Six little Chickadees!

Six little Black-capped Chickadees ready to fledge from one of our 12 monitored box around Stonewall Jackson Dam, Lewis County, Weston, WV.

Happy Mother’s Day

While visiting my parents’ graves at Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church over Mother’s Day weekend, my husband and I discovered this killdeer nest. What an appropriate location that the little mother bird had chosen!

Let’s count again…

Avocets lay their eggs directly on the ground and they blend perfectly with their environment.

Wren nest

We found this wren nest when we opened the hood of our tractor. We didn’t disturb it; we left the tractor alone until the babies left the nest.

Robin Eggs

Thanks for the chow Dad!

I noticed this male cardinal feeding his young one for a few days before I was able to catch a shot of them. So sweet that they do this for their babies and for the females they are courting!

Eastern Kingbird

Thank you dad

Dad feeding

Welcome to the world!

This little bluebird fledgling had only been out of the bluebird nesting box a few minutes when he was welcomed to his new world with a summer storm. He did not look very happy to be greeted this way.

Almost ready to leave

Hermit Thrush at Quincy Bog Natural Area

Speckled Eggs

An evergreen shrub in my yard was home to this nest.

Baby Bird

Not sure maybe an Eastern Phoebe?

Careful or someone will get an eye poked out!

Punk Steller’s

First Flight

This egg fell out from the nest onto a bench on our deck. It was broken but the majority of it remained intact. And so it presented a perfect opportunity to be made whole in my son’s little pottery nest.

Mother & Child

Full House

This nest was located under my bathroom window on the side of my house.

Nest in the Grass

I found this nest when the mother bird suddenly flew as I walked by. It was camouflaged but just in the grass on the ground, so vulnerable. Two days later the nest was empty. I don’t know if she could have moved them or they were eaten by some other animal. I don’t know what species they are. The mother was small and brown like a sparrow.

Breakfast of Champions

Eastern Bluebird mother feeding chicks as father stands guard.

Stare down

Osprey Chicks almost ready to fledge.

The Mallard family

Mr & Mrs Mallard enjoy our spring ponds at Sunshine Loop. We discovered there nest in the field on 7/10/2014. We had to mark the area off because they were coming to hay the field any day. We now have an area in the Hayed field where the Mrs Mallard continua to sit on her nest.

Three’s a Crowd

Waiting for dinner to be delivered the day before fledging.

Dinner All Aglow

feeding time

queenies

Scanning for Mom

While on a Sunday morning hike through the Utah mountains we spotted these three little Pewees standing in their nest scanning the trees for Mom who was bringing in tasty bugs. They have all the approaches covered in the Gold, Silver, Bronze pose.

Chow Line

Patiently waiting for supper!

Beautiful tree swallows came back again this year. Nested in a bird house on the railing of our deck and hatched 78 gorgeous babies!

Finch eggs

finch eggs in nest in a fern

Baby doves

pair of baby doves in their nest

Hungry robin

nest found in a pavilion during a birthday party

Finches

discovered this next of baby finches in my fern on the porch!

Two in the Bush

Wooly neighbors !

On vacation in Nova Scotia we had the pleasure to share our camping site with this friendly family !

New babies in a recycled nest.

These babies were born after their parents recycled a nest from last year. The original nest was grass and straw and was built under the roof of our swim pier. The new couple added on with mud and feathers and made an upgraded home for these babies. They thrived! And boy did mom and dad ever work themselves to death feeding them! These babies were hungry!

A feather bed!

This nest was created by birds this year who built onto the leftover nest of other birds from last year. The nest is under the roof of our swim pier. The original nest was mostly straw/grass. This “addition” was mostly mud with a feather lining.

Dinner Time!

Robins nesting in my yard.

Grounded Baby Purple Martins Get a Meal

Three Purple Martins ended up on the ground for a couple of days when Hurricane Arthur blew through. Undaunted by the change of nest residence, the parents continued to feed the young ones until they were able to fly a day or so later.

Male Housefinch delivering supper.

A pair of housefinches made a nest on the eagle’s wings that stand guard above our back deck door. Eggs were laid the day that Hurricane Arthur passed through and one blew out of the nest and cracked. The other three hatched a couple of weeks later and as I type this today (July 31, 2014), the young are just about ready to fledge.

4 Little Robins

We were able to follow these four babies from eggs to fledglings. One of only a few pictures we could get because mom and dad robin were very good at parenting.

“We’re hungry!”

Hummingbird at Feeder

Mourning Dove

Baby Wood Duck

On arriving home, I noticed three baby wood ducks in our pool. Mom quickly left, along with two of the babies, but this one was left swimming around for several hours.

Just Out of the Nest

These barn swallow babies had just fledged the nest, and were awaiting breakfast. The nest is located in our horse barn, and we have had barn swallows nest here for several years. The adults don’t seem to be used to us being in the barn when we feed the horses in the morning, and immediately fly out of the barn, but these three awaited patiently on the barn rafter for a parent to return to be fed.

Bobolink

Eastern Bluebirds

Young male and female Eastern Bluebirds from a nest of five that fledged about 2.5 weeks before this picture was taken.

Carolina Wren nest in the mailbox

Chuck-will’s-widow “nestlings”

Chuck-will’s-widow “nest”

While checking nest boxes, I flushed a chuck-will’s-widow off these two eggs. The bird flew off doing the broken-wing display.

Baby Cardinal

I Found this nest in a wild rose bush

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Catbird Eggs

About to fly the coop.

