Got a few photos before the sun came out early this morning. A pair of White Eyed Vireos; first the male, then the female, them the two of them building nest together:
male White Eyed Vireo
Female White Eyed Vireo
Nest building together
Posts Tagged ‘nest building’
White Eyed Vireos nest building
Posted in Reptiles and Amphibians, Wild Birds, tagged female, male, near Parthenon, nest building, white eyed vireo on April 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
The unmistakable gesture of Courtship – The Eastern Bluebird Wing Wave
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged 2015, April 2, Arkansas, bluebirds, courtship, mating, nest building, new Bluebird House, parthenon, wave, wing, wing wave on April 2, 2015| 1 Comment »
I added one new Bluebird House (and retired one) to my trail this spring. The Bluebirds started checking out the new house today in the stages to breeding; the wing wave. The male found the house and brought the female to it. She looked it over real thoroughly (inside and out); then the wing wave that signals mating is near and nest building will happen that same day (the new treated post is straight, camera crooked), Taken from 150′ with a Canon 50D and an EF400L f/5.6:
Eastern Kingbird using pieces of a tarp to build her nest
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, eastern kingbird, feather, nest building, parthenon, stops of tarp on May 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This bird caught my eye this morning. I thought she had a feather; they are know to play with feathers. They pick them up and drop them over and over; its’ a game I think. Upon closer inspection, she was gathering pieces of a woven tarp that I hit with the lawn mower this morning; for her nest about 50′ up in an old sweet gum tree:
Eastern Bluebirds – moving from and paring to nest building 3/30/14
Posted in Uncategorized, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, eastern bluebirds, late March 2014, nest building, parthenon on March 30, 2014| 2 Comments »
Everything is late this spring; flowering trees, wildflowers, general green up, etc. The Eastern Bluebirds got a late start paring up and attracting each other and they are just now working diligently on nest construction. They usually work on this early in the day but it has been in the low 20s each morning. It was 45F by 9:30 this morning and they began working.
They worked non-stopped for an hour. The female leaving the box to gather grass and pine needles. The male accompanies her in flight but does no nest building himself; after she places the grass in the box, he flies down to check out the progress. He often stands on the nest box while she is inside.
The following photos taken today show about 3 nest building trips. They were taken with a Canon 50D with a Canon EF400 f/5.6 Lens at 1/2000th of a second in good light with a thin overcast …….about 25 photos follow:
Mom and Dad Common Yellowthroat (warbler)
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, black mask, Boston Mountains, canon 400mm, canon 7d, Common Yellowthroat, Little Buffalo River, May 2013, nest building, nesting, river bottoms, warbler, warblers on May 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I was lucky enough to get a look at a pair of warblers nest building on Monday this week. They were in a Little Buffalo River bottoms; I had my Canon 400mm DO IS lens on my Canon 7D; they were both curious about my whistle and came faily close to me. The Male has a black mask like a raccoon:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 