Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nest

Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, the sweet tweets of chirping chicks are music to the Bird House team’s ears. While their homestead exhibit is under renovation, the team has been busy researching, perfecting and literally writing the book of North American songbird and shorebird husbandry. The result? A bird baby boom—34 chicks among 11 species, and counting! Hear from curator Sara Hallager and keepers Heather Anderson, Stacy Hill, Kathy Brader and Shelby Burns why summer 2020 truly is for the birds.
As soon as that chick fledged, mom wasted no time in building a new nest.

Similar in coloration and closely related to the Baltimore oriole, the orchard oriole is the smallest member of the New World blackbird family that includes red-winged blackbirds and meadowlarks. 
They are loosely territorial and will nest in the same trees as kingbirds or even

Prairie dogs are a keystone species that provides disturbance in North American grasslands through grazing, burrowing, and clipping. This behavior shapes the habitat of countless prairie residents, including grassland birds.
done to investigate the effects of prairie dogs on songbird demographic rates, nest

Buffleheads are small diving ducks that have large, rounded heads. They are often found in ponds and small lakes, but also use salt water in coastal areas during the winter. 
Reproduction and Development Buffleheads nest in tree cavities.

Familiar to nature enthusiasts everywhere, the song of the male wood thrush has been called one of the most beautiful sounds that any animal produces. They are braver than many other thrushes, though not as bold as their cousin, the robin.
The female chooses the nest site, usually within 20 feet of the ground.

By Lauren Augustine
Unlike our other two Cuban crocodile females, Dorothy digs a hole nest, making it

Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
June 16, 2017 Guarding the Nest It’s nesting season.

Every spring, black-crowned night herons nest at the Zoo.

As an animal keeper at SCBI, some of my favorite birds to work with are small but sassy. Guam kingfishers certainly fall into this category. We have three pairs to introduce during this year’s breeding season, so we have our work cut out for us.
We have tried logs with mulch-filled cavities, wooden nest boxes packed with mulch

Black-necked stilts are a tall, medium-size shorebird with black-and-white coloration, long pink legs, a long neck, and a straight black bill. They spend most of their days gracefully darting along shorelines and wetlands and wading in shallow water. 
Reproduction and Development Black-necked stilts nest in loose colonies.