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parents of the blackbird bird feed their chicks in the nest among the green foliage in the spring park

The spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Building a nest.

Mother of Black-naped Monarch or socalled black-naped blue flycatcher, hypothymis azurea, asian paradise flycatcher, feeding its chicks in the nest, mother day

Gannet on Bempton cliffs, Flamborough Head

Speke's weaver bird. Serengeti National park. Tanzania. Africa

Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus). This bird nests in colonies, mainly from September to January. Males have several female partners, and build a succession of nests, typically 25 each season.

Urban Mute Swan newly hatched family in the nest with eggs

A view of an eurasian magpie bird nesting on a leafless tree against a blue sky on a sunny day

Mute swan were brought to Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s. They are considered an invasive species in Ontario due to their aggressive behaviour and negative impact on native waterfowl species. The population has steadily increased since their introduction, and efforts have been made to manage their numbers and mitigate their impact.

$The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It has plumage that is mainly reddish brown, long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a distinctive white band across its black tail in flight. Like other members of its ancient lineage, it has a whistling call which is given in flight or on the ground. Its preferred habitat consists of wetlands with plentiful vegetation, including shallow lakes and paddy fields. The nest, built from plant material and unlined, is placed among dense vegetation or in a tree hole. The typical clutch is around ten whitish eggs. The breeding adults, which pair for life, take turns to incubate, and the eggs hatch in 24–29 days. The downy grey ducklings leave the nest within a day or so of hatching, but the parents continue to protect them until they fledge around nine weeks later.\n\nThe fulvous whistling duck feeds in wetlands by day or night on seeds and other parts of plants. It is sometimes regarded as a pest of rice cultivation, and is also shot for food in parts of its range. Despite hunting, poisoning by pesticides and natural predation by mammals, birds, and reptiles, the large numbers and huge range of this duck mean that it is classified as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.$