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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,
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.
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.
I thought this red-whiskered bulbul (pycnonotus jocosus) may be gathering nesting material - but looking at the size of the dead leaf I'm not so sure. Photographed in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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.
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.
Swan on its nest in the reeds along the Genesee River by the boardwalk at Turning Point Park In Rochester, NY.
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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) male
When I checked on the Tawnies after school yesterday both male and female were perched on a branch and I remarked to one of the other parents that she looked as though she was carrying egg(s). This morning the male was on the nest and at one stage carefully changed position. The male usually sits on the nest during the day. I am fairly confident there are egg(s). Sadly they did lose a chick in the windstorm a fortnight ago. I am sure you will see more of them in coming weeks, hopefully the young as well.
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."
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) Male
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Bark Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
"Acorn Woodpeckers are medium-sized woodpeckers with straight, spike-like bills and stiff, wedge-shaped tails used for support as the birds cling to tree trunks..... Acorn Woodpeckers are very unusual woodpeckers that live in large groups, hoard acorns, and breed cooperatively. Group members gather acorns by the hundreds and wedge them into holes they’ve made in a tree trunk or telephone pole. Acorn Woodpeckers also spend considerable time catching insects on the wing. They give raucous, scratchy waka-waka calls frequently... In groups with more than one breeding female, the females put their eggs into a single nest cavity. A female usually destroys any eggs in the nest before she starts to lay, and more than one third of all eggs laid in joint nests are destroyed. Once all the females start to lay, they stop removing eggs."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Wrapping up my nesting bird series with this American Avocet sitting on her nest at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
From the Cornell Lab: "Male and female avocets select a nest site together. The male leads the female around making scrapes in the ground, until they both choose a spot to nest. They typically nest on islands or dikes, placing the nest on the ground with little or no surrounding vegetation."