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I was watching a group of Harbour (Common) and Grey Seals hauled out on the beach at Horsey, Norfolk during the first week of June when a big male Grey Seal caught my attention at the water's edge. It seemed to be holding down another smaller seal and when other seals approached it behaved aggressively towards them. The struggle continued for some time but the malevolent looking big bull clearly had the upper hand. Nov. - Dec. is the breeding seasons for Grey Seals on the east coast towards the latter part of which time male/male competition can be intense. This behaviour was, therefore, very unusual in that it was seen at a time of year when Grey Seals should not be competing (or mating). My thanks to Tim Melling for his explanation and interpretation concluding that the big size difference makes it likely that this behaviour was probably sexual aggression towards a non willing female.
This building is the work of two former students of Mies Van der Rohe. It shares the basic concepts put in practice by Mies in many of his buildings, but in this case the structrure is covered by a pronounced, curved skin.
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experiencing some behaviour that I have never seen before from young red squirrels. These kits were unafraid of the water and would enter without any fear
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This is at St. Andrew's Lock and Dam at the Red River, a popular fishing spot for American White Pelicans.
When you are at the top of the stairs, you can see the water rushing down the dam. It is there that the pelicans line up and go fishing. There are some huge fish that are swimming towards the pelicans. The water falling down the dam is quite loud so the birds aren't disturbed by the clicking of cameras. These are mostly young pelicans. Next post will be a closer up view. I must admit it was rather fascinating to watch from above. It was challenging because the space was barely large enough for my lens.
If you want to see how large some of the fish get, check out this previous post! It is a shot of a pelican with a HUGE fish!
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The expression from the Atlantic puffin, because of how the eye looks, reminds me of the guilty look a child might give when caught doing something they feel they really shouldn't be.
And, this is another example of a puffing trying to bite off something that would be challenging for a human to break. Junipers are tough! The bird did give up.
Morus Bassanus
Bempton Cliffs
Greeting behaviour, which occurs between a pair whenever they meet, not just at initial bonding for mating.
A juvenile Barred Owl being preened by the adult. Occasionally the adult would stop to look around as there were a couple of noisy jays in the area.
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Atlantic puffins are exceptionally cute, and sometimes clownish in their behaviour. They can get into ferocious fights during mating season, but generally, they are calm and sociable.
On land and in the air, they are relatively clumsy. At sea, where they spend the majority of their time, they excel at 'flying' underwater in pursuit of small fish. Their wings are relatively stubby to allow for great dynamics under the ocean's surface. They have to beat their wings very fast to stay airborne and moving forward. Landings and takeoffs benefit from a stiff wind.
Eared grebes have a variety of interesting bonding behaviours. I'm going to try to describe one of them. This images shows shows a single frame from a sequence (wish I had a video) where the male and female grebe face each other and are slightly puffed up. They vocalize, turn their heads, tilt their heads down and away from each other and do a quick bit of preening on their own neck area, face each other again, turn to the opposite side, and preen again. This is repeated a few times. Quite intriguing.
Having already made some standard gannet shots, I then went in search of something that showed their behaviour. I think that the gannet on the right had just landed in the other's territory and it was now on the receiving end of its wrath. Needless to say it didn't hang around any longer than two seconds. I managed to fire off two shots and this was arguably the strongest version.
Best viewed large as you can see the dust being kicked up by the bird on the left.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied Grackle / Cacique candela)
La Ceja, Colombia
Some male birds will bring food to a female as part of courtship to show he can provide for any chicks she may produce. He may simply bring the food for her to eat or in some cases actually transfer it directly to her mouth just as he would to hungry nestlings.
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While looking for bighorn sheep in the early morning i first heard the noise like cannon beat and it didn't take long until i saw the first rams banging their heads. Some of the females were in heat so rutting and mating was in full swing. I was very happy not only to see these amazing mountaineers but also to see their behaviour in their rocky environment.
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The robin is on high alert. There was another robin in the garden and he did not like that one bit. So after chasing him around and making him leave the garden he found himself a high perch to stand guard :-). You gotta love them
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Over the winter months, I usually put out a few apples and sultanas for the ground feeding birds like Blackbirds. They would sit in the trees and wait for me to come out.
Then they edged closer and would wait on the garden fences.
Now that spring is here, the visiting birds have moved on but the local blackbirds are coming even closer.
One in particular is doing close fly-bys in front of the kitchen window. To and fro until it sits on a perch and peers at me.
Needless to say, I go out with some apple. It doesn't even fly off any more.
