House Sparrow nest in my hanging basket on the porch
House Sparrow nesting attempt with three live young in a hanging basket on my front porch.
Baby robins grow quickly.
A picture of newly hatched robins being fed followed by a picture about a week late.
New neighbors galore.
Just taking amateur photo’s of birds around our farm. Such joy as they were all taken from our home in the woods.
Hopeful
Two nests were started in my four hanging baskets. One was abandoned, one was completed!
wren nest in shed wall
The wrens were flying all around the door and overhang and we finally decided that they were nesting between the wall and the interior wall covering. Once we did not see them anymore I peeled it back and voila!
Oregon junco eggs
An Oregon junco laid these eggs in a nest she built in a fuschia basket on my back deck.
Feeding Time
One of three Chickadee chicks being feed…later that day, they all left the nest.
Osprey Nest
I Almost Drowned These Babies!
I almost drowned these 3 babies while trying to water my hanging plant yesterday. Fortunately mama bird attacked me before I poured the entire contents of my watering can. I believe it’s a chickadee or possibly a whiskey jack as it has an all black neck.
Can you believe the intricacy of this nest built amongst dense hanging basket foliage –check out the twine wrapped twice around the nest!
Hooded Oriole Nest in the middle of San Diego neighborhooD!
Hooded orioles are thriving in our neighborhood. You can see them when you go on walks hanging out in the high palm trees. This nest is only about 6 feet from the ground, but is pretty safe from predators. These little guys are miracles. The palm leaf they are in broke down and I had to duck tape it back up to another leaf and the stalk of the tree to keep it going. And then it started to die so I had to create a wooden stake that I painted lime green like the leaf and put it under the leaf with an old oriole nest on the top of it and nestled it in right next to the nest. Working great so far!
The wrens I saved!
10 days ago I found 6 naked house wren nestlings on the ground below their bird box. A predator had apparently tipped the box and dumped them out, and it must have been shortly before I found them. I put them back in the box and secured it. It’s nice to see that 5 of them survived.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker feeding young.
This young yellow-bellied sapsucker was very vocal during feeding time, which helped me to locate the nest. After waiting at a comfortable distance away from the nest but yet be able to identify the species, both parents came alternately to feed its young. Several minutes passed between each feeding. There was no way of knowing how many young they were feeding, in only one shot did a young one show itself. I visited the area the next day and heard the young calling again for food but after that day it was quiet and I believe they had fledged. This was a unique experience for me and my son.
Osprey Nest
Osprey nest on top of power pole.
No Mama, I don’t want to leave
Fledgling mockingbird back in shrub that holds the nest, the day after fledging
Wren in my hose reel
This is one of a pair of wrens that made their nest in my hose reel. The reel is only about three feet off the ground and next to the slider to the backyard. I have greyhounds (all retired racers) who never once disturbed the nest.
Day three at the killdeer nest.
The killdeer allowed me to get within 10 feet of her nest before she stood up and tried to distract me. She soon cam back and stood over the eggs.
Bluebird landing to feed waiting baby
This is a screen shot from a video I took.
Six Bluebird Eggs
Usually we see 5 eggs, but on May 24, 2014 we found 6. The same nesting pair is now waiting on their 3rd clutch (5 eggs this time) to hatch which makes 16 eggs this year.
Plant lined killdeer nest
I came upon this killdeer nest on a sandy beach at a sand pit made into a recreation area. I have never seen a killdeer nest on sand (only pebbles before) and have never seen one lined with plant material. Must have been an extra creative mama.
Suburban Barn Swallow Nest
Barn Swallow nest over front door of suburban house
Baby Bluebirds in backyard house.
Four out of five bluebirds hatched. The fifth one hatched the following day.
House Finch Nest in Hanging Spider Plant Close-up
You can see the details much better in this close-up. I didn’t mean to post the first one.
Feed me!
Robins chose to make their nest on the railing of my screened-in balcony. That gave me a ringside seat without having to leave my living room.
