Please share your photos of nature, wildlife, etc.

[Lookinagain]

Not the best photo but it's nice to see that the American Goldfinch are getting their color back.

 

[Neptune]

lots of wild turkeys in my yard this week

Caught this little guy yesterday!!

Ahhh, sping!

 

[Neptune]

Pelicans and they could be very loud!

 

[MMtwo]

Pine Mountain State Park, Kentucky. This was the view from the lodge restaurant.

My inlaws front yard at Norris Lake, Tennessee.

 

[canuk-gal]

Pine Mountain State Park, Kentucky. This was the view from the lodge restaurant.

My inlaws front yard at Norris Lake, Tennessee.

Wow. So unspoiled.

 

[Star gazer]

Pelicans and they could be very loud!

That's funny

 

[Neptune]

That's funny

No joke. 1 was flying in circles just above me. It was so pretty awesome.

 

[Neptune]

Hanging out

 

[pearlsngems]

The ospreys in Hammonasset (CT) have one egg so far-- it wasn't there when I looked last night.

Incubation is about 32 days.

The female (the bird on the right in this photo) is incubating it at present.

Webcam link: https://menunkatuck.org/hammo-osprey-cam

 

[pearlsngems]

What puzzles me is why the ospreys haven't built up their nest yet! I've been watching Estonian osprey webcams for years and all the ospreys there build up their nests to a large degree. I've always thought it was to protect the babies from falling out.

When will these two put up their "safety gates"?

 

[stracci2000]

The ospreys in Hammonasset (CT) have one egg so far-- it wasn't there when I looked last night.

Incubation is about 32 days.

The female (the bird on the right in this photo) is incubating it at present.

Webcam link: https://menunkatuck.org/hammo-osprey-cam

Wow! Thanks for sharing!
They are beautiful birds!

 

[Neptune]

What puzzles me is why the ospreys haven't built up their nest yet! I've been watching Estonian osprey webcams for years and all the ospreys there build up their nests to a large degree. I've always thought it was to protect the babies from falling out.

When will these two put up their "safety gates"?

Thanks for sharing this. Too lazy or "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." behavior?

 

[Neptune]

Blue winged teal isn't the prettiest but still very attractive to me.

 

[pearlsngems]

Thanks for sharing this. Too lazy or "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." behavior?

I've been thinking about this.

Maybe this is their first mating season and it's just a matter of inexperience.

Or maybe they are waiting until there are actual chicks to protect. (The egg is in a small excavation and won't just roll off the platform).

I also wonder if ospreys have a local culture-- that is, do ospreys in CT have different habits than ospreys in Europe? I've read that whale pods vary in their habits and culture, and groups of orcas demonstrate fads. Birds are intelligent, so perhaps not all of their mating and reproductive behaviors are hard-wired.

The males ospreys in Estonia bring gifts of fish to the females, even before the eggs are laid. I have not seen that behavior on the nest in CT (but I don't watch it all that much, so I may have missed that.)

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Our little beach buddy....

 

[stracci2000]

Walking some trails here in northern New Mexico this morning.

 

[Neptune]

Walking some trails here in northern New Mexico this morning.

Do you have wild flowers later in the Spring too?

 

[Neptune]

Find juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron...

 

[stracci2000]

Do you have wild flowers later in the Spring too?

The only thing I saw blooming today was a lot of California evening primrose.


I think the cholla cacti were done blooming. Too bad we missed them, they are hot pink!

 

[Neptune]

The only thing I saw blooming today was a lot of California evening primrose.


I think the cholla cacti were done blooming. Too bad we missed them, they are hot pink!

Cool. I love primrose.

 

[missy]

My friend's photo.

 

[Ann]

Walking some trails here in northern New Mexico this morning.

Love your pictures. Our vacay home is in Northern New Mexico!

 

[stracci2000]

Love your pictures. Our vacay home is in Northern New Mexico!

It really is beautiful here.
This place is only about 15 minutes drive from our home.

 

[Eli22]

 

[missy]

We were in awe of a beautiful litter of foxy kits today.

 

[Lookinagain]

This red-bellied woodpecker has been in the position on this tree off and on all day. I'm wondering if there is a nest in there. It seems kind of strange as it's not a common behavior for them. It's like they are asleep. Do birds sleep most of the day??

 

[pearlsngems]

The ospreys at Hammonasset in CT have 3 eggs!

I just checked the webcam and caught this shot of them-- Mom is temporarily off the nest. It's okay, they can leave the eggs for a little while-- the ospreys in Estonia do it too, and it's colder there than here.

I can hardly wait to see the chicks.

 

[pearlsngems]

Sadly, the 3 osprey eggs are gone, and there is no bird on the nest.
I don't know what happened.

 

[stracci2000]

Oh n

Sadly, the 3 osprey eggs are gone, and there is no bird on the nest.
I don't know what happened.

Oh no! I've been watching them since you posted about it!

I had a pair of doves build a nest in a tree in our backyard. The tree is very close to a fence that is a squirrel highway.
After about two weeks, the doves were gone, and only broken shell was left.
Then, another pair of doves ( maybe the same ones) took over the nest, laid another egg and it disappeared again!
I blame the squirrels.

 

[pearlsngems]

I'm watching a black stork nest in Estonia. Karl II and Kaia, have been a mated couple for 3 or 4 years now. They generally produce 3 chicks per year, sometimes 4... but storks sometimes cull the youngest if food is scarce, which is very hard to watch.
They have 3 eggs at present.

Discussion: https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1104&sid=626b2e2ed7f17e0a77db75c5093f2fe5

Webcam: (you can drag the video back for 12 hours; Estonia is 7 hours ahead of EST).