Every piece of lichen is meticulously placed and wound with stolen spider webbing to hold it all together.
Strands of spider web are stronger than carbon fiber.
The nest’s camouflage would make it nearly invisible if I weren’t lighting it with a strobe.
Chicks Hoping for a Meal
Mom Feeding Chicks
Mom with hungry chicks
Chicks growing
Chicks getting ready to fledge the nest
Mom flying in to feed chicks
I couldn’t believe I spotted a fledgling in the tree
Fledgling with Long Tongue
Mom comes to feed young fledgling
Remains chick, fledged the next day
Mom feeding young fledgling
Timing is everything. Somehow, I spotted this newly fledged chick on a branch.
Mother still feeding newly fledged chick
Once the sibling fledged mother feeds the smaller chick.
Hard to spot a nest this well camouflaged