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  • A black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) lands next to its nesting mate on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. It breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes or on islands in lakes, and nests on the ground.
    Gull_BlackHeaded_Nesting_8119.jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) delivers a fish to its nesting mate on an old piling off Jetty Island in Everett, Washington. Osprey find their prey by hovering over water, then plunging head and feet first. Barbed pads on their feet help them grip slippery fish.
    Osprey_Nesting_Fish_6888.jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) delivers a fish to its nesting mate on an old piling off Jetty Island in Everett, Washington. Osprey find their prey by hovering over water, then plunging head and feet first. Barbed pads on their feet help them grip slippery fish.
    Osprey_Nesting_Fish_6889.jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) gathers nesting material and is partially reflected in a small pool in Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    Crow_American_Twigs_Juanita_1863.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) grabs grass for use as nesting material while a crow chases. Bald eagles build the largest nests recorded for any animal species: as much as 8 feet (2.5 meters) wide, 13 feet (4 meters) deep, and with a weight of approximately 1 ton.
    BaldEagle_NestingMaterial_5057.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), trailed by a red-winged blackbird, gathers material to line its nest in Bow, Washington.
    Bald-Eagle_Gathering-Nesting-Supplie...jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) delivers a salmon to its mate on their nest in Puyallup, Washington.
    BaldEagles_Nesting_0285.jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) collects material for a nest it's building in the wetlands near Swan Lake, Victoria, Canada. Marsh wrens build nests that are suspended above the ground, attached to reeds. The male sometimes builds several nests, using the decoys to confuse predators.
    MarshWren_Nesting_Victoria_7595.jpg
  • Dozens of common guillemots (Uria aalge) crowd together to nest on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge.
    Guillemots_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2505.jpg
  • A common guillemot (Uria aalge) nests on a small ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge..
    Guillemot_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2834.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on its nest in a decaying tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls nest in existing tree cavities or use abandoned nesting platforms.
    Owl_Barred_OnNest_Interlaken_3112.jpg
  • Numerous common eiders (Somateria mollissima) nest on the shore of Bitrufjörður, a large fjord in northwestern Iceland. Common eiders are a large sea duck that nest at the edge of the sea. Nests are lined with feathers plucked from the female eider's breast.
    Iceland_EidersNesting_Bitrufjordur_2...jpg
  • Numerous common eiders (Somateria mollissima) nest on the shore at Þorpar, Iceland, located next to a large fjord in the northwestern part of the country. Common eiders are a large sea duck that nest at the edge of the sea. Nests are lined with feathers plucked from the female eider's breast.
    Iceland_EidersNesting_Þorpar_2983.jpg
  • A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on her nest on the rocks in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Killdeer, like other plovers, nest on the ground, such as this nest, built on a gravel bar along Mud Lake. When threatened, the killdeer tries to distract predators away from the nest, often by pretending it has a broken wing.
    KIlldeer_Nesting_Malheur_5573.jpg
  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) guards the two eggs in her nest in Iceland's West Fjords. The arctic tern migrates farther than any other known animal, spending the southern hemisphere summer in the ocean off Antarctica and breeding during the northern hemisphere summer near the Arctic Circle. One study found the average arctic tern flies 44,300 miles (70,900 km) per year.
    ArcticTern_Nesting_5950.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) rub bills together in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Normally solitary birds, Atlantic Puffins nest each summer in large colonies. A nesting pair rubs their bills together to establish their relationship, a practice known as billing. About 60 percent of the Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_Billing_5352.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) rubs its bill on another puffin in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Normally solitary birds, Atlantic Puffins nest each summer in large colonies. A nesting pair rubs their bills together to establish their relationship, a practice known as billing. About 60 percent of the Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_RubbingHead_...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_393...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on the edge of her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington, to feed her young, which are still hidden in the nest. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) calls to its chick on their nest near Puyallup, Washington. The size of the nest dwarfs both of the birds. Bald eagle nests rank as the largest nests of any bird, with a typical diameter of six feet (2 meters) and a height of three feet (1.5 meters). Some bald eagle nests way more than two tons.
