Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Hound Heaven]

That Savannah Sparrow pic is just so iconic!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Great egret

Egret with a fish

Osprey

 

[addy1]

Never had this happen.

A bird is making their nest in the bird feeder, chasing all others away.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Never had this happen.

A bird is making their nest in the bird feeder, chasing all others away. View attachment 163340View attachment 163341

House sparrows are such a menace.

 

[j.w]

Never had this happen.

A bird is making their nest in the bird feeder, chasing all others away. View attachment 163340View attachment 163341

Smart birds!

 

[islandboy]

The hummingbird nesting beside our pond:

 

[JBtheExplorer]

One of my house sparrow families moved out, and I noticed they were rebuilding the nest, so I immediately took off the front of the house, removed the nesting material, made a new front with a smaller hole to hopefully deter them. I'm trying to get more house wrens back instead, but it may be a bit too late in the season now.

I was about to do the same thing with a second house that I haven't seen any sparrows at. Imagine my surprise when I start pulling the nest out and a baby jumps out. It's nearly fledgling-size. So I put the darn nest back in and then grabbed the bird and put it back in too. But as soon as they're out I'm making smaller holes on ALL of my houses. I don't get tree swallows here anymore since more buildings went up around me and trees are getting bigger, so I don't need houses designed for them anymore. I'm just gonna focus on house wrens now.

 

[addy1]

Have a bunch of barn swallows building nests in the new boxes.
Fun to watch them fight over the nesting box.

 

[j.w]

I wonder if the swallows will build nests in my decorative bird houses on the side of our woodshed? I seen them flying around them the other day but no sign of nests.
Maybe not the right kind or place for their liking.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Wanted to hike the prairie restoration today but the trails haven't been mowed at all this year so I didn't. But I did see deer and dragonflies in the prairie!

Then I went over to a pond and saw a heron and quite a few turtles.

 

[hamstermann]

For a second I thought that heron was Nessie or a dinosaur statue.

 

[gimpy]

Have a bunch of barn swallows building nests in the new boxes.
Fun to watch them fight over the nesting box.

I have a couple of swallows building a nest (mud, I think) on the inside (to the house) ledge of one of our pillars just outside our front door. They come back about every year now for the last 5 or 6 years (except for last year when another bird built a nest there- I forget their name).

These swallows are really messy with their you-know-what.

Here is a picture of the bird, nest at feeding time from last year. But, this year, it is the swallows that are back.

 

[gimpy]

I have a couple of swallows building a nest (mud, I think) on the inside (to the house) ledge of one of our pillars just outside our front door. They come back about every year now for the last 5 or 6 years (except for last year when another bird built a nest there- I forget their name).

These swallows are really messy with their you-know-what.

Here is a picture of the bird, nest at feeding time from last year. But, this year, it is the swallows that are back.

I finally checked. The bird in the picture is a Say's Phoebe.

 

[addy1]

WELL Mr sparrow built in the second feeder, Ms sparrow must not have liked the first nest. I have pulled it out x 3 he finally quit on the second. Waiting to see if the 1st nest gets eggs, ow being taken apart.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I'm off on a short camping trip. Found this young prairie restoration. I thought for sure this area was going to be turned into lawn but they did it right and made it prairie! I'll have better photos when I get home.