#NESTS

[itscolossal]

Crows and Magpies Are Building Nests with Anti-Bird Spikes

[celineszoges]

BLUE JAYS

[nemfrog]

Hummingbirds take care of their nest. Garden-land. 1907.

Internet Archive

[uwmspeccoll]

A Goose Family Feathursday

Mildred and Horace Start a Family!!

Every spring for the past few years a mating pair of Canada Geese take up residence on the green roof outside our window for a couple of weeks. We've named them Horace and Mildred, and we did a post about them in 2021. We wondered if they would ever establish a nest in the roof's sedum, but they just hang out for a few weeks and then depart. This year they finally decided that our roof was suitable to start a family and about 20 days ago Mildred set up housekeeping with a downy nest and six eggs near one of the vents on the roof. We are all very excited here in Special Collections, and we maintain daily goose alerts!

Mildred will incubate her brood for about 30 days, rarely leaving the nest. She is a very devoted mother. Horace on the other hand is usually gone during the day, so we rarely see him. Canada Geese are monogamous and mate for life, so we don't think he's cheating on Mildred, but we all thought he would be more present as the male usually hangs about to help guard the nest, but apparently he has other ideas.

We should see some hatchlings in about ten days or so, and we'll bring you an update then. While we are interested in seeing the couple nest on our roof, we also have concerns. There is no water, and the goslings will be susceptible to falling off the roof and becoming prey to raptors and other avian predators, especially the peregrine falcons that raise their own families on the nearby roofs of our campus's tallest buildings. Nature will have its way, but we do hope that Mildred and Horace have strategies for keeping their family safe.

Stay tuned!

View more Feathursday posts.

[shiftythrifting]

facebook marketplace i love you

[vinceaddams]

My parents have a small citrus tree in a pot that spends most of the year inside, and goes out on their back porch in the summer, and this year a pair of robins built a nest in it and they have 4 babies!

1 day old:

2 days old:

10 days old:

They grow up so fast! I expect they'll have already left before the next time I visit. (Photos by my mother)

[theshadowrealmitself]

Still thinking about omegaverse stuff, anyways:

Imagine getting violently woken up in the middle of the night because an omega in your life (partner, family member, friend you were having a sleepover with, etc) had to rearrange their nest, and they’re just moving you around to the perfect spot like you’re one of their pillows

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Colors ~ Aqua Blue ~

[kedreeva]

I made this nest site and put 2 eggs in it, and two days later saw Corona looking around it, and that evening she laid another! Last night she laid a second one, making 4 eggs!

I'm not hatching this year, but I'm experimenting with adding nesting sites for them that they'll actually use. There's a second best starting in the intro pen where I left a flake of straw, and I'm going to try a third with sticks/logs and straw. Fingers crossed!

[scooby-doo-exploration]

sanjogsonsand - Eagle protecting baby from rain

[rattyexplores]

Two Paper Wasp Nests

Unidentified, genus Polistes

22/03/23 - NSW

[businessmemes]

please note: aforementioned kit-kat reward consists of one (1) bar of one (1) package of kit-kat and shall be consumed immediately

[gaystims]

Various food stims all by Polina Tankilevitch

Video one | Video two | Video three

[viceandmature]

Shermie’s Angel

[vinceaddams]

I very rarely remember dreams, but last night I had one in which a robin had built her nest in my kitchen cupboard on top of a stack of plates and there were chicks in there. I was annoyed, but went "Oh well, they'll grow up and leave in just a few weeks".

[theshadowrealmitself]

Thoughts are back on omegaverse and I wanted to draw this but I’m not feeling in a drawing mood and I don’t wanna figure out glaze rn, anyways

As I mentioned awhile ago in a different post, I think beds in omegaverse would be different and it’d be easy to find those customized beds:

Default - a large round bed with raised cushion edges

Shelf - essentially default but with raised and moveable shelves attached for those want items in their nest that might not be comfortable to sleep with

Cave - sorta like large gumdrop shaped fort, perfect for those who get anxiety in open spaces

*if you or your loved one experience anxiety in open spaces, but also find cave style claustrophobic, try default with different accessories, such as a sheer curtain!

Wasp - connects to the ceiling, perfect for those who find safety and security in high places

*comes in “net style” upon request!

Burrow - hole in the bedroom ground, perfect for those who find safety and comfort in burrowing

*unfortunately burrow style cannot just be bought, your house would already have to come with one installed or you’d have to contact some developers, if you require a burrow nest immediately to get through heats, or even just for a comfortable night’s sleep, we hope you can find comfort in our cave nest

(If I think of any more nest ideas I’ll add them)