Birds of a feather
Female Red necked Grebe feeds a feather to a chick
“Me first”
male Red Necked Grebe feeding chicks on the nest
Look at me
Baby chick getting used to the water
July nests
Dark-eyed Junco, freshly hatched!
I’m lucky enough to have discovered this nest in one of my Strawberry baskets. I now have a nest camera on it.
Killdeer nest at Bob Evans Farms, Inc. headquarters in New Albany, OH
I monitor a Bluebird Trail here at Bob Evans Farms headquarters in New Albany, OH. While out checking nestboxes, I observed an adult Killdeer running ahead of me. Upon further investigation, I found it’s nest with, at that time, one egg. There eventually were 4 eggs in the nest and they have since hatched. It’s been fun for all of us here to watch the development of the hatchlings as they explore the campus!
Mourning doves
#3 this season
“Backyard Parrot” visits our bird feeder
Since early in the spring the Painted Buntings seem to have decided to visit our backyard bird feeder and it has been beautiful seeing them this year.
Delilahs young have Fledged!
I’m going to miss these beautiful lil buggers,but I’m so blessed to have had them start their lives here with me. I’m certain I’ll hear them singing sweet nothings in my yard.
Barn Swallows 6/2016
Big open field nearby where about a dozen Barn Swallows fly every evening. Last week noticed they were checking out front porch. Did not take long to construct a mud nest up in a protected corner.
Bluebirds 2nd Brood 2016
Bluebirds about day 7
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Barn Swallow Chicks ready to fledge.
Delilahs young-please don’t go!
Her babies are beautiful! Sorry it’s hard to see.
Delilahs babies are fixin to fledge!
Today,I caught one of the babies out of the nest. They’re definitely curious! I wouldn’t be surprised if they were gone by morning.
Eastern Bluebirds
Loggerhead Shrike in its nest!
Loggerhead Shrike about to feed its chicks a Dragonfly!
Waiting for the dinner bell
Three of four fledglings awaiting Dad to feed them from the feeders below. The younges was still in their hiding place and had not ventured out yet.
Blue Bird Territory Squablble
ANother Blue Bird couple was moving into an available nest box about 50 yards from the current Blue Bird couple that had a second brood started. This went on for about 15 minutes, and the females joined in also. When all settled down, the new couple settled in to the available nest box (in the front yard) and the current couple settled in back in their area (in the back yard). Both yards have their own food source and water.
New Orioles
Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead shrike in its nest Feeding a Gecko to its chicks!
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House Finch nest in a hanging plant on front porch of house. Hanging plant is filled with artificial flowers.
Dad feeding White-breasted Nuthatch chicks
Both parents have been very busy bringing food all day long. They still scent mask the box and tree every evening before settling in for the night.
Barn Swallow hatchling, just a few hours old.
A couple of nest mysteries
You can ignore the first mystery, it was a dead hummer at my feeder then after that I had a couple of nest mysteries, the still shots show what I was up against. First, a Black-capped Chickadee nest…and only one ‘hatchling’ with some four or five other eggs that never hatched. Second, a Western Bluebird nest that after the season was over I found a dead what I think was a female Violet-green Swallow in, underneath- and a couple of Bluebird eggs that never hatched. Two nest oddities.
Bushtit nest building and ‘cleaning’
At the William L Finley National Refuge I observed this Bushtit nest very close to the trail. After capturing some stills of the two adults working on the nest I decided to shoot some video as well. Bushtits make a very interesting ‘sock-like’ nest of lichen, moss, grasses and spider webs. Because the nest is pliable, it’s almost comical to watch the adults as they move around in the nest!
MCHM Robins Videos
These videos accompany my pictures submission.
MCHM Robins
This was fun experience, since the nest is six feet and below my window, I was able to observe the nest with some regularity. I took over 2,000 photos over the whole month, with my telephoto lense. This way i did not disturb the family by walking close to the site.
Dark-eyed Junco Nest & Eggs 2016
Third year successful pair!
House Finch nest in hanging basket
Carolina Chickadees on Nest
Nestbox treasure
Second year for wren activity in this primitive birdhouse, assembled by a child from a kit at a state park event. The pink eggs are lovely and will keep us watching for a month.
Melodys blue bird eggs
I’ve never had a blue bird try to nose dive my face before while trying to get a few pictures. I am very quick and I don’t touch anything. This birdhouse is in my everyday life and there is no way not to pass by it. But this mother is so aggressive! Several times she’s flown down straight at my face from up in a tree. She’s always watching me,apparently. Now I’m even more careful as to not make her feel that her young is in danger. But I do have to be able to access my yard! She chose to build in a high traffic area,and I’m so excited to experience the life of these birds. However,not so much at the expense of my face being rearranged! Anyone ever experience anything similar?
