Red-shoulder Hawks

Bluebird eggs

All five eggs included ( #5 hard to see, but still there)

Baby Catbirds

The Gray Catbird eggs started hatching! 😀

Hanging fern nest

Four eggs in a mockingbird nest built on the crown of a hanging fern.

New Beginnings

Carolina Wrens

2 Carolina wrens very close to fledging

Titmouse

4 Titmouse in an old electrical box.

Tree Swallow Eggs in Nestbox

Robin on my ceiling fan

Birdhouse building

Squeezing in

Now Caroline has laid a new egg, how cute!

10-day old Anna’s Hummingbirds.

House Sparrow Eggs

This House Sparrow egg was 1 of 5 that were boiled to render them nonviable. In this area House Sparrows are proving a real problem and have kicked out 2 nesting birds and killed 1 female Tree Swallow just in 2015

Nature at her finest!!

Nesting American Robin

5 Bluebird Hatchlings

Bluebirds Ready to Fledge

Flickers grow fast

Look how these flickers have grown. It’s been a long journey to get to this point with the invasive starlings destroying flicker nests. Learn how I did it: http://www.kansasnativeplants.com/yard_birds_northernflicker.php

Sandhill Crane

Beautiful little bird

A great closeup.

They Fledged!

All of the baby robins have fledged now! 😀

Caroline relaxing in her nest

I usually take photos when in the car, but today she let me come up close!
Update! now we have four eggs in the nest.

Julianna – in her nest

Digiscoped of Julianna, our broad-winged hawk in her nest in our suburban front y are.

Baby Carolina Wrens – 4 days later

This nest in in a potted sage plant on a shelf on our first floor apartment patio. I count four beaks in this photo, but there were six eggs originally and no evidence of death or any unhatched eggs, so we believe there are six young in there just piled on top of each other (as they do). This photo was taken with my cell phone on 5/19/15. Babies are awake but still very quiet. The one looking at me in the picture had his mouth open until he realized I wasn’t going to give him any food. Mama and Papa are excellent hunters and are frequently seen returning to the nest with large bugs for their babies.

1st Gray Catbird Nest

Catbird nest has 4 eggs now! 😀

They grew up so fast!

The first baby Robin fledged yesterday! It was so cool to watch! Can’t wait to see the others fledge!
I’m so proud of the Momma and Daddy Robins! First House Sparrows destroyed their nest, then an American Crow flew up to their nest, but none of the babies were harmed thank goodness!

Bluebird eggs in nest

House Wren nest

Faces only a mother could love

Photo taken during monitoring of bird boxes placed on Green Mountain by the City of Lakewood, CO. Hoping for Bluebirds this year!

Two chipping sparrows and one Cowbird egg

Caroline now has three eggs to take care of

Eastern Phoebes in the Portico – 2013

These Eastern Phoebes were hatched and raised just outside my front door inside a small portico. The mom and chicks became very comfortable with our use of the door and sometimes my snapping some photos through a cracked door. The mom would never stop on the nest to feed but rather would fly by and feed in mid flight. They all seemed to get enough to eat. My wife happened to be out front when they all left at the same time in a little baby bird flock and they never returned. A new nest goes up every year now even though it took 13 years before the first nest appeared on the house.

Tree Swallow Nest

Fox Snake and European Starling chick

Fox snake inside Purple Martin T-14 rig with improper siting and no baffle

Three Robin Chicks

Thee lovely American Robin chicks. This nest is built atop a stored ladder under a carport at a family member’s house.

Bluebird Eggs 1

Eastern Bluebird eggs. This is a quick snapshot with a cellphone stuck into the nestbox so I could count the eggs. Sadly, three days later the eggs are all absent with no signs of chicks.

Young Violet-green Swallow

A young violet green swallow sticking his head out of his nesting box to be fed- he was quite bold and let me come quite close. They nested again the next year round, but the brood was killed by house sparrows.

Chip and Caroline’s nest

Feeding Time!

On 5/9 I found empty egg shells under the nest. On 5/12 I noticed her feeding at least 2 babies.

Baby Flickers are Talking at age 5 days old

After having starlings destroy the flickers nest last year, I became more vigilant in my trapping of starlings. It paid off this year and the flickers have 5 babies. Learn all about my experience with nesting flickers at http://www.kansasnativeplants.com/yard_birds_northernflicker.php

American Robin River Trail Nest

American Robin nest in the crook of a tree along a bike trail next to a river. Full clutch of 3 eggs.

First blues of 2015

First brood of Bluebirds of the season at our house.

Carolina Chickadee Eggs

Clutch of 6 Carolina Chickadee eggs laid in my nest box. First egg date approx. 5/2/15.

Carolina Chickadee Nest Box

A pair of Carolina Chickadees claimed the nest box I mounted on a laundry pole within 12 hours. It took them 5 days to begin building their nest. 15 days to complete their nest.

Carolina Chickadee Hatchlings

Carolina Chickadee hatchlings. Hatched yesterday, 5/15. Mother incubated for at least 14 days. Count 5 heads and it looks like 1 more. There were 6 eggs.

Caroline’s nest

Now we have Chipping sparrows nesting in our yard!

