Nests, nests, everywhere!

Tis the season for the birds and the bees, and the Nevada Bird Count crew is finding nests everywhere!  Here are a few of our finds ...

Kathryn found this Mourning Dove nest in Mojave Scrub/Mojave Yucca habitat:

Rayann saw these Lesser Nighthawk nestlings in Mojave Scrub

Sue was a tad startled when she flushed a Common Poorwill from this nest in Joshua Tree habitat:

I found this sparsely-woven Mourning Dove nest with eggs just above my head in a honey mesquite:

Phainopepla nest in bare Screwbean mesquite:

And another Phainopepla nest in a honey mesquite:

And yet another Phainopepla nest in a cottonwood:

Last but not least a Vermilion Flycatcher female on her nest in a cottonwood:

Happy birding everyone!

--Jen