Delilahs wren youngins
The wren babes are almost fully feathered and parents are taking excellent care of them!
Food transfer and feeding time for three Peregrine Falcon chicks
For a few years now there has been a Peregrine Falcon nest in the spring at the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. We’ve been going over for about four or five years now. We’ve seen them bring in a meal but it’s always been hard to tell what it is. And this is the first time I’ve so clearly seen the transfer for the mother to bring in the food, this time clearly a Bonaparte’s Gull. We first noticed the pair hanging in the air over a cliff face just like kites on a string, then one by one they left to return in five to ten minutes and were loudly calling as they performed this meal transfer. There was what looked like one attempt before the actual transfer, then the female ‘regrouped’ and came up again. Not until she firmly had it did he release but that was in mere seconds.
Empty Ovenbird Nest
On 6/11, I visited the ovenbird nest site and found 3 nestlings with pin feathers, huddled together. Three days later all three were gone. So, I took a photo of their empty nest. I checked the critter cam videos to see if they had been discovered by one of the many potential predators in our woods. I watched as a red fox trotted by, grey squirrel run up the nearby tree, and, most troublesome, three feral cats walking past the nest just one foot away. The nest and these babes were not discovered. Amazing!
It has been 9 days since I found the nest – empty. I hope the Ovenbird family is still thriving.
Junco Eggs
I’ve seen this Junco pair in and out of a hanging Strawberry basket for a week or so and just discovered it had 2 eggs in it yesterday.
Orchard Orioles
Barn swallows
Mom and babies
Picture of Mom with babies in my Afghan Pine tree
10-egg tree swallpw nest on 6-11-16 and 10-egg tree swallow nest on 6-18-16
Have already submitted a picture of a 10-egg Tree swallow nest at the Dixon Meadow Preserve in Lafayette Hill, PA. I am now sending two more photographs of this nest:
6-11-16 – showing 4 nestlings and 4 eggs visible in the nest
6-18-16 – showing 5 (?) nestlings visible in the nest
Melodys setting on her egglets!
Our eastern bluebird,Melody ,has finished laying and is now starting to incubate! She’s so trusting. Every time I go outside we make eye contact. I just tell her sweet nothings or gently sing to her as I walk by. She’s very calm.
Robin’s nest
In a giant fern in the common patio atea
Bluebird eggs in nest
Fresh Louisiana Bluebird eggs
Fourth egg laid within last three days. Is this all of them, or will she go for one more?
Eastern bluebird–second attempt
A pair of eastern bluebirds built a nest and laid four eggs that didn’t hatch. They quickly built a new nest on top of the old and have laid five eggs.
BIG brother cowbird and 4 phoebe chicks
that huge cowbird may be covering some other young, but I believe there are 4 phoebe chicks and 1 cowbird
Scrub Jay fledgling and parent
This is the third day the young Jay appeared out of the nest. He seems to be getting a few last meals from his parent and flexing his wings.
House finch nest
Eggs and babies. This nest was built on a wreath hanging on my moms front door!
Birds Nesting In My 10 x10 Screen Room
Birds found a small hole in my screen room to nest. and, have babies( 4)
Female Peregrine leaves nest after feeding a seagull to three chicks.
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Loggerhead Shrike in thier nest feeding its chicks
I watched this Loggerhead Shrike feeding its chicks!
Melodys eggs
Melodys nest box and eggs.
Delilah and her young
Delilahs Brood
Loggerhead Shrike in thier nest feeding its chicks
Helpful older sibling
This juvenile was feeding its younger siblings! With a bug in its beak, it made several attempts at getting into the box (it seemed to have difficulty keeping its grip on the wood below the hole), while the three-day-old nestlings squeaked plaintively within. At last it got in, and emerged a moment later empty-beaked.
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Three small eggs in a cup-like nest
Eastern Phoebe Natural Nest
This is an Eastern Phoebe nest located on the side of my house built on top of a vent pipe. The nest was discovered when I needed to clean the dryer vent located directly below the pipe vent. Nest construction began in late May. The first 4 eggs were spotted on 6/4 and the fifth egg appeared a day later on 6/5
Wood Duck Nest Box 2016
This was the first year for this nest box. 8 of 8 eggs produced off-spring. April 17 was jump day!
Dark-eyed Junco nest
Make Room for Me!
These Barn Swallows were resting between bouts of gathering nesting material.
Delilahs Brood
This is Delilahs brood. She’s laid 5 eggs and today,three of them hatched.
House Wrens
These are photos of the House Wrens in my nest box. They were rather late arrivals.
Chickadee nestlings
Just hatched June 11 & 12, 2016
Loggerhead Shrike in thier nest feeding its chicks
I have watching and photographing this same pair of Loggerhead Shrikes for the past 3 years and have been able to record the complete nesting cycle!
