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Hey everyone! I hope your week has gotten off to a good start! As with many of nature's moments that I capture but not fully understand, I don't profess to know what's really going on here...I do know it's time for herons to start building nests but I'm assuming this is an osprey nest, perhaps abandoned...this heron spent the afternoon rearranging sticks and limbs as if it were making itself at home...I wonder if Mr. Osprey showed up after I left, to evict this possible homesteader? I may have missed an interesting encounter...LOL If anyone more familiar with the nesting habits of herons can elaborate on this scene, it would greatly appreciated!
Terns near Elliston, Newfoundland, on the Bonavista Peninsula. I think these are common terns (Sterna hirundo)
the birds in my parent's neighbourhood seem to have worked out a roster for this nest... as soon as the babies fly, a new mother is nesting her eggs. it's incredible.
We had a lovely late afternoon stroll around Dunham Massey in the sunshine to recover from the afternoon's Premiership drama.
Blue herons are nesting in this old cottonwood tree so I had a blind nearby, suddenly movement caught my eye when what I believe is a horned owl or merlin flew into a hole in the side of the tree. I took a shot simply so I could zoom in to see anything, I was surprized to see what appears to be one of her eggs. Note her tail feathers sticking out the hole. I'll have to keep a lookout here for youngsters !
Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Grantsburg/Burnett County, WI. April 15th, 2007.
Phantom Lake
You are driving on the dike which was constructed to create Phantom Lake. This flowage is an important nesting area for the local flock of Canada geese. In the spring and summer many goose broods use the dike as a loafing area.
This basin contained many trees when it was flooded in 1954. Soon after flooding, herons and cormorants began nesting in the water-killed trees. The heron-cormorant colony was active from 1957 until 1981 and at one time contained over two-hundred active nests. The colony declined over the years as the nest trees were knocked down by wind and wave action. The birds have since established colonies on other flowages. The few remaining trees are favorite perches for eagles, ospreys, cormorants, and other birds.
Several osprey nest platforms have been erected in the flowage and are used by two or three pairs of ospreys each year. See if you can find the active nests.
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This challenge comes from a scrapbook of 104 things to photograph that Debbie gifted me. I knew exactly what I wanted to take a shot of. They are a set of Matryoshka nesting dolls, a classic Russian toy, that a friend brought back from a trip there in 1968.
Debbie's stack of nesting Christmas boxes prompted me to add the tree since, technically, I only took the photo this morning (after she'd sent her's). She's allowing it since I did have a plan in place, just never executed it.
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.
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.
Not a good shot at all. Pete - I won't have access to take any more photos for a couple of weeks, so I'm guessing they will be hatched by then. They are nesting in the frond of a Bismark palm and I was standing on tippytoes with my view finder flipped out just to get this. I hope I get shots of the chicks.
Set of 5 nesting boxes, old, dovetailed joints and painted or decaled figures on each side of each box.
A nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge near Seneca Falls, New York. These bluebirds were one of three pairs of avian couples I photographed at Montezuma over the weekend.