House Finch Nest in Hanging Spider Plant
This is the first house finch nest in one of our hanging spider plants. We’ve previously had two mourning dove nests in a different pot, though only one of them was successful.
Black-capped chickadee nest under elf
A chickadee nest was built in a metal pole we have protecting our well from driveway activity. The 3.5 foot pole is hollow and filled with sand up to about the last 5-8 inches. We had a decorative elf on top of the hole which is 3 inches in diameter. It left a narrow opening of .75 inch wide by 2 inches long which the chickadees went into to build the nest. The first fledgling made it out in 16 days after hatching, however the second one could not. We watched the parents care for the one that fledged and then return with food for the nestling. However, we had a significant rain storm which caused the nest to settle further down into the pipe. The parents continued to feed the nestling, but not as frequent as before, and the mother no longer spent nights in the nest. After an additional 11 days and then chirping and flapping by the nestling we decided to move the elf over a bit. We did and soon the nestling fledged successfully! The parents found it and fed it much more frequently than when it had been in the nest. After hopping on the ground and some peony bushes for about an hour, it flew into a pine tree and both parents brought it food every few minutes. We video taped that but I am unsure if I can attach that. The fledgling later flew with its parents into a thick stand of spruce and oak trees. Two chickadees survived from this nesting experience. The nest was only 20 feet from our main entrance to our house so we could sit outside and watch the activity all day. It was a tremendous experience!
Wrens Clean House
Hello,
Carolina Wrens cleaning house,removing fecal sacs.
The box contained 2 chicks.
Bewick’s Wren
Bewick’s wren nest behind my house.
Baltimore Oriole nest
What a surprise find this nest was! We had seen the male oriole around but had no idea that it had a nest. The nest is very neatly constructed, it looks like the birds built a pouch of grass then tied it in the tree! The eggs were already hatched when we found it and the parents are busy feeding the babies.
Barn Swallow fledglings
The House Finches House
A House Finch built a nest in friends wreath on their front door & laid 5 beautiful eggs.
Six Little Swallows
A Barn Swallow laid 6 eggs in a nest on a porch light at a friends house. All babies hatched & are almost ready to fledge!
Baby Blue Eggs
I found this American Robin nest under a friends deck on a low beam. Hopefully, the 4 eggs hatched & the babies fledged successfully!
Mother Geese & Kin
These 2 mother Canada Geese built their nests next to our lake (one on a wooden wall & another in some rushes). After a few days, the eggs hatched & they had healthy goslings! Now they’re all grown up & starting to look more like adult geese.
Sweet Baby Sparrows
I photographed these 4 Song Sparrows fledglings exploring an evergreen bush last summer. They were very talkative & weren’t shy.
Pintail Family in Cypress Swamp
These Northern Pintails made a nest in the Cypress Swamp. The mother was sitting on her nest, while dad took a swim in the pond. Their eggs have probably hatched by now!
Eastern Bluebird Nestbox
02-Jul-14, Eastern Bluebirds, Day 15, healthy, wide-eyed and anticipating fledging between 4-6 Jul…something else to celebrate this weekend!
The Blues Nest
Hays Eaglets
Picture of all three eaglets waiting for Mom or Dad to bring lunch…This was taken on May 20, 2014. H3, the second hatched fledged one month later on June 20, 2014, two days later on June 22 H2, the 1st hatched fledged, and then our little one (the baby) H4 fledged on June 27, 2014…Was a beautiful year for the Hays Bald Eagle Nest in Pittsburgh, PA…We were so lucky and blessed to have this site to watch…learn… and grow with them…They had the best protective parents..They are all now soaring above as strong and majestic eagles…
Fledge #4 this year!
This was last week, just a couple days before the babies fledged.
Robins – Day 1 or Day 2 of hatching ?
I believe there are 3 hatched babies and one egg left to go.
Feeding Time
Growing up.
May 25, 2014 first nesting attmept
well hidden
Brood of Killdeers. Mom and Dad were both close by.