Baby Carolina Wrens

This nest is in a potted sage plant on our first floor apartment patio. These babies haven’t made a peep yet. There were six eggs, but I can only count five sets of wings in this picture. However, there may be one more little guy in the back, it’s just difficult to see in there.

Bluebird nest

Water Faucet Cover Nest

Robin nest 3

This our third Robin nest!

Barn Swallow Eggs and Nest

This nest is a continuing nest for at least three years. Additional years of nest building can be seen. Sitting on barn’s support beams, this nest is about 15 feet above ground.

Front Porch Phoebes

In Spring 2012, a Say’s Phoebe couple attempted to build a nest on this light fixture, with no success. I placed the plastic container there, tying it to the light fixture, and they immediately built their nest in it. We have really enjoyed watching the nesting and fledgling process from such a close point of encounter. We still use the front porch to enter/exit our house, and the birds have adapted beautifully. They return each spring and right now, we have 4 fledglings from the first batch for 2015.

Hungry Babies

Tree Swallow in Bloom

This tree swallow loves its nest box so much that upon routine monitoring it doesn’t even leave the nest.

Chipping sparrow nest containing a cowbird egg

This nest, located about 7 ft from the ground in an Alberta spruce adjacent to my home, contained 4 chipping sparrow eggs and one cowbird egg.

two robin nests

just some cute baby birds

Crest Avenue Anna’s HB

This little Anna’s Hummingbird built her nest around a lantern hook on the support beam of our patio. Not a bad location: protected from wind and rain, 3 feet from the sugar water feeder and the garden flowers. She’s getting used to us hanging out on the patio.

We’re expecting!

Sweet Babies

Best Nest

Nest in backyard fence. Great protection on sides and bottom but nothing on top. Attentive parents cared for baby. Too cold and wet.

Hidden Gems!

Brown Thrasher nest

Gray Catbird nest

The first egg in the Gray Catbird nest! 🙂

Baby Americans Robins

All of the eggs are hatched now! 😀

Carolina Chickadee’s mossy nest

Six Carolina Chickadee eggs located within a bluebird sized box. Placement in residential landscaped garden.

Hummingbird Under Porch Eaves

My House

I began building bird houses about a year ago, now my neighbors are putting them up also 🙂

Robin nest 2

We have two American Robin nests so far. Can’t wait for them to hatch!

Three down, one to go!

The eggs in the nest in our carport hatched! The babies are so cute!

Front Door Cottage Birdhouse

After she raised her brood she had at the Back door birdhouse, she was looking at the next place that Pa Pa Carolina Wren started the nest. She liked what she saw since there’s a birdbath 8 feet away and several feeders hanging nearby with meal worms. The next picture is her hanging out to get some air while nesting on her 5 eggs.

Carolina Wren at back door birdhouse.

This is a picture of the birdhouse located at my back door. I have had 4 broods that have hatched at this house and usually in Feb/Mar time frame. This picture goes with my first logged nest watch. The babies stayed for about 2 month at the feeders close to the house. Now they hang out in the trees in the back yard.

N Cardinals – Ready to fly!

My First Nest

Tufted Titmouse chicks

Titmouse moved into a bluebird box and has 5 chicks

The Robins

Robin’s nest discovered in my backyard.

Nest lining

Wren hatchlings – 2 down, 3 to go.

Wren nest – 2 hatchlings, 3 eggs

Bell Finch Family residence

A momma House Finch decided to build a nest on my front door wreath so now use of the door is off limits so we can enjoy watching the amazing joy of baby finch births and growth!

New Killdeer nest

Photos of a killdeer nest off the back of our property down on the bank of our community’s retention pond.

Three little birds singing sweet songs

Say’s Phoebe’s Nest at our home. She was here last year too and had a successful nesting season, and so she has honored us this year too with her presence

Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay

Getting the nest prepared

Cardinal babies

American Robin Nest

American Robin nest in our carport.

Chickadee nest

5 Carolina Chickadee hatchlings and 1 unhatched egg.

American Robin

Bluebirds ready to fledge

These are the first bluebirds born in a nest box that was placed 5 years previous.

Stinging nettle nest

Honey, we can’t throw out that old BBQ grill yet!

You know that old saying that Carolina Wrens will nest anywhere? It’s true!

bird nest #1

There has been a bird in the nest for about a week.

Curve-billed thrasher

Mourning Dove Eggs

Nesting Robin

Nesting Robin under west deck post

Bluebird sits on the nest.

Once a week I check my bluebird boxes and count the eggs. I tap on the side of the box before I open it and normally momma bird will exit. This little gal refused to leave the nest. I took her picture and closed the door. I’ll check again in a couple days and maybe she will be more cooperative.

Carolina wren nest and eggs

Discovered this nest on top of an old cabinet under some old canvass.

House Finch Nest

A pair of house finches built a nest in a hanging fern on my front porch.

Name These Birds – House Wren or Finches

Every year I get these birds that build their nests on my patio area which is covered by lattice work. I’ve always wondered, exactly what kind of birds these are. jman3005

Robin Nest Outside the Window

Plantation Oaks Goes to the Birds

The nest box I erected last year (2014) at my school served this friendly bluebird family this April, 2015. The students enjoyed observing the parents caring for their young by watching them fly to and from the nest box as well as viewing the nest camera video.