Carolina Wren takes over!
A couple of prospective parents created this nest in a nice hanging plant on our porch-had to leave plant alone once they nested!
Protective Mama
This mama bird is proud & protective of her beautiful nest & eggs.
The Alligator
This chickadee keeps flying in and out of the alligator’s mouth. Unfortunately, it was too dark to take a photograph of the interior with the chicks, but this alligator is just about equivalent to a birdhouse anyways 😉
I also have a video of the chickadee flying into and out of the nest with baby chirping coming from inside the alligator. If you would like to see it, it is on my Flickr account. Here is the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/arcticpug/14314875029/
Nest Building in Progress
Cliff Swallows building a nest under the eves of the lighthouse at Prince Edward Point.
Baby Sitting While Mom is Looking for Food
Completed Baltimore Oriole nest in the trees around the lighthouse in Presqu’ile Provincial Park.
Baby Barn Swallows
This photo was taken at dusk as they were waiting for their last meal for the day.
Black-chinned Hummingbird Chicks
This nest is located three feet above the ground in a live Black Walnut tree branch.
Mama Chickadee in her nest
I was watching the female making her nest, she was quick. The moss I saw going in to the box. The rest I knew nothing of, until I opened the box. What a surprise! What a beautiful soft nest. The pair raised 6 babies successfully.
Home Nest Home
A pair of Barn Swallows decided to make a home on our front porch. I took a picture each day of the building process…this is the final product. It became the home to 3 babies that we were able to watch being fed and learn to fly from 🙂
Prothonotary 2
Prothonotary
Our front yard.
Prim and Proper Nest Sitting
At Sandy Point State Reservation, on the Southern end of Plum Island, there is a large roped off area that is closed to protect nesting Piping Plovers and Least Terns. Their nests are right out in the open, on the flat sandy beach! There were many Terns flying in circles, obviously protecting their nests, but this on was sitting patiently on her nest, all prim and proper!
Robin nest in the vineyard.
This is our first nest ever in our vineyard.
Baya Weaver’s Nesting !
Baya weavers are found across the Indian Subcontinent and SE Asia where, in some areas, large flocks form on open grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth. Here we see construction of their hanging retort-shaped nests woven from strands of leaves.
This nest was captured on mid of May 2014, in INDIA.
Wood Thrush on nest
Located on the front door
A bird a building a beautiful nest on the front door! Knock Knock who’s there?
The Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
The Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young.
New borns
Swan’s Solitude at the end of Surf Road on Fire Island
The swans built their nest at the end of a walkway and in between two bulk heads on the Great South Bay in Ocean Beach, Fire Island, NY. Pedestrians, bicyclists and motorized carts would pass the swans all day, and they seemed undisturbed by the human activity. Beautiful sight to behold!
Hawks in Palm Tree
A New Day
Parent visit
Parent stopped for a visit
Bald Eagle nest
Parent feeding juvenile on nest.
Robin in a Wreath
This lady little lady didn’t have any trouble making our home her home.
4th of July Wren Nest
It appears to be a wren nest carefully crafted on my 4th of July holiday wreath on my front door with four eggs and doting parents.
Hanging
Baby Robins
Chickadee summer house
Majestic Osprey Nest With Million Dollar View
Osprey and 3 nestlings in gigantic breathtaking nest overlooking Lake Sawyer.
Best Nest
Heron and its baby resting in the nest, in the rookery. looks like the perfect home and family.
Nesting here, nesting there, nesting everywhere!
Nest with two eggs inside a plastic bag.
Blue-headed Vireo Nest
This is definitely my favorite nest so far that I have discovered.I like how they tie it to a branch allowing it to hang from there. And the assortment of old mans beard, along with lichen and birch bark makes it such a nice looking nest, and reminds me of a little purse.
Nuthatch
Roadrunner nest
A pair of Roadrunners built a nest in a prickly pear cactus in our yard and successfully raised five chicks. The nest was large, about four feet from ground level, and well situated so that the cactus pads shaded the babies most of the day.
Robin’s nest
Babies Watching Babies!
Oh – I described it in the caption…
Strange nest in the wishing well
The building process took the mother bird a while and at one point, we thought she had given up. Not so. I’m always amazed with the design and materials used.
I’ve heard of Barrel O’ Monkeys but not Jar O’ Birds!
Sweet Carolina Wrens nested in a mason jar!
Eastern bluebird nest
2 Bluebirds have hatched. Un hatched egg underneath. 3rd baby still has her head stuck in shell!
Dinner Time!
