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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.
Sabal Palm Sanctuary's resacas are full of Least Grebes.
We've counted at least 8 pairs building and sitting on their nests!
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.
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)
Nikon D3200 _ 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 _
Here is the other photo of the nesting turtle that I like from yesterday. It was an awesome experience.
One of the Widewater Lagoon Swans has chosen to nest very close to the path. Not sure if it is the best place
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)
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.
Nesting Kittiwakes at St. Abb's Head.
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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 ?
Dec 8/11 another kind of nesting. beautiful nests at my coworker's home make me miss living rurally...
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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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This bird was photographed from a safe distance and was totally undisturbed by me taking this photo....
A peaceful moment in their day. At least from the camera's perspective. These two Blue Herons are nesting just past the first pavilion at Wakodahatchee Wetlands,
I have been checking these artificial nesting boxes put up by the river to attract sand martins (Riparia riparia) since early Spring, but have never seen a single martin here; clearly whoever erected them didn't account for the fact that sand martins, on seeing the "keep out" sign, well, kept out.
I have officially become a member of the "crazed photographer" group. I climbed through the passenger window and stood on top of my car to get pictures of these nesting Osprey. Wyoming has Osprey? Oh, yes they do! Much to my surprise. I thought it was an eagle nest...
Nesting Shag
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