Bird Nesting & Their Activities in Your Garden & Mine 2011

While in the area, the BB also stopped by to look at this house. Last spring I thought they may 'sign the lease' on this one. But they rejected the house then. Who knows what happens with this year progress.

How ugly are these ?

LOL, good pic!

Poor babies! They look so vulnerable. Whose are their parents, Ginger?

This is mum.
She is a Willie Wagtail. (Rhipidura leucophrys)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wagtail

I will be adding the whole set to 'Birds from Queensland' soon. :-)

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Ah! One of my favorite (smaller) birds from Margaret's Ospreys threads, beside the Ospreys themselves. :) Thanks Ginger.

Love the Willy Wagtails!

Lily...it is a treat to see all the birds in your area and the competition for the nest boxes!! You have got so much action and how fortunate that you have such
a wonderful view of all that is happening. I remember the year you had the Phoebes nesting and hope you get them again. I thought I heard one this morning but that could be wishful thinking on my part!!

Thank you Rose, with the blessed view, and a camera to capture the experience is a real treat. Unfortunately, the Phoebes have yet decided to rebuild their nest this year. However, the lovely Carolina Wrens may--just may now that one of them have discovered my mealworms set up in the garden.

It is unusual to see a solitary young in a nest.

Hey Lily, looks like only you and I have nests in our back yards. :o(

Awww, the solitary youngen seems to grow well, look at the fuzzy downy feather. Ginger, since I'm in the Southern State, perhaps, due to warmer spring temp. here thus more birds' activity with nesting. Thanks for contributing to the thread.

Do you get these Nests where you are ?

No, that's a neat looking nest build with mudd? We've Swallows that build cummunial Mudd houses in the thousand beneath bridges nearby here. We jokingly call those houses 'condos' dwellers.

This is a single egg inside.
I never did get a Picture of this young one.

Yes it is a swallow.
Not sure which one ?

OK, Just found it on an Australian Birding Site.
He is called a 'Welcome Swallow'.

I won't have nests for probably another 4-6 weeks.

Marna, I hope you will join in and share your nesting birds in the garden with us once they begin. Like I've mentioned before Brown Thrashers are busying nesting preparation here too. I was so tickled that DH proudly announced the other day that a Brown Thrasher with twigs in his beak. I think we've 2 BT's nests. One on our front Rose arbor, the other in the sideyard. Wheeeeees!!!!

Since last weekend, there are these pair of Blue Birds rountinely come to check out the new nest box to the side yard on a daily basic. Today, the female arrived with her beau, then she went into the house as usual while he stood guard. Then a Chickadee, perhaps didn't know the Blue was inside? She arrived mins. later, and tried to enter the house. Needless to say she(the chikadee) exited the bird house in no time flat. And the handsome blue beau just stood their there and showed no aggression. I'm still not sure either has stake claim to the nest box. But the BBs have staked out in the vicinity more and more often throughout the day today. Here is the male Blue just minutes ago.

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