    BaldEagle_ParentAndChick_Nest_Puyall...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_439...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_364...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_367...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_380...jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is hidden while on its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. Bald eagles have the largest nests of any North American bird. One bald eagle nest in Florida was 9.5 feet (2.9 meters) wide, 20 feet (6.1 meters) deep, and weighed nearly 3 tons.
    BaldEagle_Nest_Hiding_Kirkland_9475.jpg
  • A male red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) builds a nest in a snag in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker, also known as the western flicker, is a type of woodpecker and builds its nest by hollowing out decaying trees. It removes most of the wood chips to form a cavity in the tree, but reserves some wood chips to insulate and cushion its eggs. Unlike other birds, it does not use anything other than the wood chips to build its nest.
    Flicker_Northern_BuildingNest_0034.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sits on its nest high in a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. The bald eagle builds the largest nest of any North American bird. The typical bald eagle nest weighs up to 1 ton, though one in Florida was documented to weigh 3 tons.
    BaldEagle_Nest_Sunrise_Kirkland_1431.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her chicks in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Another chick is out of view. The chicks are nearly two weeks old and about ready to fledge. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_409...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_409...jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on its nest in a decaying tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls nest in existing tree cavities or use abandoned platform nests.
    Owl_Barred_OnNest_Interlaken_2321.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives on her nest to feed her two young chicks in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her chicks in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington, as her other chick waits for its turn. The chicks are just over a week old. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • Two young Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna), which are just over two weeks old, watch for their mother from their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Yesler-Swamp_...jpg
  • Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) chicks are active in two adjacent nests as their parents look on in a rookery in Everett, Washington. For this image, two images were stacked on top of each other so that both nests would appear in focus.
    Heron_Great-Blue_Nest_Chicks_Everett...jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) feeds the young chicks on its nest in a heron rookery in Kenmore, Washington.
    Heron_Great-Blue_Nest_Feeding-Young_...jpg
  • An owlet of a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) snuggles up to its mother on their nest near Wiley Slough in the Skagit Wildlife Area near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Owl_Great-Horned_Nest_Owlet_4892.jpg
  • An owlet of a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) pokes its head out from its mother's feathers on their nest near Wiley Slough in the Skagit Wildlife Area near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Owl_Great-Horned_Nest_Owlet_5803.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on its nest in a decaying tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls nest in existing tree cavities or use abandoned platform nests.
    Owl_Barred_OnNest_Interlaken_3205.jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sits over its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. Bald eagles typically lay from one to three eggs, though occasionally they will lay four. This particular nest produced two healthy juveniles.
    BaldEagle_Nest_6693.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Her chicks are more than a week old and still do not regularly open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) extends its tongue to catch tiny insects on the back of a leaf while sitting on its nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Insect_Yesler...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Her chicks are just days old and do not yet open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Her chicks are just days old and do not yet open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Yesler Swamp in Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feedgin_Yesle...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her two young chicks as the other waits for its turn in their nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives on her nest to feed her two young chicks in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her chicks in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. One chick is out of view. The chicks are just over a week old and only occasionally open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives at her nest to feed her chicks in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Yesle...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on the edge of her nest in the Yesler Swamp in Seattle, Washington, as her two young birds beg for food. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Yesle...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) sits on her nest among dried-out water lilies in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Pied-billed grebes are found throughout the Americas, typically on freshwater wetlands that have aquatic plants.
    Grebe_Pied-Billed_Nest_Arboretum_330...jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) sits at the entrance to its nest on a rocky ledge overlooking Montezuma Well in Arizona as its young owlet looks out. Montezuma Well is part of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, which protects ancient cliff dwellings built and used by the Sinagua people between 1100 and 1425 AD.
    Owl-Great-Horned_Nest_Montezuma-Well...jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) protects its young on its nest near Wiley Slough in the Skagit Wildlife Area near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Owl_Great-Horned_Nest_Skagit_3872.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) lands on the nest in Puyallup, Washington, where its mate is watching over their young. Both the male and the female bald eagle take turns on the nest.
    BaldEagles_ParentsTakingTurnsOnNest_...jpg
  • An adult barred owl (Strix varia) cuddles with one of its owlets in its nest in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls typically nest in natural cavities that form in decaying trees.
