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Preparing a nest.
The moorhen, (gallinula chloropus) of the family rallidae.
The moorhen is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird, that is usually found near water. From a distance it looks black with a ragged white line along its body. Up close it is olive-brown on the back and the head and underneath are blue-grey. It has a red bill with a yellow tip. It breeds in the UK in lowland areas, especially in central and eastern England. It is scarce in northern Scotland and the uplands of Wales and northern England. UK breeding birds are residents and seldom travel far.
[RSPB website]
Crystal Palace Park came from the Penge Place estate when, in 1854, the Crystal Palace was moved from Hyde Park (where it was set up in 1851 for The Great Exhibition).
The Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton, who also played a role in the relocation and designing the new site with its Italian gardens and terraces.
The area waned in the late c19th, and despite hosting the Festival of Empire in 1911, the managing company declared bankruptcy. In 1913 the Earl of Plymouth purchased it to save it, and a public supscription was raised to purchase it for the nation.
It was a naval training ground during the Great War, after which it was the first Imperial War Museum.
The 1920s saw a programme of restoration and rejuvenation, but 30 November 1936 an office fire broke out and the building burned down.
Since then the Park has hosted various events and partial development. Today it is primarily a public park.
Taken in Crystal Palace
Zachary, taking advantage of the nest Henry created...
We keep a pile of old blankets and a comforter in the bedroom for the boys to make a…
Our Daily Challenge - Nov 24, 2014 - "Nest"
… as they choose.
Today I grabbed the pile and dropped it in the "studio", turned to set up the camera, and look back to see Henry pawing away at it then plopping down in the middle.
Daily Dog Challenge 1119. "Surrounded"
Stop on by Zachary and Henry's blog: bzdogs.com
For the first time ever, a pair of robins built a nest in the maple tree. Crows were constantly trying to get into the maple tree, but the robins were vigilant and attacking the crows.
I know this looks like just another rabbit photo. When I left for work this morning I saw a very large hole that was dug into the front lawn. I had a suspicion a momma rabbit was hard at work. When I came home tonight I saw her butt sticking out of the hole and the rest of her digging away in the front lawn. While she was hard at work, a few of the local "tree rats" were lurking around checking out her activities. I hope the tree rats are not meat eaters.
Shags nesting on the cliffs at Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Easy to think of these birds as being a plain black, but there is a lot of texture and detail in their glossy, green-black feathers.
Red-winged Blackbird - female
Agelaius phoenicius
There were red-winged blackbirds all over the place on Saturday, almost all of them males. But we did catch this female gathering some materials for her nest.
A visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs reserve south of Scarborough, combined with lunch at Flamborough head, provided plenty of opportunity to observe the nesting Gannets, Fulmars and Kittiwakes at close quarters, whilst Shags were to be seen skimming the coastline just offshore. Bempton is the only mainland Gannet colony and presents quite a spectacle with thousands of birds rearing large grey fluffy chicks on the precipitous chalk cliffs
This one's in my backyard. It's already the third nest this year she's raising. Now there are 2 newborn moorhen.......
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Shot from trail south of MdO. From their positions, one would assume that they flew in forward. makes sense, but take off looks like it might be a bit of a flutter.
This is the time of year when Oropendolas build their long hanging-basket nests in the trees. I flock picks out a suitable tree, in this case a Corotu tree and there can be as many as 40-50 nests in one tree.
As you can see these are large brightly colored birds, almost cartoonish in their contrasting colors.
December's surge tide ravaged the East Coast. Down at Thornham Harbour, old Boudicca was torn apart. The last major surge tide, back in the late 70's, saw Boudicca perched atop the sea defences, but she survived. For the last few decades she'd been abandoned and lay entrapped in mud, swallows nesting in her cabin, sea purslane growing through her deck. This is the end, my beautiful friend.
The coot (Fulica atra) is preparing its nest. Currently there are no eggs, but I guess there will be in a week.
This robin is building a nest in my Easter Wreath hanging on my glass front door.
April 3rd update. There are little blue eggs now!!!
This Turtle Dove has decided to nest in tthe flowerpot right outside my Mom's kitchen window. I never noticed that TDs had a beautiful turquois ring around their eye.
Taken at Pensthorpe in the Aviary, She was sitting on her nest, no more that two feet from me. I couldn't believe that she just ignored me! Amazing wing colours.
An update on our nesting Goldfinch (the first photo and story is here): as of today the chicks have not hatched, but she is still there guarding the nest. Here she is, about 8 feet away from me as I picked up the newspaper off the porch - you can see how close she is to the railing here.
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Painted by the soft glow of late afternoon, this mated pair of great egrets has just returned to their nest site at the bird rookery at High Island, Texas.