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We have bluebirds nesting next to our veggie beds. I got lucky today and spotted one of the babies just as it was leaving the nest. Had the 300 zoom on the Canon and got Paul to pop open the window. Propped the lens on my splinted broken wrist and managed a few shots before the baby flew away. It was so tiny and fluffy that I didn’t think it was ready to fly but it managed just fine
This Bird can be seen Mainly on freshwater lakes, gravel pits, reservoirs, rivers and town park lakes when deep enough. Sometimes seen offshore, especially in winter if freshwater areas are frozen.,This one was seen on the lake at Hulls East Park,
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
The first bird that I saw when I got off the plane at the Nome airport was this white wagtail. I'd be willing to bet a couple bucks that the Nome airport is the only airport in North America where that would happen. This bird certainly got the Nome trip off to a flying start. White wagtails are a common nesting species across Eurasia but they only have a toehold as a nesting species in North America along the northwest fringe of Alaska. Surprisingly, white wagtails like to nest in crevices in old buildings here around Nome.
I shot this as practice for my upcoming wildlife photography trip. It's amazing how unsharp my pictures of Cormorants appear to me even when they're in focus.
Another installment in my nesting birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge series.
From the Cornell Lab: "Killdeer nests are simple scrapes often placed on slight rises in their open habitats. Killdeer may make several scrapes not far away from each other before choosing one to lay in. The duplication may help to confuse predators.
Nest is a shallow depression scratched into the bare ground, typically 3-3.5 inches across.
Mono Lake is a critical nesting habitat hosting over 2,000,000 waterbirds, including 35 species of shorebirds, use Mono Lake to rest and eat for at least part of the year.
nesting female blackbird
Blackbirds build a nest in a safe place in April or May. Dense shrubs and hedges are also important for this. The parents weave a neat nest of twigs together and finish it with mud and grass. A clutch usually contains four or five eggs. The light, green-blue tint is characteristic, as are the brown dots. The incubation period is short: the chicks hatch from the egg after two weeks. You often see parents flying back and forth with their beaks full. What do blackbird chicks eat? They prefer protein-rich food such as worms and insects to grow quickly.
This is a white-naped crane sitting on a nest which at the time was still work in progress. I took this photo at our zoo several weeks ago and as I have had no time for zoo visitis lately, I don't know if the nest looks better now. Hopefully I will be able to find that out in the near future.
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.
This robin is getting some new material for the family nest. The backyard is filled with dog hair and sticks. The backyard is like a home improvement store for the birds.
My Backyard
Tunkhannock, Pa
4/13/2017
These Red Avadavats (also known as Strawberry finches) are in their peak breeding season. The males look superb - bright red with white spots on the body and are hard to miss. These are resident finches found throughout the year, but are in their breeding plumage from around june/july till December. Around 10 cms long, they can be seen around bushes and scrubs flying around. I don't think they started nesting yet, but thats due shortly after the rains end.
They nest in small dry bushes dotting the countryside and once the bush is selected, they start collecting nesting materials for the build. We came across a dozen of them on a visit to a grassland and all of them are in prime breeding plumage including the females. They haven't paired yet from what I can see and once that is done, I suppose the nest building begins.
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Lovely bird nesting on the ponds @ Keston woodland area in autumn..A familiar black bird of our lakes, ponds and rivers, the Coot is widespread; look out for its large and untidy-looking nest on the water in spring. The Coot can be distinguished from the similar Moorhen by its white beak and 'shield', and its entirely black body.