    Owl_Barred_ParentOwletNest_Interlake...jpg
  • A male red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) looks out from the nest it is building in a snag in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker, also known as the western flicker, is a type of woodpecker and builds its nest by hollowing out decaying trees. It removes most of the wood chips to form a cavity in the tree, but reserves some wood chips to insulate and cushion its eggs.
    Flicker_Northern_Male_LookingOutFrom...jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches the two young eaglets on its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. The young eaglets in this image are approximately two weeks old.
    BaldEagle_Nest_Parent_TwoEaglets_776...jpg
  • A red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) sits on its nest located on a small pond in southern Iceland. Red-throated divers breed all along the Icelandic coast by ponds, lakes, and rivers, wherever fish is plentiful.
    RedThroatedDiver_Nest_Iceland_9967.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches over its newly hatched eaglets in its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Nest_Parent_Chicks_8279.jpg
  • A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on her nest on the rocks in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Killdeer, like other plovers, nest on the ground, such as this nest, built on a gravel bar along Mud Lake. When threatened, the killdeer tries to distract predators away from the nest, often by pretending it has a broken wing.
    KIlldeer_Nesting_Malheur_5630.jpg
  • One northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) flies off to find food while the other tends to their nest high on a cliff above Vík, Iceland.
    Fulmars_Nesting_8928.jpg
  • A Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant, collects materials for its nest near Anacortes, Washington.
    PelagicCormorant_Nesting_7902.jpg
  • A young great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) looks up at its mother as they sit together on their nest in Deer Creek Park, Woodway, Washington.
    Owl-Great-Horned_Nest_Woodway_6087.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) guards the entrance to its burrow while its mate tends to their nest in the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Puffins nest in burrow at the top of the bird cliff, up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Látrabjarg, Europe's largest bird cliff, hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Burrow_3303.jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) watches its sibling exercise its wings at the edge of their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Flapping_Yesl...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) exercises its wings as its sibling remains in their nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Flapping_Unio...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) exercises its wings as its sibling remains in their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Flapping_Yesl...jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) regurgitates food for its two young eaglets, which are hidden behind the wall of the nest in Kirkland, Washington. Both bald eagle parents take turns protecting and feeding the eaglets.
    BaldEagles_Nest_Parents_Regurgitate_...jpg
  • Bathed in the golden light of sunset, a colony of caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia) nest on Rat Island located at the northern end of Puget Sound in Washington state.
    Terns_Caspian_NestingColony_RatIslan...jpg
  • A wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) rests outside its burrow in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii. Wedge-tailed shearwaters, called `Ua`u Kani in Hawaiian, nest in burrows just underneat the soil's surface and lay one egg per breeding season.
    shearwater-wedge-burrow.jpg
  • Thousands of red-footed boobies (Sula sula rubripes) roost on the cliffs of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kauai, Hawaii. The refuge is popular with many different types of marine birds, though the red-footed boobies are one of the few that use it year-round. They nest in trees and shrubs and incubate their eggs with their large webbed feet.
    red-footed-boobies-many.jpg
  • A juvenile wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) looks out from its nest on a high cliff in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii. The Hawaiian name for the bird is `Ua`u Kani. While the wedge-tailed shearwaters are relatively common on the coasts of the Hawaiian islands, the birds are threatened by modern life and recovery efforts are underway.
    shearwater-wedge-juvenile.jpg
  • A colony of caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia) nest on Rat Island located at the northern end of Puget Sound in Washington state.
    Terns_Caspian_NestingColony_RatIslan...jpg
  • A colony of caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia) nest on Rat Island located at the northern end of Puget Sound in Washington state.
    Terns_Caspian_NestingColony_RatIslan...jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) flies with a large stick in its beak to build its nest in the Black River Riparian Forest in Renton, Washington.
    heron-branch-5897.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) flies with a large stick that it will use to build a nest in the Black River Riparian Forest in Renton, Washington.
    heron-branch-5946.jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a rocky ledge in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Puffins form huge colonies in Iceland during the spring breeding season, then scatter all over the Atlantic Ocean.
    Latrabjarg_PuffinPair.jpg
  • Two northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) engage in a courtship ritual on a cliff high above Vík, Iceland.
