base of their neck.
Because blue tits form pairs and defend their territory, they were considered a symbol of marital fidelity in some regions. A nesting pair of tits in the garden was seen as a good omen for a stable family.
Symbol der Treue
Da Blaumeisen Paare bilden und ihr Revier verteidigen, galten sie regional als Symbol ehelicher Treue. Ein brütendes Meisenpaar im Garten wurde als gutes Omen für eine stabile Familie gesehen.
I went back to check on the nesting eagles...no sign of the eaglets but saw tip of a white head so knew one or more parents were there. As I took photos of the head tip, the adult started to fly....camera in right place at right time, wind blowing the leaves aside so I could get some good shots, a thrill.
I'll have to go back when the young are starting to fledge...maybe I'll get lucky again.
...interesting observation; the neighbors are so accustomed to them they don't pay any attention.
Enjoy the weekend, flickr friends....thanks for your visit...Pat...xo...
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Some family health problems going on...
This little Anna's Hummingbird was gathering nesting material in between these reeds. I think I took hundreds of shots before I got this position.
The Eurasian Coots have been very busy for weeks now, building their rather impressive nests.
Not an easy feat, as they build them off shore, in the shallows.
I didn't have my camera with me, but I wanted to capture this lovely scene.
So I've just zoomed in a bit with the phone. Its not great? I think the more modern phones would do better? But not bad for an old phone camera.
Mate 20 pro- Leica lens.
90mm -(full frame equivalent) ISO 64- f2.5- 1/180s.
The Great Horned Owl – large, powerful, and long-lived – is adapted by its anatomy, physiology, and behavior to survive in any climate but arctic-alpine regions. Equally at home in desert, grassland, suburban, and forest habitats, north to the tree line, it has a diverse prey base and the most extensive range with the most variation in nesting sites of any American owl. Its large eyes are equipped with many rods for night vision and pupils that open widely in the dark. Although its eyes do not move, flexibility in the atlanto-occipital joint enables this owl to swivel its head more than 180° and to look in any direction. Its hearing is acute, assisted by facial disc feathers that direct sound waves to its ears. Wild - at Pantanal - Brasil.
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My daughters and I went down along Middle River to visit a little with my sister. Though it was raining when we went to go down, the forecast was for it not too last long.
So took along the new Sony hoping the rain would end and then there might be some seagulls or ducks about to try this new camera and lens with some birds in flight.
Well ... glad that I did. Though the lighting was poor with no sun and clouds filling the sky, behold the eagles that nest down in Wilson Point were gathering some nesting materials. This one came about close enough to start taking some photos, about 1/4 filling the frame.
This is about a 2/3 cropped image (reduced 1/3) from the original, still providing 4,000 pixels in the vertical ... hence this is still more image than I would have had with no cropping of the old 7DM2. Amazing to think about.
The results were not bad here giving the poor light and my first time handling this camera and lens in BIF mode.
View large and zoom in several times ... you can still do that even with this being cropped already to about 2/3 of the original.
I was glad to see that this swan had returned to the same nesting area.This was a long zoom so quality is not the best.
One of the holy grails for me in Costa Rica was to see Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in the wild. These beautiful birds mate for life and are almost always seen in pairs. Here a pair are nesting in a tree cavity; if you look closely you can see the female at the bottom of the photo. Osa Peninsula.
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Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Adult Male
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Flycatching
Conservation : Low Concern
"In open parklands of the American West, brilliant blue-and-rust Western Bluebirds sit on low perches and swoop lightly to the ground to catch insects. Deep blue, rusty, and white, males are considerably brighter than the gray-brown, blue-tinged females. This small thrush nests in holes in trees or nest boxes and often gathers in small flocks outside of the breeding season to feed on insects or berries, giving their quiet, chortling calls. You can help out Western Bluebirds by placing nest boxes in your yard or park... Western Bluebirds have a gentle look, but territory battles can get heated. Rival males may grab each other’s legs, tumble to the ground, and then pin their opponent on the ground, stand over him, and jab at him with his bill."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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