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  1. M

    How to avoid housing House Sparrows?

    Hi everyone, first time here. I have a feeder outside and have been graced by many types of backyard birds and I hope to encourage some nesting nearby now. I have seen house sparrows in the area, so I was wondering if you guys know what structures House Sparrows DONT use for their nests because...
  2. M

    Mourning Dove Moving its Eggs

    Hello, we had a mourning dove who nested outside of our bathroom window, on the window still and they had laid 2 eggs and were doing pretty fine, sitting in a potted plant with a fake plant for shade underneath the roof of the second story. We could easily see the nest from our bathroom window...
  3. K

    Bald Eagle Nest Drama

    Our local Bald Eagles [in Pembroke Pines, Florida USA] are having their ups and downs as winter approaches. Normally the pair would reunite at the nest in late October and begin repairing the previous year's nest in early November. The nest is in particularly bad shape, as they had to raise two...
  4. Aztec Ant Nest

    Aztec Ant Nest

    Aztec Ant Nest (Azteca andreae: Formicidae) The nest is ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) long. A predatory arboreal ant species.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • ant aztec canopy nest tower
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. They Are Back

    They Are Back

    The baya weavers that is. A bit early for them I think probably because we have had a few good offseason showers. Here a female inspects an old nest from last season with a grey wagtail perched beneath her.
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • baya weaver grey wagtail inspect nest
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. unknown wasps

    unknown wasps

    nest of an unknown species of wasp. probably a kind of cooling of the nest. the wasps stayed silent without moving their wings in the midday sun.
    • darwin1601
    • Media item
    • nest wasp
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Scale-throated earthcreeper entering burrow with a scorpion on its beak

    Scale-throated earthcreeper entering burrow with a scorpion on its beak

    Yesterday, while I was guiding a couple from Chile that came looking for the Chubut Steamer Duck, I found this nest on a cliff, next to the shore. I observed the male and female as they constantly carried food for their chicks. I was surprised to see how many scorpions they were able to find...
    • agustine
    • Media item
    • agustin esmoris argentina bird burrow chubut feeding food nest patagonia puerto madryn scale-throated earthcreeper upucerthia dumetaria
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. European Roller, The Nest

    European Roller, The Nest

    One of the beautiful birds in north hemisphere, I think.
    • Houman Doroudi (Tormtay)
    • Media item
    • coracias european garrulus nest roller
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Middle-East
  9. Grebe nest

    Grebe nest

    We moved on into the hide to see what was on the loch. From memory I'm pretty sure this was a Great Crested Grebe nest. It was quite a small object at distance, so a quite big crop. Strange, it seems so exposed and is virtually underneath an Osprey nest!
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2016 continuous dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 great crested grebe loch of the lowes may nest perthshire podiceps cristatus scotland sports mode
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Purple Martin with Nesting Material.

    Purple Martin with Nesting Material.

    A flock of Purple Martins is creating a new colony at one of my favorite lakes.
    • Hughv
    • Media item
    • maryland nest progne subis purple_martin usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  11. Spurs Ready Southern Lapwing

    Spurs Ready Southern Lapwing

    Taken on a trip to Chile. From top to bottom and this was at Torres del Paine
    • ruby99
    • Media item
    • chile eggs lapwing nest southern lapwing spurs torres del paine
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Kittiwake

    Kittiwake

    • tomsphotos
    • Media item
    • bempton bird birds breeding cliffs kittiwake nest nesting wild wildlife
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Building Home For The New Arrivals

    Building Home For The New Arrivals

    Have observed sudden arrival of scores of scaly breasted munias in the last few weeks in our area(they were not seen around here earlier). This is probably due to a spurt in the under growth because of monsoon rains. There has been frenetic activity to build nests. This one has been toiling...
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • nest new brood
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Wagtail nest in the water

