I saw this bird nest on the ground in a parking lot today (Iowa, US). The eggs were about the size of a chicken's, maybe a little bigger. I wonder what kind it is? I don't think it's a duck, but I guess it could be. (About 1000 feet/300 meters to nearest pond) #Birds#nests#eggs
#ForestForensics: who made this unusual nest that's mostly mud, but on the outside has some grass? i found it below a tree in wheeling, il. this nest had some weight to it! i can see why it fell...
relatedly, check out these amazing swallow nests by the lake michigan shoreline in evanston, il. these are at northwestern university, facing the lake.
these are full-mud nests with more of a "vase" shape. i don't think the nest i found is a swallow nest.
I could not be more obsessed with this raven's nest. We counted four chicks today!
They are already so much bigger--their bills look distinctly ravenlike, their eyes open, and their necks strong enough to rise above the edge of the nest so even I (very far below the underpass, which is high enough to admit a train) can really see their faces. It's just glorious to watch and listen to them. What a family.
Yesterday's check on "our" raven's nest found Huginn and Muninn peering into it and making little nibbles at their materials. I'm not great at distinguishing male and female #ravens, but I think, due to his size and scruffier neck, that the male is on the right in this photo.
The nest is built under an overpass of Highway 97, over a stretch of gravel trail connecting two wetland areas. It makes sense to have found these two under a noisy #Bifrost connecting worlds.
A scrapped character from KOF '99. Move over, Mai! Here comes something boobier!