(OT) Time for baby birds!

[agate]

Sycamore trees have somewhat spiky balls too.

[stillstANNding]

These are hard shells broken open in halves. They are murder on bare feet.

I can hear my father, "ANN Louise, put your shoes on." Also, "turn out the light," and "sit up straight."

ANN

[nuthatch]

Mom - "Be good and you'll be happy!"

[nuthatch]

We have three new baby owls! I hadn't checked this nest in a few days!
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[stillstANNding]

Mom is gorgeous! I can hear the little ones peeping.

Thanks,
ANN

[Virginia]

Mom looks tired to me. I think I could see one of little ones moving slightly.

[agate]

The baby owls are moving around so much that it's hard to tell how many are there but probably three as mentioned before.

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[nuthatch]

Do you like bats?
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Here are some puffins . . . weird birds!
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[agate]

Puffins have such unusual eyes!

Not sure whether I like bats as I haven't ever known any. They have a reputation to live down but I've heard that they're fascinating if you can get past that reputation.

[nuthatch]

Puffins are very different birds for sure. Their beaks are so different and colorful and their eyes are unlike any bird I've seen.

[nuthatch]

here's a robin nest cam
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Eagle cams, there are lots of these, but here's a few you may not have seen.
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Osprey cams
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weird place for a nest! Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...

[nuthatch]

watch a hummingbird build a nest!
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I used to watch hummingbirds collecting spider webs on our patio, to use for building their nests!

[nuthatch]

Birds nest in the strangest places sometimes. When we were building our house, we had some bird nests started inside and on the outside. After we moved in, I hung a wreath by the front door. A bird immediately built a nest on top of it, so we started using the back door instead, but she eventually abandoned the nest with 3 eggs in it.

Every year a dove builds a nest in a hanging plant that hangs right outside my brother's front door. He can't water the plant for awhile.

We have had some flycatcher type of bird build a mud nest under the eaves, at the peak of the roof on our garage. It was not a swallow, but just yesterday I saw a swallow swoop in under my covered patio. Swallows love to make their nests under freeway overpasses, especially near the coast. They can be quite a messy problem if allowed to nest under the eaves of houses.

Here's a video uf unusual nesting places.
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[agate]

That's one efficient hummingbird!