    Fulmars_Courtship_9019.jpg
  • A sea stack off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon, is completely covered with Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots. The area hosts one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_FlockOnSeaStack_Chapma...jpg
  • A red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) catches an insect at the entrance to its nest in Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington. Red-breasted nuthatches line the entrance to their nest with sticky pitch, which may be intended to trap insects and serve as an obstacle for predators. The nuthatches avoid the pitch by flying straight through the hole. Red-breasted nuthatches, which feed mainly on insects and spiders during the summer nesting months, found several insects trapped in the pitch surrounding the hole to its nest.
    Nuthatch_Red-Breasted_Insect_Nest_27...jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) feeds one of her owlets in their nest in a wicker basket in Snohomish County, Washington. After the natural nest fell apart, conservation groups and residents replaced it with the basket so that the owls could nest successfully.
    Owls-Great-Horned_Wicker-Basket-Nest...jpg
  • Three great horned owlets (Bubo virginianus) watch the sunset from their wicker basket nest in Snohomish County, Washington. After the natural nest fell apart, conservation groups and residents replaced it with the basket so that the owls could nest successfully.
    Owls-Great-Horned_Wicker-Basket-Nest...jpg
  • One juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) feeds at the nest while its sibling is forced to wait in the shadow for its turn. The young eagles were about two and a half months old at the time this image was taken and both had been flying for a couple weeks. One of the parents would deliver food to the nest while the young eagles were away and they would race back to the nest to feed. The dominant eagle arrived first and prevented the other juvenile from feeding.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_FeedingAtNest_878...jpg
  • The nest of an Anna's hummingbird sits empty after both of her young fledged in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Anna's hummingbirds raise two to three broods per year and do not typically reuse nests.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Empty_Yesler-...jpg
  • Three young osprey (Pandion haliaetus) jockey for position as one of their parents delivers part of a fish to their nest in Everett, Washington. Osprey feed almost exclusively on fish.
    Osprey_Nest_Food-Delivery_Everett_47...jpg
  • An autumn leaf rests in a junco nest at the end of breeding season in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Nest_Autumn-Leaf_Lynnwood_7684.jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) snuggles with one of her chicks on their nest on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick_Nest_...jpg
  • A bald eagle chick (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that is just over one month old looks over the edge of the nest. The juvenile eagle spent several more weeks flapping its wings inside the nest before it took its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Chick_NestEdge_1584.jpg
  • A white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) takes off from its nest in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The white-backed vulture is found in open savanna and plains and nests in tall trees. As it is highly suspectible to poisoning, the bird populations are plunging rapidly, making it critically endangered. This is an aerial image captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Vulture-White-Back...jpg
  • A female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) works on its nest on a branch in the forest of the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_178...jpg
  • A young osprey (Pandion haliaetus) that recently fledged returns to join its two siblings on their nest in Everett, Washington.
    Osprey_Nest_Three-Young_Everett_4938.jpg
  • A young osprey (Pandion haliaetus) that recently fledged returns to join its two siblings on their nest in Everett, Washington.
    Osprey_Nest_Three-Young_Everett_4942.jpg
  • An empty bald eagle nest, otherwise known as an eyrie, is turned golden by the rising sun. Two juvenile bald eagles were raised in this nest. As they grew, they knocked one of the sides down (the hanging debris is visible on the left) to make more room.
    baldeagle_nest_empty_1346.jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) delivers a fish to its family — its mate and two young chicks — waiting on its nest on a piling in the Snohomish River in Everett, Washington.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that recently fledged looks back at its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. The young eagle, approximately 12 weeks old, made its first flight a few days before this image was captured. Down and developmental feathers are visible on the nest and branches of the tree.
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  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches over its two young eaglets on their nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. Bald eagles construct the largest nests of any North American bird, up to 8 feet (2.5) meters wide and weighing more than a ton.
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  • A young bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately six weeks of age, begins to outgrow its nest. The bald eagle chick spent three more weeks sitting on the edge of the nest and testing its wings before it took its first flight.
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  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately seven weeks old, sit together on their nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. At this stage of development, both birds would regularly take turns testing their wings and sitting on the edge of the next, but it was another two weeks before they took their first flights.
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  • A bald eagle chick (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that is about one month old approaches its parent on their nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
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  • Two bald eagle chicks (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately one month of age, seem to hide on the nest as their parent watches over them.
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