Day of Life 2
Nest on my NestWatch….I got my head buzzed by mom for this pic!
First time for everything
First time ever for a little Bluebirding. Great success…all four little ones added to the aviary community.
Baby House Wrens Ready to Fledge
Babies any Day
We should have babies any day now
Great crested flycatcher fledgling leaving the nest
I was lucky to be able to witness the flycatchers fledging. I saw one fly out so I got the camera and recorded this. They sure aren’t very big when they fledge.
Great crested flycatcher fledglings
Wren 1 occupant
Carolina wren babies in nest built on a stuffed animal in a Girl Scout cookie box on the porch.
House wrens in my backyard
The wrens built a nest in the decorative birdhouse hanging on the back wall of my house, right by my back porch steps.
6-26-2014
House Wren feeding the kids.
This shows one the House Wren parents coming to feed the kids.
House Wren feeds it’s babies
These are photos of a House Wren feeding it’s babies.
waiting to fly
June 22, tree swallows watching the outside world from the safety of their nest box.
Mom on Guard
This is my Bluebird mom guarding her nest of 4 eggs ..you might have to zoom in a little
Birding Action on Lake Dillon
Nests, Nests, Nests
I have been visiting Ballston Creek Preserve now for weeks…it started with lots of Heron nests and now there are so many babies. There was a Great Horned Owl and baby who fledged after my second visit. The Osprey sit high above and call out their warning sign as I get to the end of the path – no babies there yet. The Hairy Woodpecker I just happened upon while watching the others. Whoever says you have to go far from home to see beauty? All this in one spot! Totally enchanting!
Robin Fledgling Fully Graduated
I am very pleased to announce that all four fledglings from the brood I monitored have fully “graduated” into young adulthood and are making a few appearances nearby. Nice to see this one in the woods. This one was the littlest fledgling, the one I was most worried about, but it seems to be very robust and doing well this evening. The parents were in the vicinity, yet quite distant. The fledgling flew very well from tree to tree, amazing me with how grown-up it is. I watched it groom/preen/scratch its wings and catch a bug for supper.
My, how robins develop so fast!
How did I know this was a fledgling from the brood I watched? It was the adult male watching her nearby. His markings were very tell-tale. Also this fledgling had the most white fluff and puffy breast compared to its siblings while in the nest. I would not have noticed the fledgling was there had I not stopped to photograph a garter snake on the ground closest to the tree where the father robin, nicknamed Serenade, was perched.
06/19/2014
Gray Flycatcher Research
These nestling Gray Flycatchers are 14 days old and will fledge in 16 days. They are ready to venture outside the nest and enter the real world.
Great crested flycatchers
I am proud to show the SIX nestlings of my pair of great crested flycatchers. This is the fourth year they’ve nested in my yard. The parents often catch bugs right off of my house and take them back to the nest box to feed their brood. A real joy to have these birds in my yard. Learn more about them at http://www.kansasnativeplants.com/yard_birds_greatcrestedflycatcher.php
Nest box house wrenx
We have very persistent house wrens in our nest box. This box has been used by house sparrows a couple of years ago, last year we put a metal washer on the hole, so the house sparrows couldn’t make the hole bigger; this year a house wren staked claim to the box, and fought off a house sparrow earlier in the season. He has finally attracted a female; and there must be eggs in the box. They are very interesting birds, very pretty song. They should have plenty of insects to feed on with all the rain we’ve had; the mosquitoes will be all over here in a couple more days; It’s amazing how they can get sticks into the nest box which are larger than they are and turn them around so they fit through the hole. Over the past 5 years we have gradually added natural plants to our yard (replacing grass) and it’s amazing how many more birds, butterflies and dragonflies we now get. It just takes a little bit.