This nest was right outside my computer window. I saw the nest being built, the parents sitting on the eggs, and the babies growing up until this minute. They spent the day in my hug rhododendron bush and then left for good. I eventually saw them again looking like slightly smaller adults.

For year living here we were not aware of these big birds living here. Now they come every day to our front yard.2 families .

First I thought they were “Turky buzzards”. Couldn’t believe there were real turkyes. Now since they are coming here I can see they are!

Ready to Launch

This eager Blue was the first of the brood to launch. He wistfully looked out like this for about an hour then in a flash he launched!

Mama and her poults visiting my birdfeeder

Thses lovely turkey’s started showing up at my feeder the beginning of the week, and now come twice a day…this is the first time I’ve ever had turkeys come here…so I was in awe!!

Asian barbet

In the image we can see a Brown-headed Barbet or Large Green Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica) known as Asian barbet in India. In my hometown Pathanamthitta there was a old tree and this bird used to come every day, later on i saw that it had a small hole and the bird has made that hole as its nest. After some time I could see it taking small fruits towards the nest. This is one such occasion wherein i could take a picture of it leaving its nest.

Hanging Geranium a Dove

Hanging Geranium Dove

Hanging Geranium Dove

Robins last meal from mom

Sneak(er) peek…

Hello, World

White breasted nuthatch coming out of nesting box

One Day We’ll Be Giants

One day old Bald Eagle eaglet from 2014 nest. This Bald Eagle’s nest is built in a tree that jets out of a cliff. Hiking up the other side very carefully, I am able to see inside the nest. This is the nineth year the Bald Eagles have nested here and the second year I have watched the nest.

Guarding the nest

In a heron rookery, this red tailed hawk was in a neighboring nest. The nearby nest had herons standing at the ready to protect their nest.

Purple Sunbird

Every year this bird makes nest in the same place that is on a branch of an Arocaria plant planted in a pot and kept on the terrace of my house.Their nest building activity starts in the month of May.

A Barn Swallow Choir!

I was attending to my horse, Summer, when I heard this incessant small whining sound in the rafters where I boarded her. I located the sound, only to find four little heads sitting there waiting for food from Mama. I positioned myself on a stool so that I could get a decent photo between the rafters and the florescent lighting and I waited. The screaming started just as Mama flew in and I snapped the photo, not sure what I would get!
I loved how her wingspan was almost embracing her clan as she delivered a morsel.

Orphaned Great Horned Owlet

Get up!

That’s a Lot of Mouths to Feed

Triplet newborn American Robins – only a couple of days old.

Violet-green swallow fledglings

Violet-green swallows parents and chicks

Fledging day and the chicks are wearing their parents out

Ready to go

The one that got away…

An Osprey pair on their nest along the Susquehanna River

Ready, set, go!

These four were getting ready to leave the nest

Always hungry

Feeding the little ones

Family of Four

Robin nest on our downspout

I’m hungry!!

This little Robin was the dominant one in the nest and would frequently step all over the other little baby to get first dibs at lunch! Luckily, there was a natural opening in the bush where the nest was located, so I had a great time watching them over the 2 weeks we were on vacation!

Great Crested Flycatcher

This is nest building in a box that previously had a brood of wood ducks, woodpeckers and squirrels.

“Lunch on the Fly”

I snapped this one of a beautiful male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird at my front yard feeder. The feeder is located right outside of my picture window. I setup my camera on my tripod and tripped the shutter with a remote release at he flew to and from the feeder. This pic was taken with a Canon EOS7D with L-Series 300mm f/2.8 IS lens in manual mode @ 1/500 f/8.0 ISO200.

Core Creek eaglet

Young eaglet in a nest on a lake in Bucks county, PA

Feeding time

parent delivering a fish to young osprey

Canada goose gosling

Canada goose gosling

Delaware River osprey nest

Osprey nest constructed on a channel marker, 400 yds from shore on the Delaware River

Double Helping

Both Mockingbird parents came in with a bite to eat, at the same time. Busy parents with 3 little mouths to feed.

Out on a Limb

Young Red-Shouldered Hawk siblings watching the eldest as it considers flying

The Baby and His Blankie

Newly hatched Mockingbird baby. The white cotton the parents picked up to incorporate into the nest reminded me of a baby blanket.

The Second Story

My husband and I watched a Mockingbird pair build their nest on our front port, using an old birdhouse as the base. We were very excited for them to move in, as we could watch from our living room without disturbing the family.

Red-headed woodpecker

…Home Improvements…

I spotted this little House Wrenn building a nest in one of my Blue Bird boxes in my yard on Lake Gaston. I was able to grab my camera and snap a few pics of him while he was doing his handy work. Taken with Canon T1i with L-Series 400mm f/5.6 lens in AV Mode @ 1/200 f/5.6 ISO400.

Red-headed woodpecker

Hungry Baby!

On 6-15-14 I found these little guys had just hatched and by 7-2-14 they were demanding to be fed!!

Newly Hatched Baby Tree Swallows

On 5-18-14 I observed the nest preparation. The wait was over on 6-15-14 when the babies hatched.

Mouthful!

5-18-14 – More nest preparation by the Tree Swallows.

Tree Swallow Nest Prep

Each year I anxiously await the arrival of the Tree Swallows. I enjoy watching as they share the raising of their family with me. On 5-18-14, I was excited as I observed the nest preparation. This was a first for me. Now the real waiting began!!

Family Dinner

This cardinal couple built a nest in a rose bush right outside our kitchen window. We watched them raise two sweet babies.