My Flora and Fauna Friday post this week is the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), a member of the swallows and martins family found in the Americas.
This individual was photographed at Isaac Lake on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario last spring. The species traditionally nests in tree cavities but will use nestboxes. There are several areas at Isaac Lake with groups of nestboxes for them.
This is also a contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
My Flora and Fauna Friday subject this week is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). The species is found across most of temperate Europe and Asia.
This individual was photographed emerging from a nest cavity in an apple tree at Faddiley near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England. There is mistletoe growing on the apple tree above the entrance to the nest.
This is also a contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
A Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) singing in a tree on Bickerton Hill in southern Cheshire, England.
The species is a summer visitor to the U.K. spending winter in sub Saharan Africa.
My Flora and Fauna Friday post this week and a contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
A selection of white birds and birds with white in their common English names for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: White prompt.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Nature Animals prompt.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Male vs Female prompt.
Male and female American Avocets feeding on a slough near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada. The foreground bird with the straighter bill is the male.
A male Eurasian Blue Tit feeding the female during incubation. Photographed using a specially constructed nestbox in a garden in Hatherton near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England.
Female and male Wilson’s Phalarope on Middle Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The more colourful bird in the foreground is the female. In the Phalarope family of birds the males incubate the eggs and as a result have more subdued plumage for camouflage.
Male and female Common Terns mating on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton, Ontario, Canada.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Shiny prompt.
Portrait of a male Common Grackle on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario in early spring.
