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While in Ohio at the Midwest Birding Symposium we saw ring-billed gulls landing in dog wood trees and eating the berries.
Gulls are scavengers but I didn't know they would eat fruit.
It may be possible they were eating insects and not the berries but that isn't what it looked like.
Scientific stuff
Larus delawarensis
From Cornell Lab of OrnithologyFamiliar acrobats of the air, Ring-billed Gulls nimbly pluck tossed tidbits from on high. Comfortable around humans, they frequent parking lots, garbage dumps, beaches, and fields, sometimes by the hundreds. These are the gulls you're most likely to see far away from coastal areas—in fact, most Ring-billed Gulls nest in the interior of the continent, near freshwater. A black band encircling the yellow bill helps distinguish adults from other gulls—but look closely, as some other species have black or red spots on the bill
Many, if not most, Ring-billed Gulls return to breed at the colony where they hatched. Once they have bred, they are likely to return to the same breeding spot each year, often nesting within a few meters of the last year's nest site. Many individuals return to the same wintering sites each winter too.
Photographed for a personal project at Stephansplatz, Vienna, Austria. 21 September 2023
A candid street photograph showing a crowd next to Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral), Vienna. A popular hotspot for tourists, it’s a common sight to see people photographing it, and posing for photos next to it.
A Tawny Frogmouth trying to "hide".
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The documentary shots one gets late at night...
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Mayfly (Ephemera sp.) nymph hatching into subimago from river surface. Surrey, UK.
An extraordinary transformation to witness: from aquatic creature to airborne insect in seconds.
Inspired by Ralph! As he says this ain't an easy thing to capture on a moving river. 4 hours later I had a handful in the bag.
Looks like springs on the way with these Chaffinch squaring up to each other in an attempt to gain the upper hand.
Scrutiny and harassment by a group of crows on Parksville Bay, Vancouver Island. We had a peaceful walk in late morning along with a few paired residents and many varieties of birds. The structure was erected by an anonymous person on an island in the bay that comes and goes at the whim of the tide, currents, and wind.
One more photo, because there is a small story to tell....
The chewing behaviour was an important consideration for Hilary Page when he decided to make his toys out of plastic.
In Plastics as a Medium for Toys, he wrote:
"PLASTICS HAVE SOLVED the greatest problems for the designer and manufacturer of toys for babies and young children. For generations we have tried to find some type of paint or enamel which cannot be sucked or gnawed off, in view of the fact that practically every toy or plaything given to a baby or a young child goes straight to his mouth. This is a perfectly natural instinct, because he is endeavouring to find out whether it is fit to eat and also he is helping his teeth to come through by biting on a hard surface.
The use of plastic provided a safe way to create toys in a wide range of colors without painting them. In addition the plastic toys were more hygienic because dust and germs do not gather on the smooth surface and the plastic toys could be washed in hot soapy water. These advantages are still valid today.
The building blocks made by Hilary Page/Kiddicraft became a major inspiration for LEGO a few years later.
These days, LEGO meets strict safety standards to ensure that the toys will withstand excessive chewing without releasing potentially toxic chemicals.
Usually as in this case the Black Headed Gulls plunge in and grab a piece of vegitation or if there lucks in perhaps a small fish such as a Stickleback either way any gulls in the vicinity will begin the chase to try and steal it's prize.
I need a lover with a slow hand!
I need a lover with an easy touch...
Ok you can hum the other bits.😘
When some children are randomly selected and their teacher is told they are likely to bloom intellectually over the next few months, they do.
This is the self-fulfilling fulfilling prophecy.
(It happens probably because the teacher expects the child to learn faster so gives it more challenging tasks)
(Rosenthal, 1985)
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A stereotypy is a repetitive or ritualistic movement, posture, or utterance, found in patients with mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders, tardive dyskinesia, frontotemporal dementia and stereotypic movement disorder. Stereotypies may be simple movements such as body rocking, or complex, such as self-caressing, crossing and uncrossing of legs, and marching in place. Several causes have been hypothesized for stereotypy, and several treatment options are available.
Stereotypy is sometimes called stimming in autism, under the hypothesis that it self-stimulates one or more senses. Related terms include punding and tweaking to describe repetitive behavior that is a side effect of some drugs.
The sight of a mobile speed camera van is sure to calm the traffic.
All of a sudden seat belts are fastened, speeds are reduced to below the limit, care and attention is paid, semi clothed Nymphs riding Unicorns roam freely scattering magic dust behind them...
To those who claim that these forms of enforcement are somehow unfair or a 'money maker'... when you start a vehicle you are agreeing to terms and conditions. Those terms and conditions are the rules of the road - including parking, speed limits, alcohol limits, duty of care for others and much more.
If you break the rules, then expect a sanction. Simple really.