Nests Collection (page 2)

Village Weaver Spotted-backed Weaver Black-headed Weaver adult male seats on a branch between an old woven nest and new nest being built by another male made of green grass colony on a tree in

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - fat adult - ready for hibernation - feeds on grasses near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - fat adult - observes and sniffs surroundings for a potential danger near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult - observes surroundings for a potential danger near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - early morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult - observes and sniffs surroundings for a potential danger near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - early morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - a pair of fat adults near a burrow - marmot on the left stretches after just coming out of a burrow - catching the first sun (Marmota bobak)

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - a burrow complex in steppe (Marmota bobak). typical in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult, ready for hibernation - observe surroundings for danger and catches the morning sun near a burrow (Marmota bobak)

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult - whistles warning others - near a burrow in steppe - observes an intruder from a distance (Marmota bobak). steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - June

Peregrine Falcon - adult feeds a chick in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation) (Falco peregrinus)

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult nibbles grass by the entrance of the burrow (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult near its burrow in tundra (Lemmus sibiricus ). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August. Entrance overgrown with moss

Black-faced Spoonbill - adults on nest (Platalea minor)

Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - female sits on nest (Tetrastes bonasia). near river Negustyah, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Forest dormouse, adult, climbs out of its shelter (a tree-hollow) (Dryomys nitedula). in deciduous forests of South Ural Mountains, nocturnal; South Russia, summer

Pacific Swallow (adult) in its nest, built in a niche, carved by sea waves, under a huge volcanic boulder on a beach (Hirundo tahitica). Tioman Island, Malaysia; June

Siberian Lemming - young pops out at the entrance of its burrow. This particular individual has greyish colour (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult near its burrow (the shape of moss indicates that some entrances were used by generations of lemmings) (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson - Russian Arctic

Peregrine Falcon - chick in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation (Falco peregrinus)

Egypt - Crater-shaped entrance of a termites termitarium, typical in an uninhabited oasis on a salt water spring in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

Russian Desmans - in the burrow (Desmana moschata). Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve; river Oka valley, Central Russia

Common Sandpiper - on nest (Totanus hypoleucos). common but difficult to find on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan

Common Sandpiper - on the nest; common but difficult to find on taiga forest floor near river Negustyah, (Totanus hypoleucos)

Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - eggs in typical nest (Tetrastes bonasia). common but very difficult to find in taiga-forest near river Negustyah, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan

Sand Martins - quarrel over nest holes in a sand wall of a ravine near river Bolshoi Ugan (Riparia riparia). near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Nest of Black-tailed Godwit - one egg is hatching (Limosa limosa). marsh near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Acacia Ants - Whistling Thorn and Stinging Ants, on Acacia Gall Plant (Acacia drepanolobiun)

Termite Mounds
TERMITE MOUNDS. Australia

Red Panda / Lesser Panda / Red Cat-bear Nest

Asiatic Black Bear - young. Japanese sub species (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan

PEREGRINE FALCON - feeding chicks on nest, typical nest on river rocks (Falco peregrinus Faolco peregrinnus). Taimyr, Russian Arctic

Red-Breasted GOOSE - chicks on nest on riverbank (Branta ruficollis). Taimyr, Russian Arctic, Europe

RED-BREASTED GOOSE - and chicks on nest (Branta ruficollis). Riverbank in Taimyr, Russian Arctic

Red-breasted Goose - on nest at riverbank (Branta ruficollis). Taimyr near Kara Sea - Russian Arctic

Horned / Shore Lark - fledgling juvenile (Eremophila alpestris). July - Taimyr tundra - near Dickson - Russian Arctic

RINGED PLOVER - typical nest in a pebble beach (Charadrius hiaticula ). Taimyr, Russian Arctic

Pacific Golden PLOVER - nest with eggs (Pluvialis fulva). Tundra, Taimyr Peninsula, Russian Arctic

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult at the entrance of a burrow. Front teeth are visible. (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult at the entrance of its burrow. (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Rough-legged Buzzard - young at the nest threatening a visitor - very close to leaving the nest. (Buteo lagopus). nest in low rocks in tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Rough-legged Buzzards - young at the nest - very close to leaving the nest. (Buteo lagopus). nest in low rocks in tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Black-faced Spoonbill - adults with young (Platalea minor)

Black-faced Spoonbill - adult at nest with young (Platalea minor)

Chinese egret - nesting colony on cliff top (Egretta eulophotes)

Rustic Bunting - nestlings (Emberiza rustica)

Three different species of tropical birds, found in northern India during the rainy season Date: 1839

Beaver Village
A beaver village, with nests constructed from foliage and anchored in a river. Date: circa 1870

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