Three little robin eggs!
Ovenbird Nestlings!!!!
I decided to check the Ovenbird nest on this very warm day (80 degree F.) of June 11, hoping that the parent was off the nest. And she was! I presume both parents were out foraging for lots of insects to feed these hungry babes.
This was a great day indeed! Now, I am eagerly and nervously waiting for the next phase – fledgling day!
Tree swallow nest box and young
My peace sign robin
This nest is awesome due to the fact it right outside my back door and have a great unobstructed view. Hopefully predators won’t interfere. Should start hatching next Fri. or Sat. 6/17 or 18th.
A new family of bluebirds
I monitor 5 bluebird boxes at the edge of our property. There were 5 eggs. 4 successfully hatched. The 2nd picture is at our mealworm station. by the way, one week later they are using the feeder themselves and there are 4 eggs in a new nest in the same box. The juveniles are assisting.
Easter Blue Birds House hunting
Eastern BBs checking out the nest box that they eventually selected and successfully raised 4 fledglings. They selected another box located 35 feet away for their next brood within one week of fledging their first brood. Yeah blue birds!
Blue Bird dad on watch over feeders
Male eastern blue bird watching over “their feeders” and keeping an eye on things while a brood is in the box
Blue Bird and Tree Swallow Battle Royale
Male Tree Swalllow and Male Blue Bird Skirmish over nest box. The Swallow ended up on box as the Blue bird already had one and conceded
Bluebird Nestlings
These are the baby Eastern Bluebirds in my homemade log birdhouse. They are two out of five eggs From the looks of this picture I don’t think the box could have held three more! I also think their mother is no more, since I have only seen the male caring for them for the last week or so. Cute babies, though!
Loggerhead Shrike about to fly into its nest to feed its chicks!
Brown Thrasher Chicks in Oklahoma
House Finhc eggs
Suburban Barn Swallow Eggs
Northern Mockingbird Nest
A photo of the Northern Mockingbird nest in our tree.
Oven Bird Eggs
I took advantage of the mom away from her nest and took this photo of the three Ovenbird eggs.
Ovenbird Standing By Nest
I first came to the area around 2PM on 6/6 and took photos of the Ovenbird in the nest. (Submitted a photo.) I returned about 2-3 minutes later. Now the Ovenbird was standing beside her nest. She remained still. I left after taking a few photos. It was a thrill and relief to see her still monitoring her nest. This morning I saw a large disturbed area of leaves about 30 feet from the nest. I believe a wild turkey was scratching around for something to eat. My husband and I have seen a large turkey in our woods and in this area on our critter cams. I’m sure that bird eggs and nestlings are on its menu.
I’m a nervous Nestwatcher. The odds of success seem stacked against this Ovenbird, given the number of predators that roam about in our woods.
Ovenbird barely in nest.
When I came to the nest area to stand at a safe viewing location, the Ovenbird was in the nest but on the edge with her breast partly showing. She did not move.
Eastern bluebird nest
Eastern Bluebirds: eggs to netlings
Cross-Species Feeding!
An adult Downy Woodpecker feeding a fledgling Nuthatch!
Downy Woodpecker feeding its baby
Pileated Woodpecker – Nesting 2016
Adult Pileated Woodpecker, nesting in a live sycamore tree at Hollis Renewal Center (KS) – audible nestlings/fledglings heard a few days later. This nesting pair has been at Hollis, year-round, for 3 years.
Eastern Phoebe nest
We found that the Eastern Phoebes came back to reuse last year’s nest even though the shed/garage it is situated on was moved some several hundred feet across our property! 6 eggs were laid, can clearly see only 4 hatchlings so far.
nest box that has Eastern Bluebirds built nest in
Checked box today. Nest completed maybe one week ago by Bluebirds. These do not look like Bluebird eggs. Can someone ID?
Tree Swallows
Almost ready to fledge
Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike in thier nest feeding its chicks
Cliff swallow nest (building in progress)
Chickadee Eggs
Pacific-slope Flycatcher at nest
Carolina Chickadee On Eggs
Northern Mockingbirds 10 days old
These 3 hatched on May 25th. At 10 days old, they are nearing fledge time.
American robins
Ovenbird in Nest
I was walking my dog in our mixed woodlands when a small bird suddenly ran away, as if injured. I lost track of the bird. The next day, the same situation occurred. This time I looked around the area and found the Ovenbird’s ground nest, filled with three eggs. This was a most exciting find as I never dreamed I would ever find this specie’s nest. I went back later and took a photo of the female looking at me. Of course, I made sure I left the area a soon as possible. Now, I await the hatching day. And all the while, I will be very nervous because many predators roam our woods, including feral cats.