#birdnests — Public Fediverse posts

#Catbird update. Catty-Kay is back in the nest, so hopefully, she will lay some eggs soon. Lots for them to eat after the rain, though they seem to enjoy the grape jelly I left out for the #Orioles. 🍇 🐦

#SolarPunkSunday #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdNests #NatureObservations #MaineBirds

Well, I discovered where the #Catbirds are nesting -- in the Rhododendron bush in front of the house (I accidentally disturbed the nest and got scolded). When I was inside the house, I peeked at the nest from behind a curtain. No eggs or nestlings yet. But I'll keep my eyes and ears out for baby catbirds, since Catty-Kay and Cat-King-Cole have paired up!

https://nestwatch.org/learn/focal-species/gray-catbird/

#SolarPunkSunday #BirdWatching #MaineBirds #BirdNests #NestWatch #GrayCatbirds

If you ever get one of these car shelters, get one like this. At this moment, there are three active bird nest under this thing, and there has been a nest that has already fledged out.
All of the birds appear to be House finches. (Not sparrows.)

The number of Bird-nests around my folks old house is crazy. 3 finch nests, 1 phoebe nest, 1 wren, 1 chimney swift, and 1 black vulture nest within 100 feet. All active. Some are second time this year

#Nature #Birds #BirdNests #Georgia

Two little butcherbirds had to abandon their nest when their tree fern sprouted a new frond! https://sydneybirder.com/2025/10/06/alas-butcherbirds-nest-abandoned-when-tree-fern-sprouted/ #birds #BirdWatching #AustralianBirds #BirdNests

#Wildlife experts issue dire warning after disturbing discovery of plastic #wire in #birdnests: 'A plague upon the land'
#environment
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/bird-nest-plastic-pollution-land/

Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their Nests

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/apparently-magpies-and-crows-are-using-anti-bird-spikes-make-their-nests

#HackerNews #Magpies #Crows #BirdNests #UrbanWildlife #AntiBirdSpikes

@PhoenixSerenity

I'm going to have to retract those nest ID sites I sent... all too general or not useful.

There does exist (I think) a birding book with species specific info on nests.

I collected these four nests from around my house one autumn. You can see how much variation there is...

#Birds #Birdnests #Nests

@PhoenixSerenity

Cool. It is possible to narrow it down. Too many refs, so I'm including the whole query...

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=identifing+birds+by+their+nest+shapes+and+materials

Never heard of Medlar before, very interesting...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica

Thanks!

#Birds #BirdNests #Medlar

Pigeon Nest-Building in Forest Hills

https://thenewleafjournal.com/pigeon-nest-building-in-forest-hills/

What began as an attempt to photograph a pretty pigeon in Forest Hills turned into an exciting photoshoot of a frantic nest-building bird.

Im Brutkasten, den ich im Winter mit den Kids gebaut habe, wohnt jetzt ein fleissiges Blaumeisen-Paar. 🐦🐦
#fruhling #birds #birdnests

Magpie nest in Blackthorn.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird_Nest_in_Blackthorn_(Prunus_spinosa)_-_B%C3%A6rum,_Norway_2021-05-16_(01).jpg

#Nest #Magpie #Blackthorn #BirdsOfMastodon #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Magpies #Nests #BirdNests #Birds #Bird #Plant #Plants #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography

Giant artificial ‘bird nests’ are being built in the ocean — and they could solve a strange-but-critical issue https://flip.it/egVgyo #BirdNests #Birds #ArtificialBirdNests

#Rebellious #birds make #nests out of anti-bird pins https://phys.org/news/2023-07-rebellious-birds-anti-bird-pins.html

#BirdNests made from anti-bird spikes https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/documents-nmr/Publicaties/Deinsea/Deinsea_21/Deinsea_21_17_25_2023_Hiemstra_et_al.pdf

"An impregnable fortress... because the #magpies appear to be using the pins exactly the same way we do: to keep other birds away from their nest."

I walked through a cloud forest today and this hummingbird nest was pointed out to me. Two days ago, it had babies in it, which means that somewhere there is a happy snake with a full belly. #BirdNest #BirdNests #CloudForest #RainForest #hummingbird #CircleOfLife

Since "Tea Cosy" Mother Quail was such a success with visitors to this page, I thought you might like to see a small video of a quail who gained a bit of fame by nesting under a lawnmower a couple of years ago in Arizona. In it, you will see her and her four peeping chicks. 🤎 🤍 🖤

The video was originally published by the Arizona Game & Fish Department, and the lawnmower belonged to Jason and Kimberly Garde. When the couple discovered the nest, they decided that the bird had the right of way; that there was no question the lawnmower would stay put and unused so the quail could safely hatch out her eggs and the chicks could fledge.

#Birds #BirdVideos #BirdNests

Morning dog-walk. Gray skies and #birdnests in the scrub oaks. #Grateful 💞