I am aware that they should be foraging for their own food at the moment but the ground is very dry. Unusually, we've had very little rain. Hopefully that will change and their diet can be more wormy.
...at the Hawk Conservancy.
One of the flying displays which shows off the birds' behaviours nicely.
Radiohead - „There, There“
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In pitch dark
I go walking in your landscape
Broken branches
Trip me as I speak
Just ′cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
There′s always a siren
Singing you to shipwreck
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
Steer away from these rocks
We'd be a walking disaster
(Don′t reach out, don't reach out)
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
Just ′cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn′t mean it's there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
There, there
Why so green
And lonely, and lonely
And lonely
Heaven sent you
To me, to me
To me
We are accidents
Waiting, waiting
To happen
We are accidents
Waiting, waiting
To happen
I know that hundreds of Northern Hawk Owl images have been posted, over the last couple of months, but I wanted to share this one as well. I hope that you don't mind.
It shows the behaviour of caching. If prey is abundant, Northern Hawk Owls will take advantage of this by caching food for later consumption.
This owl had caught a vole and flew to this branch. It spent nearly 5 minutes attempting to stuff the vole into the crack of this broken limb. It rotated the vole several times trying to make it fit. Ultimately it was unsuccessful and finally flew off to try another location.
Image created on Jan 8, 2020 west of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Image cropped slightly for composition.
Some species of damselfly have elaborate courtship behaviours. Many species are sexually dimorphic, the males often being more brightly coloured than the females. Like dragonflies, they reproduce using indirect insemination and delayed fertilisation. A mating pair form a shape known as a "heart" or "wheel", the male clasping the female at the back of the head, the female curling her abdomen down to pick up sperm from secondary genitalia at the base of the male's abdomen. The pair often remain together with the male still clasping the female while she lays eggs within the tissue of plants in or near water using a robust ovipositor.
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Lions are an epic subject to photograph.
One of their most amazing behaviours to witness and photograph is the mating ritual, one which repeats about every 20 minutes and that can go on for days at a time. This image, captured in the Maasai Mara, Kenya is of one very brief moment of the process.
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Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a unique migratory raptor known for its specialised hunting behaviours and its namesake, the 14th-century Sardinian ruler Eleonora of Arborea, who enacted the world’s first recorded laws protecting falcon nests.
To ensure a fresh food supply for their chicks, these falcons capture small migratory birds, pluck their flight feathers to prevent escape, and wedge them into rock crevices.
This allows the falcon to keep its prey alive for several days until it is needed to feed the young.
It delays its egg-laying until late July or August so that its chicks hatch in September, precisely when the peak of autumn bird migration passes through the Mediterranean.
Prey Abundance: This allows the falcons to capitalise on the massive numbers of tired migratory songbirds flying south from Europe to Africa.
Virtually the entire world population migrates roughly 9,000–10,000 km to winter in Madagascar!
Caught these two well matched Red deer stags having a rut in some lovely early morning golden and misty light. Taken in Richmond park UK, a joy to watch and photograph.
This Northern Flicker (m) (Yellow Shafted) flew right in front of us as if we were not there and started dust bathing. I called him ''Duster'' as he returned several times.
Dust baths, also called dusting or sand bathing, are part of a bird’s preening and plumage maintenance that keeps feathers in top condition.
The dust that is worked into the bird’s feathers will absorb excess oil to help keep the feathers from becoming greasy or matted. The oil-soaked dust is then shed easily to keep the plumage clean and flexible for more aerodynamic flight and efficient insulation. Dry skin and other debris can also be removed with excess dust, and regular dusting may help smother or minimize lice, feather mites and other parasites.
"Heartbreaker, real faker
Getting off on bad behaviour
I know you inside and out, out, out
You're losing your temper
Do you think they won't remember
You're only sorry when you're coming down
Real hearts don't lie
Take it from me
You'll see in time
Take it from me
It's funny how it all goes down
Don't be sorry when it comes around
I'm like "Oh my god, I think it's karma"
Ain't it funny how it all adds up
When you're always trying to push your luck?
I'm like "Oh my god, I think it's karma"
"Oh my god, I..."
"Oh my god, I think it's karma"
“Even chance meetings are the result of karma… Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Picture made with Leonardo in my nightmares of getting lost in a strange place
...after you smell your own bottom.
Little Africa was grooming herself and was at the bathroom end when she got a whiff of, well herself.
"The flehmen response is an animal behavior in which the animal curls back the upper lip. This exposes the front teeth and gums of the animal. This is actually a means through which the pheromones and certain scents are transferred into the vomeronasal organ."