Mama Robin Takes a Break
A mother robin, nicknamed Serene (because she is calm, patient, and seemingly unafraid around humans), built a nest on an a/c unit across from my apartment and has become a popular “neighbor” in our neighborhood. It’s all because of her and her mate that I joined NestWatch and learned so much about urban birds. She has been so busy with her young, she’s been looking tired and dry, so it’s about time she took a nice, long, cool dip in my birdbath. We had a nice rainfall last night. By late afternoon, after one more fledgling took leave of her nest, she made frequent visits, with one last visit being just for her. She was truly in the lap of luxury. Her expressions were of pure joy, I swear.
I am very happy she didn’t mind I was close by to take photographs of her. Zoom lens or not, she stood in that birdbath for a nice while.
Midsummer’s Eve Fledglings
The robin fledglings I’ve monitored since the tail end of May are stretching their wings. The first to leave the nest was on June 19th 2014. I feared the fledglings would fall out of the nest and hit their heads on concrete sidewalk below, but they soon showed me “no worries” as they have taken to flight very quickly. The second to leave the nest is pictured perched on a cedar tree branch. I believe it was spooked out of the nest too soon, something that was unavoidable due to the very close proximity of the nest next to human dwelling — the nest was built upon an a/c unit barely 5 feet above ground level over a sidewalk frequently filled with human and canine traffic.
Great efforts to maintain the peace and quiet in the area of the nest has been trying on my neighbors, especially now as the fledglings are testing the air and everyone is anxious to see them take flight. So far we have excellent weather, no need for major use of the a/c unit, but come July that story may change. This Robin family has lucked out!
The 2nd fledgling to leave the nest is being taken care of while she stays in the cedar tree by the parent birds. I’ve seen her hop-fly upwards in little bursts of energy.
The last 2 fledglings are quite content to stay hidden in the nest. Now without their siblings, and being the littlest, they are left to develop at their own pace in a nest no longer over crowded with two fledglings far bigger than themselves.
These will be the last photographs I will take of this nest in order for the next 2 to stay in the nest until they are ready to really stretch their wings.
Hungry Hermit Thrush young
Almost reading to fly
Five Bluebird chicks just about ready to head out into the world.
Black-Headed Grosbeak Male with Nesting Material
In 1947, Weston said: “The male usually follows her while she is gathering nesting material and he may accompany her to the general vicinity of the nest; however, I have never seen a male carry nesting material nor in any way aid in the actual construction of the nest.” Well, Mr. Weston – boom shakalaka!
Photographed along the Meadow Trail, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Felton, CA.
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Townsend’s Solitaire nest
I found this Townsend’s Solitaire accidentally as I was walking along monitoring Gray Flycatcher nests. The nest is on the ground and under a ponderosa pine log. The nest contains 3 solitaire eggs and 2 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs.
Eastern Bluebird Nestbox
18-Jun-14, Eastern Bluebird, to already hatched and the adults have taken care of the egg shells, one just cleared both halves of its shell, and the final one is wedged between the two halves of its shell and about to be clear of them!
Crowded Robin’s Nest
My Robin neighbors’ young are quickly developing feathers. Last week they still looked like the baby from the movie “Eraserhead” but now they resemble their parents, showing more personality, curiosity, and ever more verve. It must be itchy to grow into your feathers because they are constantly picking at themselves and each other (either that or they have mites — ouch). Mom (nicknamed “Serene”) and Dad (“Serenade”) show signs of weariness as they continue to strive to meet the demands of this maturing brood.
The biggest, and perhaps the first hatched, is on the far left. I have predicted it is a “he” because each time he has stretched out his neck, he displays the brightest breast and wing feathers. He will most likely jump out of the nest first. I also thought he would be the greediest when it came to food, but from what I’ve observed, the parents go back and forth dividing food in turns. They really pay attention to details.
