The blackbirds are nest building in the holly tree next to the hedge at the bottom of our garden.. I could only get the silhouette because I was looking up at the sun..

We saw our first Speckled Pigeons of the trip right around the camp at Golden Gate. They were very common later on, in the Western Cape region.

This one was nesting under the awning of the building next to ours, and constantly made a hooting call.

nesting

I shot these babies in my backyard from the porch, with a 300mm f2.8 I have on loan.

A pair of nesting Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) at the Montezuma National Widlife Refuge.

Visited my native home in a small village during Bengali New Year and in one fine morning found this Great Tit collecting nesting material.

A ways further up the trail I looked up and saw a nest. A tiny nest, too small to be anything but a hummingbird's. First one we've ever seen and while we were looking, the owner of the nest came back, watched us nervously for a while, then settled back in. We took a few snaps and got out of there, leaving her to her quiet canyon.

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June 4th, 2013 - 44 Quiet Nights, Day 6 - A hike along Jones Hole Creek to its confluence with the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.

We lucked out with this one, a big rockslide closed the trail two weeks later (closure notice here).

A large female snapping turtle in a trance after nesting at Lakeside Park.

During the summer of 2010 and again during the summer of 2011, The City of Kitchener will be studying turtles in natural areas across the City.

The main study locations for this project are the Huron Natural Area, Laurentian Wetland and Lakeside Park. Our project involves catching turtles and recording information about their age, sex and health as well as gently notching (putting a mark) their shells so that we can identify them when we catch them at a later time.

We are also working with a dedicated group of volunteers who are helping to monitor turtles in different natural areas. These volunteers are helping us to learn more about where and when turtles are nesting (digging holes to lay eggs) as well as whether the eggs are hatching and the young turtles are able to make it to the ponds safely. We have also started to protect some turtle nests from predators!

We will be sharing information about our project with people all across the City so watch for information about upcoming presentations and events on Kitchener’s Natural Areas website at www.kitchener.ca/knap.

Thank-you to the City of Kitchener Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF), Region of Waterloo Environmental Stewardship Fund and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for supporting this project!

At Nugget Point in The Catlins, southern New Zealand, you walk along a high cliff towards the Nugget Point lighthouse. Looking over the cliff you often see sealions. This time I saw Royal Spoonbill (the white spots dotted over the rock) nesting on this rock way below the cliff They have chosen some precarious situations to nest on.

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

Platforms have been placed under the new East Span to provide nesting habitat for cormorants.

© 2010 Gordon Kerr

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Captured these two baby doves nesting in my front yard.

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. June 21st, 2014.

Normally I avoid nesting birds. However, I was taking geology photos and didn't notice the bird until I was close enough that it gave me a warning call. Since I was already that close I took this snap and went on my way.

Been seeing this over many trees in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.

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 Velvet Cake with cream cheese frosting and Marshmallow fondant. Owl is a giant rice krispie treat.

I made these nesting dolls using my Cricut and the Paisley cartridge. They range in size from 3 1/2 inches to 2 inches.

by me

These migratory swallows are busily crafting nests out of mud in the eaves of a ranch barn.

Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz, CA

Fabric nesting boxes

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Swan sitting on nestwwhile mate swims nearby

nesting house wren bird

Mute swan on her nest on a small island in the lake at Painshill.

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Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) guarding a nest site.

Sterling silver and freshwater pearls

Nesting Spoonbills

Cormorants and Egrets adopted an abandoned russian ship in the Walvisbay lagoon as their nesting place

Namibia (Jun05)

at flamborough, east yorkshire

Nesting Swan taken through the hedge SEE LARGE. I didnt want to get my feet wet

In the window of International Images in Sewickley.

Work for upcoming show at: www.aokayofficial.com/ in April!

I can take commissions for custom nesting dolls :)

The drowned bush and forest at the Kai-iwi lakes are now nesting habitat for Shags

Northern diamondback terrapin starts to dig a hole to lay eggs off Reeds Beach Road.