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This mama hummingbird decided the bush right outside my front door would be a perfect place to nest. She becomes quite upset when we enter and leave the house, as you can imagine, especially now that her babies have hatched! This was taken about two weeks before the babies emerged from their shells, and I snapped it from inside my kitchen, standing a good ten feet back from the window - she could see me if I got any closer and would freak out.
The babies are doing well and growing fast, despite the little community of feral cats we have in the neighborhood. (I peek at them once in a while while mama bird is off feeding.)
Fulmar, known as mallimack in Orkney dialect, (fulmarus glacialis) nesting on the cliffs beside The Gloup - a collapsed sea cave. These birds have an unusual form of defence - they vomit a foul smelling oil.
Bald-faced aerial yellowjacket nest in the community garden. It was about 30 feet up on the Ginko tree, so not bothering anyone.
Willie (right) and Sprout(left) in their morning nesting place. While daddy's in the kitchen drinking coffee and using his laptop, they make little nests in the tops of the couch cushions and catch a few more ZZZZZ's.
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.
Black-capped Chickadees were gathering wood shavings from an old snag. They were taking turns entering a hollow and transporting the wood shavings to their nest.
The Treecreeper is nesting in a hole in the tree which has the light coloured bark.I only noticed it as I saw small bits of wood moving with the bird on the tree.Its a dead tree and bits keep falling off it.
Day 107
Walked past this house today on my way to work and spotted this pigeon nesting. Made a nest right on the front of a house!
I made a set of nesting boxes for BCO craft swap project. I designed patterns and printed them on colored papers which I used to cover the lids. Used chipboard under the printed papers for the tops, and used mat board for the bottoms. I cut strips of kraft paper and glued them over all seams, inside and out, for extra strength and neatness.
several Eagles were flying around near Glenwood, chirping at each other and carrying nesting materials... don't they know the snow is returning this weekend?
You can see my two photobooks here on my website at starlisablackphotography
Mixed nesting aggregation of Andrena vaga (Hym. Andrenidae) and Colletes cunicularius (Hym. Colletidae), 2.iv.2010, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.
Horned Lark on her nest. Looks like good weather in the forecast for the next week. That could be bad news since this nest is next to a busy soccer field. If successful, the eggs should hatch next weekend. According to the OBBA, April 20 is the "safe date" for Horned Lark nesting.
Voice of America Park, Butler County Ohio
4/19/09
Added note: the lark stayed on the nest for 17 days, well past the normal incubation period. The eggs disappeared one by one, and finally she abandoned the nest with one unhatched egg remaining.
I was taking photographs of the berries on the Spindle Tree and suddenly realised I was been watched by this pigeon nesting at head height.
I believe this is the same swan on this little pond that had the same nesting spot last year, unfortunately, that nest was abandoned with two eggs in it, lets hope she has better luck this year.
Mixed nesting aggregation of Andrena vaga (Hym. Andrenidae) and Colletes cunicularius (Hym. Colletidae), 2.iv.2010, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.
This duck laid 8 eggs in the window box on our boat deck. She tolerates visitors fairly well. We of course couldn't plant any flowers this year, so we gave her some fake flowers for shade.
The woodpecker snag we checked out turned out to have two species nesting in the same snag. Here we see both species ready to deliver food to the young in the nest. The female American Kestrel on the left occupied the topmost cavity in the snag facing away from the Thompson River; while the Lewis's Woodpecker on the right occupied a cavity halfway down the side facing the river. Both are feeding their young grasshoppers. The kestrel would deliver food while we were watching but the woodpecker would not so we did not stay long. Spences Bridge, BC. July 16, 2015.