    Wagtail nest in the water

    Stump in the water used as a nest for wagtail. They are almost ready to leave the nest. She started notocing me after 10min, she even approached me as close as 2 meters. Other photos of this nest (with and without Barlow lense) posted on flickr.com/photos/kulpinsky/
    • Snow-owl
    • Media item
    • nest wagtail
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. FLAMINGO FESTIVAL

    FLAMINGO FESTIVAL

    This is a scene from Sewree Creek in Mumbai's inner harbor. Between October and March each year, thousands of flamingos migrate here from Rann of Kachchh to feed, nest and breed. They feed on algae and other microbes on the sea bed in shallow waters and hence keep shifting to areas convenient...
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • algae breed feed lesser flamingos mangroves migrate mumbai harbor nest thousands
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Homeward Bound

    Homeward Bound

    Driving on the outskirts of the city, found scores of egrets returning to their nesting place. The sun had just set and had to shoot from the car in low light with the birds flying away from the camera.
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • egrets low light nest returning sunset
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. By The Left, Quick March! (Flock of Flamingos, Minor)

    By The Left, Quick March! (Flock of Flamingos, Minor)

    This flock of beautiful flamingos are seasonal visitors to Mumbai. They arrive in thousands to feed, nest and breed at the mud flats.
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • breed feed minor flamingos nest
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Black Redstart #7

    Black Redstart #7

    Sorry to have to post and run this morning, only time for a few comments. We have visitors arriving shortly, so I'll have to crack on. Definitely my last upload of these lovely birds, this is for Tom (flossiepip), who asked for another. Thank you all for your kind comments on my last post of...
    • Branners
    • Media item
    • black redstart centre colour dept 36 france indre nest phoenicurus ochruros steve branley wall
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Black Redstart #4

    Black Redstart #4

    A post and run today as I'm birding at 6am, I may not get back to you all for a while as we have unexpected, but welcome, guests tomorrow. We have a fair bit to do before they get here. This was taken just before 8pm, as you can see the light wasn't at its best, but pleased to get a shot of the...
    • Branners
    • Media item
    • black redstart centre colour dept 36 france indre nest phoenicurus ochruros steve branley wall waste sack
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Black Redstart #2

    Black Redstart #2

    A post and run today I'm afraid, gotta get the kids to the airport in time for their flight to blighty. Have a great week everyone, at least 10 days of 'scorchio' to come, it was already 22C at 7am when I was out with the pooch! Delia says this is a female, which makes me wonder where the male...
    • Branners
    • Media item
    • black redstart bug centre colour dept 36 france indre nest phoenicurus ochruros steve branley wall
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Black Redstart #1

    Black Redstart #1

    So delighted that these lovely birds have chosen to nest in our wall again this year. They spent a while sizing the place up and a couple of weeks ago eventually chose the hole next to lasts years visitors. I think this is the female, sometimes it's hard to tell them apart, even though I know...
    • Branners
    • Media item
    • black redstart bug centre colour dept 36 france indre nest phoenicurus ochruros steve branley wall
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Black Redstart

    Black Redstart

    We were very lucky to have a family of Black Redstarts nesting in the wall in our yard. This adult male was waiting for the female to exit before delivering his catch.
    • Branners
    • Media item
    • black redstart bug centre colour dept 36 france indre nest phoenicurus ochruros steve branley wall
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. wasps' nest

    wasps' nest

    I didn't get too close when I took this photo!
    • Surreybirder
    • Media item
    • nest vespa vulgaris wasp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Bay Wren

    Bay Wren

    Got this one today, it was gathering nest material and I was lucky to get this shot. As always this bird was very suspicious and did not want it's picture taken.
    • PanamaHarpy
    • Media item
    • bay bird cantorchilus cantorchilus nigricapillus gathering material nest nigricapillus panama wren
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  25. Now, that's what I call a nest!

    Now, that's what I call a nest!

    Taken at Silves, a lovely town in the Algarve. One of only a few which has survived the onslought of commercialism in this once historic and peaceful area of Portugal.
    • Wendybugs
    • Media item
    • nest stork
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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