Wildlife Photography
 by
 Dr. Kevin P. Elsby ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP
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My name is Kevin Elsby and this site is dedicated to showing images from the natural world which I have taken over the years. I hope you enjoy looking around the galleries. To see a larger version of a photo, just left click your mouse on it.
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Cuban Bee Hummingbird (male) - the world’s smallest bird.

Males weigh less than 2 grams and are smaller than many insects.

Cuba, March 2010.

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Live video feed from Common Swift nest box on my house












To view live video footage from a Common Swift

nestbox on my house roof, click here



Update on the Swifts


16th May 2012

The adults are spending as much time as possible in the day time out of the nest in search of food. Yesterday, however, the weather was so bad that they only left the nest for about an hour all day.

They tend to return normally in the evenings about 7pm onwards. They have not made any attempt to make a nest yet. Even when they do it will be a relatively flimsy structure - nothing like the nest of a Robin or Blackbird.


18:00 - the presumed female has brought in a couple of white feathers ready to start making the nest.


17th May 2012

Both birds left the nest together at 08:10. What I presume to be the female has brought some white feathers into the box and has been using her saliva to stick them to the floor. They returned just before 7pm..


If you would like to buy a nest box for Swifts to use on your house, here is a link to some sites (I bought mine from John Stimpson):-


http://www.swift-conservation.org/Shopping!.htm



This box is sited about 16 feet up from the ground on an east facing wall. I have Swifts nesting under tiles on the roof on both the east and west sides of my house. It is best not to site nest boxes facing north because the chicks are vulnerable to chilling with northerly winds. The camera inside works with infra red so you can see the inside of the box even in the middle of the night!

To the left is the latest view of the nest on Saturday 19th May 2012. The beginnings of the nest can be seen above the words ‘Nest cup’.

The two Swifts together near the entrance of the nest box which is to the right of the picture.