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Sitting on her nest, a Pacific Loon waits patiently for her eggs to hatch. The loons are one of the last migratory birds to arrive in the Arctic and the one of the last to leave. By the time their chicks hatch and fledged, ice will be formed on the ponds. They have a beautiful buff grey head with black body and stripes. They also have a pearl necklace around the base of their neck.
A family of Giraffe walking along the plains of the Maasai Mara.
This image is barely processed, it really does get like this in the Mara. Especially as there is a storm coming in.
Getting ready to go back to Kenya next week, so all the packing and planning of what I'm looking for in shots is going into play. Never really know what you'll get until you get there, but I always make a mental picture of what I'm looking to create before I go out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it takes years to achieve, but I always seem to get there in the end.
This was a fluke image, but it's one I had in my head for quite a while
Larry and I dropped down to Wildwood to open up the house this weekend.
YAY! I'm back!
Of course I had to stop and check things out with Abby and John.
I was happy to see them both back at the nesting site.
Abby was busy bringing some new nesting material in this shot.
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Adult Male
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Flycatching
Conservation : Low Concern
"In open parklands of the American West, brilliant blue-and-rust Western Bluebirds sit on low perches and swoop lightly to the ground to catch insects. Deep blue, rusty, and white, males are considerably brighter than the gray-brown, blue-tinged females. This small thrush nests in holes in trees or nest boxes and often gathers in small flocks outside of the breeding season to feed on insects or berries, giving their quiet, chortling calls. You can help out Western Bluebirds by placing nest boxes in your yard or park... Western Bluebirds have a gentle look, but territory battles can get heated. Rival males may grab each other’s legs, tumble to the ground, and then pin their opponent on the ground, stand over him, and jab at him with his bill."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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I was glad to see that this swan had returned to the same nesting area.This was a long zoom so quality is not the best.
I watched this female Bullock's Oriole as she pulled and pulled to get a single strand of hair for her nest. I like the way it curled up around her beak.
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Scientific name: Riparia riparia.
The tiny, brown-and-white sand martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, nesting in colonies on rivers, lakes and flooded gravel pits. It returns to Africa in winter. Info:RSPB.
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I've had to look far and wide for signs of Spring recently, but this nesting goose was a great sight to see at Park School yesterday.
Nesting Hole Fight
Tree Swallows battling over a nesting hole in a tree branch at Bombay Hook MWR
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A killdeer nesting in the rocks.
From birdwatching.com:
"Killdeer lay their eggs on the ground out in open, often among stones, hiding them in plain sight. The way they keep from being eaten by a snake, cat, fox, or crow, is by looking just like the rocks."
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The trumpeter swan is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm. Wikipedia
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My little nymph prefers to sleep outside in an old bird nest then inside in a warm blanket. I'm always finding her hiding in the bushes or playing in the rain. I swear she just tolerates living with me. :I
Double-crested Cormorant attempted several times to get off the ground with this stick, however was unsuccessful, and ended up dropping the stick into the water.
Here we go again!
Mrs Canada Goose sitting on Eggs.
Remember my pics from last year (Page 4)
A different field this year!
Away from nosy Goats and Sheep,.
Not sure if this was a good move
To be continued...
Image taken from our garden across the field
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) incubating a clutch of eggs in its nest on the arctic tundra landscape at Creswell Bay, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada.
June, 1995.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Emigrant Creek Road - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"A shorebird you can see without going to the beach, Killdeer are graceful plovers common to lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and parking lots. These tawny birds run across the ground in spurts, stopping with a jolt every so often to check their progress, or to see if they’ve startled up any insect prey. Their voice, a far-carrying, excited kill-deer, is a common sound even after dark, often given in flight as the bird circles overhead on slender wings... The Killdeer’s broken-wing act leads predators away from a nest, but doesn’t keep cows or horses from stepping on eggs. To guard against large hoofed animals, the Killdeer uses a quite different display, fluffing itself up, displaying its tail over its head, and running at the beast to attempt to make it change its path."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
My spirits were lifted yesterday morning, with this sighting. I've barely been out looking for Snowy Owls and Short-eared Owls this winter and have only seen a few very distant birds. I've also missed a recent Long-eared Owl.
This was only the second 100% wild Barred Owl I’d ever seen. I had seen a family of them near Edmonton, when we went to see ones that had been banded. They were wild birds, but I still hoped to one day see a completely wild one (no nesting box). Yesterday’s owl was beautiful – crummy light, but I was so happy to see this owl. I still have to go through my photos, but grabbed this one for now. We very rarely see this species of owl within the city, so it was a real treat. Took a long walk before seeing it, and I'm still in agony this morning.
"The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps. But this attractive owl, with soulful brown eyes and brown-and-white-striped plumage, can also pass completely unnoticed as it flies noiselessly through the dense canopy or snoozes on a tree limb. Originally a bird of the east, during the twentieth century it spread through the Pacific Northwest and southward into California." From AllAboutBirds.