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May 25, 2019 – Nesting.
We have a mama duck making herself comfie… we’ll have ducklings in a while methinks!
The very pregnant end of a large female Northern Pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus) is all that is visible while she is digging out her nest. Pine Barrens, New Jersey.
We've been watching this wood thrush for the past week or so. She's pretty quiet in the beech tree until around 6 each evening when she breaks into song.
A Female Blue Bird has taken advantage of a nesting box. I learned this week that the screen "porch" is called a Noel Gate. It protects eggs and nestlings from cats and other predators. The male mate can be seen in the comments. Blue birds have such gorgeous colors. They are fun to watch as they go after bugs.
size: set of five
color: milk white
the nesting lotus bowls are one of the top pieces of my collection. their botanical, organic shape make them universally appealing. the nesting lotus bowls are gorgeous as a sculptural display piece, and they are completely functional for everyday use.for entertaining, these bowls are wonderful for filling with favorite dips, condiments, and snacks.
sizes:
set of five (6.25"w x 3"h) smallest bowl measures 3" w, largest is 6.25" w
set of eight (9"w x 4.25"h) mallest bowl measures 3" w, largest is 9" w
colors: emeraude green, milk white, robin egg blue, poppy red
Camas National Wildlife Refuge
About half of the Camas National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Idaho consists of lakes, ponds, and marshlands; the remainder is grass sagebrush uplands, meadows, and farm fields. Camas Creek flows through the length of the refuge.
A small peninsula of land, marked off for the birds on the waterfront. The noise, ahhh the noise. We could barely hear ourselves talk over the cacophony of bird calls in the air.
In the midst of downtown urban Toronto, you may stumble upon this remarkable peninsula.
The Leslie St. Spit stretches out 5 km into Lake Ontario, near downtown. This is a car-free park, that is one of the city’s most unique jewels. With walking, running, and cycling trails, stunning cityscape views of the C.N. Tower, and surrounding skyscrapers, Toronto Harbour and some vegetation and wildlife, rare to find anywhere else in Canada. The Spit was originally intended to be a breakwater for harbour expansion, started 40 years ago. If you are visiting the city and looking for something interesting or living in the city and need some of nature’s R&R, give the Leslie St. Spit a tour. You will not be disappointed.
For more info visit Friends of the Spit
We visited this park on an extremely wet and moody day in the city. We watched a thunderstorm descend upon Toronto from the peninsula, completely engulfing the CN Tower and then we watched it aim for us with it’s evil stormy laser sight and drench us from head to toe, not once, but twice. A friendly shuttle driver picked us up on the way back, and I could have kissed him I was so wet and miserable. Hope you enjoy these soggy pictures.
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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.
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.
One of my favorite birds to photograph they will always pose for you.
There are two chicks in the nest. I have never seen the mother leave the nest. Papa will hunt for the family until the chicks are almost fully fledged.
These birds are very tolerant of people so they don't mind nesting where people are as long as there is a body of water near by for a food source. Osprey nest can be found on the ground or even up to 60 feet high on live trees, dead trees, utility poles, duck blinds, fishing shacks, storage tanks, aerials, cranes, power line transmission towers, billboards, chimneys, windmills, fences, channel buoys, and even on artificial platforms built by humans. Most nests vary in size, between one foot wide and up to ten feet wide, with the exterior composed of small and large sticks and an inside lining constructed of inner bark, sod, grasses, vines, and many other items that the osprey are able to carry away from the ground. Large nests may reach up to 400 lbs., and are often used in successive years!
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A whooping Crane sitting on a large nest that I photographed at the International Crane Foundation near Baraboo Wisconsin.
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The other day bought a set of blank wooden nesting dolls that I got on sale at Michael's, my next project is to do my own paintings in them. Been working in my sketchbook creating different ideas for this project. Here is the strange bird family version.
Ospreys are back to Connecticut. I found these nesting pair at Stamford, CT. This is just the beginning and I think I will have plenty of opportunity to capture them digitally this year. Lets hope for the best!
Peaceful Doves, nesting in a ficus branch just above our main verandah steps. The parent attracted the young out of the nest and along the branch by feeding them away from the nest. This was a day or so before they left the nest.
Terns near Elliston, Newfoundland, on the Bonavista Peninsula. I think these are common terns (Sterna hirundo)
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