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High-rise apartments for birds

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Apr 23

The photo was taken in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland and shows a wall of artificial nests. What a great idea! I don’t know how many little birds make use of these but I hope some do. But then, maybe we’re just creating...

artificial nests

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The Hummingbird Chicks have Hatched

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 19 May 18

My husband took the photo above of the two baby hummingbirds in the nest by our front door. The mother hummingbird can no longer sit on the nest. She sits on the edge and flies back and forth, feeding her babies. We are still...

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Hummingbird Mother at Our Home

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 12 May 18

Just outside one of the doors to our house, I have a few little planters hanging from hooks. A hummingbird built a nest on one of the strings holding up the planters. A few weeks, she laid two eggs and, just this morning, we...

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Another Bird's Nest

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 23 Mar 17

I saw this one in some of the brush and thought it looked pretty cool, though I'm not sure what kind of bird made it. I tried to see if there were any eggs in it. But, when I approached it, I realized it was a little too high off...

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Interesting Nest

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 22 Mar 17

Well, to be fair, the nest itself isn't overly interesting. It just looks like a normal bird's nest. What was interesting was the fact it was built in a fallen tree just about three feet off the ground. That doesn't sound like it...

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Another Bird's Nest

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 14 Mar 17

The weather has been a little too cruddy the past couple of days to take my walk (especially since snow tends to hide the water in the marsh area, making it very easy to go for an unintentional swim). However, I did grab a photo...

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Bird Nest

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 10 Mar 17

I'm not sure what kind of bird it belongs to. But, I did see this cool-looking bird's nest on my walk today.

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