Birds’ Nests 2012

Unfortunately our class nestbox has not been used for a nest this year but here you can keep an eye on a few other nests:
Rare Black storks in Estonia (+other live cameras)
Map showing springtime migration from Africa
Beautiful White Storks in Czech Rep.

Storks in Portugal
White Storks in Mannheim, Germany
More White Storks in Holland
Blue tits in Suffolk
Perefrine Falcons in London
Barn owls in Dorset

Several nests from Belgium. Little owl (steenuil) is the best
White Storks near Munich (still pics only)
Falcons in Ohio
Ospreys in Scotland
Swallows in Dallas, TX

Below: Hummingbird in California (gets bright about 2pm Irish time)

Titanic

How much do you know about The Titanic which sank on 15.4.1912?
The story of the Titanic in photos
The last photo of the Titanic
The last survivor from the Titanic
Do ships still hit icebergs?

Fr. Browne photos
Titanic Belfast exhibition

Córfhéile 2012- Click here for videos.

 

 

Mr. Hallinan retires

Bird nesting season 2012

Follow RTE radio’s Mooney show robin nest live camera

30.3.2012
The bluetits have been in and out of our nestbox all month but so far there’s no sign of them building a nest in it.

29.2.2012
Plenty of visits to the nest this week. This bluetit did a spot of tidying up. Looks like we have a pair as they have also been spotted in the garden perching on the bushes.

24.2.2012
With the days getting longer and some mild sunny days it is noticable that the birds are getting very active looking for nesting sites and singing loudly to defend their territories. Last year after three or four unsuccessful years a bluetit family finally moved in to our class nestbox and a clutch of eight chicks were raised flying the nest on May 24th after hatching three weeks earlier. So mid February is early is the season but the birds are checking out the area for nest sites and the fact that our box proved a good site last year makes it likely that it will be used again this year. After putting up the nestbox last week today we got it connected to the whiteboard and just before hometime Friday (during our Maths tables test!!) a visitor, probably a female, popped in. There was another blutit at the nestbox entrance. This may have been the male but they seemed to be hostile towards each other so maybe they were squabbling over the nest.

Bird and wildlife photos