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Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 15 Jul

One swallow doesn’t make a summer, as the old saying goes, but one swallow nest does make me happy! I have a small place in Wales and this included some very tumbledown old buildings. But one by one I have been getting them...

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Here's a Mystery For You

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 20 Jun

One of my favorite YouTube producers, Paper and Moose, had an interesting situation. She helps an old guy clear out houses. She gets whatever she finds and is paid modestly for helping him. Here's the mystery: There was a lot of...

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The buzzing blighters have buzzed off !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11265) • United Kingdom 17 Jun

So, yesturday the wasp man came and puffed some stuff into our cupboard as we had been having a big problem with wasps....including my Mom getting stung. We left the cupboard closed as intructed. We checked the room last night...

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Rescuers borrow a canoe to rescue baby bald eagles in a river in Missouri

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 May 25

Thanks to the efforts of Bonne Terre Missouri resident Ray Settle who was walking around his property on Tuesday April 29 when he saw a nest that had fallen into a river when Ray saw a pair of baby eagles who were in danger of...

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Look who came to live with us!

much2say @much2say (57760) • Los Angeles, California 18 Apr 24

Just outside our bathroom window grows a tangelo tree. Look who built a nest on a straggly branch ! From this bathroom window, we can see this little hummingbird mama and her nest. We have a front row seat view...

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Another example of nature winning through

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 23 Feb 24

Everywhere these days there is bad news about the state of the natural world, and it seems to be getting worse by the day. So when I see nature fighting back it gives me a little bit of hope. Rooks generally nest communally,...

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An ingenious bird!

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 13 Jan 24

I really laughed when I saw this. I was at a large supermarket (Sainsbury’s) where there is an escalator which connects shoppers to the upper floor and also to the adjacent multi-storey car park. The outside of the glass wall is...

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Spot the pigeon!

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 10 Aug 23

A couple of weeks ago some friends came to visit, and as it was a pleasant warm day we thought we would eat lunch outside. We carried the food, plates and cutlery to the table on the patio, where it is shaded by a grape vine...

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Will they come back?

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 27 May 23

Since our plants are all grown in containers rather than lands, so they can not be so big. But there can be still a little fruits or flowers in the plants and that's a surprise. Lately there is a bigger surprise. That's my dad...

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Question: "Are you a nester?"

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 6 May 23

I am sure you are wondering what 'nester' means. I am referring to a situation wherein people tend to work as freelancers at home. They are like birds that stay in their nests for a long time. I considered myself a 'nester'...

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There will be a delay in planting our tower garden this year

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 24 Apr 23

Can you see the little mama in the photo? She is sitting on a nest with at least 3 eggs in it. K discovered her quite by accident on Saturday when she went to lift the small plastic fencing off the top of the tower garden. The...

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A Golden Eagle

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 30 Mar 23

My daughter in law and I went to the park to walk in the cool of the morning.It was a beautiful sunny day. Perfect for an early morning walk. I enjoy walking by the creek and through the woods but my daughter in law enjoys the...

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Hornet's nest!

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 11 Sep 22

Now a month ago we got a big surprise from one of those huge hornet's nest by our chalet of ours. So, we are waiting that the weather to change to cold or freezing temperature, so that when they went dormant we can bag them up...

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The growing family

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 21 Jul 22

So a couple of weeks after I first found the pigeon’s nest, I discovered the eggs had hatched. Several times I had peeped out of the window but the pigeon wouldn’t budge from her nest – of course this is where the phrase ‘sitting...

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We have a new neighbour

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 19 Jul 22

A wood pigeon has made a nest just outside our bathroom window. In the picture you can see her on her nest just below and a little to the right of the open window. She’s obviously a very determined pigeon, because I discovered...

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Jacksonville police officer saves 18 ducklings that were orphaned

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 May 22

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Motor Unit officer Marc Medina showed his heart of compassion last Thursday when he saw a box that had 18 ducklings who lost their parents in the south part of town. Officer Medina contacted the Bird...

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The striated pardalote - a cute Australian bird with a short tail

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Dec 21

I put up a photo of a little bird coming out of a hanging basket. It and its partner have made their nest inside in the patio area of my brother-in-law’s house. The bird is a striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus). This photo is...

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An opportunistic bird

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec 21

We have just returned from a night spent with Vince’s brother who lost his wife several months ago. Yesterday would have been their 50th wedding anniversary. About 24 of us gathered to celebrate Kerry’s life. She enjoyed her...

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Baby Robins Have Flown the Coop

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 16 May 21

Have been checking on the Robin babies in my holly bush for 12 day now. Friday was the last day I was able to get a photo. A very protective Mom did her job. Today I went out for a quick peek and all three were gone. Flew the...

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Update on Tree Swallow Nest

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 12 May 21

I wrote about the Tree Swallow birds building a nest in my backyard Bluebird house a few days ago. Wanted to update you on the status. They continue to hang out at the house. Building the nest, slowly. The weather has deterred...

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