111. Kelly Vohs, Goodrich, Michigan

Our nest was found inside this tee pee at my daughter's school in Lapeer,  Michigan.

But then we went back to find the newborn babies.  God is awesome!

112. Bob Dawe, Tonawanda, New York

 This nest was built in a CLOSED propane grill left out on a deck on our hunting cabin in the southern tier of western New York. We saw a few pieces of straw sticking out the edges of this largely unused grill and heard some scratching from inside. When we started to open it a surprised (and us too!) starling flew out the back under the lid. The grill was packed to the top with nesting material and there were 3 eggs in it. We moved the nest, not the grill, and put sheet in the bottom and the back to stop any future nest building...we thought!

The second picture shows the same grill about 3 weeks later, this time with 6 eggs in it. You can see the sheet sticking out around the nesting material. The grill was stuffed to the top with straw so much that it took on the shape of the inside of the top of the grill. This time we  acknowledged defeat and moved the whole grill, nest and eggs off the deck and down in front of the cabin to the meadow. We haven't been back to see how they might have fared, but I'm figuring they raised their brood with that kind of industrious work  and stick-to-it-iveness.

113. Jim and Judy Visger, Queen Creek, Arizona

This is a Mourning Dove, who chose to build her nest on the top of an old hay mower. You can tell by the materials used, it doesn't appear to be very comfortable. Our fourteen year old granddaughter was chopping weeds in the area of the old mower, just happened to look up to see the mother Dove looking right back at her. We live in an area with some of the last horse properties, in what has transformed into urban Arizona. Queen Creek is located about 35 miles southeast of Phoenix. It appears that there is only one baby, that we can define. We took a follow up picture last evening when she left the nest for food. The baby seems to be doing fine.

114. Michele Wellard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attached is a collage showing various views of the amazing nest building
community of House Sparrows at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Andorra
Branch, on Ridge & Henry Avenues. There is at least one nest behind each
letter.
I have been watching this community for a while, and am amazed to see how
the little birds use the letters raised from the surface of the building.
It's a great example of birds using the urban, human-created environment
to build their nests. It turns out to be the perfect place - they've been
using the letters successfully for at least 2 years, by my observation.
There is so much activity, flying back and forth, and cheeping near the
sign - it's a great place to watch birds conduct their daily lives and
young-rearing activities.

115. Thomas Salpas, Port Charlotte, Florida

On June 18, 2009 at 6:30 AM ,my wife went out the front door to get our morning paper.  Passing by the three concrete flower pots we keep in our front entrance area, she cleaned all three pots.  At 7:30 AM that morning I went out to that area to trim some bushes.  I checked the pots and all were empty.  However, I did notice one lone pine needle in the tallest pot.  At 11:30 AM  that same day, I had an occasion to pass one of the pots.  I asked my wife if she had seen the bird nest in the tallest pot (30 inches of the ground).  We were puzzled, as she had cleaned the pots 5 hours prior.    We were amazed that sparrows had built a complete nest in less than 4 hours.  Incredible!  Apparently they were done.  Not so, the following morning we saw them bringing some oak seed pods and carefully weaving them into the top (roof) as well as padding the sides and the inside.  (I can only assume that was the decoration phase)   A few days later we saw four eggs in the nest and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the young-ns.

116. Minal Mistry, Bakersfield, California

The pictures were taken during early spring. The female Common Raven was in the truck when we came upon it, and she squawked and circled the truck while I snapped the images. The rough-looking nest was deceptive because the nest bowl was lined with cotton, feathers and other soft materials.

117. Robert J. Baker, Ruckersville, Virginia

I had my Kawasaki KLR 650 motorcycle up for storage with a cover over
it behind the house. I spotted a Carolina Wren carrying food in and out from under the cover of the motorcycle.  I poked my head under to see three little wrens looking back at me.  When they fledged, I removed the cover to get some photos of the nest  that was in between the hand guard and throttle.

118. Hayley Katz, Bridgewater, New Jersey

I am visiting my aunt and uncle for the week, visited the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and took this cool pic!

119. Nora Schwab, Fair Oaks, California

This Mourning Dove built a nest on our stored patio umbrella. Unfortunately, several days later a snake found the nest and ate the eggs.  I submit 2 photos, one of the bird on the nest and one of the 2 eggs.  Prior to the disappearance of the eggs, I had thought this was an unusually smart (for a Mourning Dove) nesting site - 360∞ view, cover, quiet side yard, friendly homeowner (meaning presence of feeders nearby!).  As a side note - this pair attempted to re-nest in the rain gutter at the edge of the roof over our patio.  A preliminary nest was built, but abandoned.

120.  Diane Davis, Columbia, Mississippi

I was outside picking cataba worms and looked down, and there were three baby Blue Jays in their nest right out in the open.  Worms had eaten off all the leaves that used to be their cover and shade.  It's a wonder an owl or another predator hadn't spotted them.  Mom sure didn't have to go far to find food.  

Show me the next ten entries