Fell out of pine tree in the back yard, landed intact, right side up, on walkway.
It’s the middle of winter here, so no harm done!
Bird nest
Tag: birds
Curious parrot nest
Tero babies
I spent an hour and a half in the park yesterday watering thirsty young trees. And yet today I see for the first time that the teros have two babies – checking out the main path that crosses from one side to the other. We stopped here, before mama and papa decided to make a fuss!
A hawk lost its lunch?
On the dog walk yesterday, there was suddenly a flurry of interest by the dogs, but no grabbing, chewing, or rolling. Just a fresh, disemboweled chicken carcass in the middle of nowhere. Syd thought I should show its location with a map photo, but no, trust me. Middle. Of. Nowhere.
Best guess is that it became a raptor feast.
Hornero nests
The other day I saw a hornero nest, broken, on the railing of a walkway through the dunes to the beach. You can see pieces on the ground. Probably broken by a human being of the juvenile variety, it begs a question: how could the hornero birds who built it think this was a good location?
Today I saw this: two hornero nests, side by side. Years ago I was told that horneros used to build their nests with the opening facing east for the morning sun, but with the increase in electromagnetic pollution, they had lost that sense of direction. I don’t know if it’s true, but the opening of the upper nest is pointing north.
“For today’s lesson….”
Hornero feeding chick
I heard a repeated chirping in the front yard, and saw it was an Hornero and chick, then realized they were in the back yard, and quickly closed the sliding glass door before the dogs figured it out.
Bigfoot seagull
I guess I’ve never thought about how big gulls are. My hand from pinkie to thumb tip is around 23 cm / 9 inches. Yikes!
Whose egg is this?
An interesting (empty) egg found on the dog walk. Who knows what kind of bird. Would be interesting, though.
The unperturbed falcon
I am unable to identify this bird. It landed on a branch maybe eight meters up, and stayed there as I approached. I was sure it would fly away, but it never did, and paid apparently no attention to the biped and several quadrupeds beneath.
Update: Carancho (Caracara plancus), a falcon. Thanks Syd!