Four young American Robins wait for the mother to return with food
affection
Feed me NOW!!!!
baby Cardinal waiting to be fed.
Anna’s Hummingbird at Her Nest
This Anna’s Hummingbird kept her two eggs safe and warm a week before they hatched. Filmed on location at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California.
Eagle Nest
Tucked away deep in the woods along a creek found this eagle nest .
Flower Box Homestead
A pair of Dark-Eyed Junco’s nest in my flower box’s every year. Usually two clutches a year.
Piping plover family
Once chicks hatch, the nest is wherever mom is! The chicks nestle under her for warmth, the off again to explore and find bugs to eat
Unknown large nest
Located in hay barn w natural pond near-by but not next to.
Nest is protected by thorns
Hermit Thrush babies in a well-protected nest, just about to fledge.
Killdeer: The ultimate home decorator
I found this killdeer nest and was so impressed by the decor that I took a picture of it. The sleek, modern, edginess of the bone on the right is balanced out by the beautifully landscaped green space on the left. Before you know it, this killdeer will probably have its own show on HGTV and be raking in the millions. Who said the life of a bird was hard?
Hobbit Hole wren’s nest
A Hobbit hole wren’s nest on the northwest porch column, built in 3 days, but was blown away by high storm winds and we never saw it again.
Mystery nest in the Crepe Myrtle
Wile walking under one of our crepe myrtles, I happened upon a rather unusual nest with a narrow beak peering out. Rather than get up close to look, I preferred to zoom in with my phone as best as I could and get a photo.
Looking out the window
Carolina Wrens built a nest between my storm window and living room window. Unfortunately the solo wren I thought they fledged was a cowbird.
Herons on a crane
The great blue herons living around the Port of Los Angeles have become quite creative with their nest-building. Several great blue herons have constructed nests on the rungs of several cranes in an abandoned shipyard. The parents of these chicks were even more daring– they built the nest on top of a pulley!
Lady Black-chinned Hummer sitting pretty
We only found this hummer and her nest because we saw her fly into it. The nest was extremely well hidden among the leaves and branches, and difficult to find even when we knew where it was. Kudos to the little lady for doing a job with marvelous perseverance.
Wood Duck in a Screech Owl nest box
This Wood Duck hen made a comfortable nest within my Screech Owl box. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box hoping to find a little owl.
American Robin
The start of a nest.
Great Blue Heron Nest
A Pair of herons tend their nest in Belmar Park in Lakewood, CO.
warbler nest
Creative zoo nest
I wish this had been around for the strange nests in strange places contest. I work as an ape keeper at the Oklahoma City Zoo. We found this nest in a tire swing in the orangutan yard. In addition to the usual twigs and leaves, some little bird smartly built her nest out of a combination of orangutan hair, gorilla hair, and a bit of snake skin.
Killdeer Nest
This Killdeer family’s nest is in the middle of my gravel driveway/parking area. Visitors with horse-trailers have to maneuver around it.
Perfect nest for a Beautiful Bird
Every year this White-Eyed Vireo builds a nest in an orange tree at the Merritt Island National Wildlife refuge visitor center. The first time I was able to come across the nest was on my birthday. Finding it was more impressive since the nest was very small and the bird chose the very tip of the branch to build on. I was so excited to experience seeing the Vireo on the nest and even got to see the eggs hatch, along with both parents coming back and forth to feed the young ones. This is one of my favorite photos taken of the Vireo in the nest 🙂
Swallows in Bodie
A Cliff Swallow nest in an old dwelling, in Bodie, CA, ghost town. It sits at almost 8,400 feet above sea level near Bridgeport, CA. Taken with a Sony DSC W70. 1/125th, at ISO 125, at f5.2 Mama swallow’s face can be seen peeking out the nest entrance.
Hear Birds Here
Nest with a View
Wreath nest
I thought mama robin was building a nest out of my twig and silk leaf wreath on the front porch wall of our log cabin, but it turns out she built a nest ON the wreath.
Standing Guard
Home in the Clubhouse
My daughter climbed into her clubhouse for the first time in the spring & found a surprise!
Hummingbird Nest
I was walking through the park and wanted to take a photo of a hummingbird. Saw this one flitting about, and luckily saw where she had her nest!
Early morning fog
Female Bald Eagle watching over the nest in the fog on a early morning in April.
Killdeer babies & egg
In the middle of the football field at the local high school, the Killdeer made their nest. One baby is out of the nest, 2 are freshly hatched, and one egg to go. All 4 survived.