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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.
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.
One of the highlights of my summer was to find Hummingbird nest. I had never seen one and to witness the eggs hatching and the feeding of the little hummers, well that was special. The nest is made of spider web, pieces of leaves and bark pieces small enough for the humming bird to pick up with their tiny bill.
Plazi likes my comforter. She doesn't seem to care about my awesome Spider-man pillowcase, which is just out of frame to the left. :)
There is a small group of nesting cormorants, close to where a live.
This photo was taken from some distance. Any closer and I feared I would disturb the birds.
Canon 40D
Canon EF100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM at 400mm
ISO 400, 1/320 sec., f/5,6
+1 1/3 EV
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
The tropicbird, or longtail as it is known in Bermuda, come to here to nest in the spring, giving birth to a chick in the summer. I didn't get as close to the bird as i could or should have, my preference was about 6 feet from the edge.
Nesting Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Ackerdijkse plassen, The Netherlands. Curiously (for me at least) they were nesting in trees rather than where I normally see them on rocks and sea cliffs. You learn many new things everyday! (In ducth, Aalschover).
Saw this little rabbit - apparently building his nest ... with the daffodils, it captures the essence of easter !
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.