Tree Swallow
Nest Box at Independence Oaks Park (Oakland County Parks)
American Robin Baby
This baby Robin was in middle of the road about to get hit, I safely picked the bird up and placed it near a shrub next to my home. He was not hurt just not able to fly just yet. He hung out at my house for 5 days while the mother came back to feed it. Its the most precious thing I had ever watched. She worked around the clock feeding this little fella. He was very friendly to be so young. He wanted to follow me around every time I went outside, I tried my best to ignore him for his sake. After about 5 days he was gone I hope he is flying somewhere! One of Gods little gifts to me was to be able to watch this little fella through my window.
Killdeer Bird spotted in Middle Tennessee
spotted this Killdeer bird in Middle Tennessee had never seen one of these here before.
Mr and Mrs Blue Bird
This is my first Blue Bird nest from April/May 2014 I never looked in the box because I didn’t know we could …they had a happy nest though and have returned and have laid their 4th egg
Safe and Secure in a Cholla
Discovered this nest while walking my dog. The male and female were building this nest and a few days later I peeked in and discovered the eggs in this cholla cactus.
Bluebirds hatching
Hermit Thrush naked young in woodshed
Cannot determine the number of live young from 5 eggs, but it appears 1 egg was rolled out of the nest and is on the floor of the woodshed.
I just happened to check this box as this baby was making entrance into the world.
Bluebirds On Nest Box
Eastern Bluebird Nest 01
Pygmy Nuthatch Bringing a Grub to Its Chicks
Both parents constantly brought grubs and spiders to their hungry chicks in a cavity in an old dead tree (snag). Photographed at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, CA.
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American Kestrel in nesting box and a pair of Mountain Bluebirds waiting me to leave their nest box
I have monitored a nesting box trail for 15 years in Unaweep Canyon on Colorado highway 141 south of Grand Junction,CO .The Kestrel is nesting in my yard is a Western Screech Owl box. About 20 Kestrel have fledge out of this box over a five year period. The bluebirds pictures was taken on the Unaweep Trail while I was monitoring their nest box.
Fledgling Baltimore Oriole
Killdear bird
A few pictures if Mama bird having here eggs.
Patio Table Roadrunner
This silly roadrunner built a nest on my patio table and has 2 eggs she sitting on.
Growing Robin Family
The female robin I’ve been monitoring, nicknamed Serene, now has a full brood, and, boy, are they HUNGRY! I am delighted to present such a lovely series of photographs which, without the trusting presence of the birds, and a nice zoom lens, would not otherwise enable me to show off this growing family.
The little ones are quickly growing their feathers. Today is the first day I’ve dared to peek at them since I noticed they hatched. To see that one of them has a tiny foot with the beginnings of “fingernails” (talons, heh!) made my day. Before I know it, they will fly away. I am anxious to report someday that this nesting attempt will be successful.
My whole neighborhood is excited about these birds!
BABY TREE SWALLOW LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
One of seven nestlings in box due to fledge soon at Independence Oaks Park (part of Oakland County Parks).
tree swallow
Anna’s Hummingbird Eggs
Anna’s Hummingbird eggs about one and one-half weeks before hatching. Photographed at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, CA.
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Pygmy Nuthatch feeding nestling
Pygmy Nuthatch feeding hungry nestling at its nest cavity in a ponderosa pine snag.
Eastern Screech Owls
Eastern Screech Owls in my owl nesting box!
Looking for Wrens — Found Black Capped Chickadees!
Checking the nesting box where wren material was located and I found a black capped chickadee nest with one hatchling and four eggs. Mama chickadee close by scolding me.
Gray Flycatcher Research
Female Gray Flycatcher incubating. Nest built in the center of a ponderosa pine sapling and nest about 3 ft from the ground.
Eastern Screech Owl getting ready to make the leap
Every year eastern screech owls use this wood duck nest box to raise their young. This year there are 3 fledglings. The adult male is always nearby in a southern cedar tree.
Tree Swallows at Nest Box
Nest Box at Independence Oaks Park (an Oakland County Park) in Spring of 2014.
Anna’s Hummingbird Chicks
Prior to fledging, these Anna’s Hummingbird chicks watched other birds flying about. A few days later, they too, were flying.
Photographed at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, CA.
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