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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.
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
Lunchtime!
Trachinocephalus myops, also known as the blunt-nose lizardfish is a species of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in)
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.
Was caught by surprise when the 2 robins started a courtship behaviour never seen before a great capture to get.
Laid back, but not very easy going.
During the mating season, male coots will act aggressively towards other males to establish and/or protect a breeding area. One behaviour I've seen lots is running and flapping aggressively towards a rival at high speed. On rare occasion, I've seen them engage in a classic coot fight. I had never seen it up close.
As shown in the photo, they lay back in the water with their wings stretched out behind them. They will then spar with the legs, trying to get an advantage over the other coot. If they can, they will push themselves upright with their wings while pushing the other combatant underwater. Injury or worse is not unheard of.
There must have been something in the water on this day, as the fighting seemed to be constant amongst many different pairs. This behaviour is no longer a rare event for me to witness.
The courtship display of a male Sharp-tailed Grouse includes rapid stamping with the feet, with wings outstretched and pointed tail held up. This aspect of their behaviour was recognized by First Nations peoples and incorporated into their dances. The males also inflate a purplish air sac (as seen here) and make low booming and ‘clucking’ sounds, as well as raising yellow eye combs. This bird was at a lek (courtship display site) in southern Alberta, Canada.
Posting tonight as I am hoping to get away early tomorrow if conditions allow.
The last post had a House Finch and House Sparrow, both young and getting along well in the rain. Here an older sparrow has caused a bit of a rucus as a House Finch appears to be thinking, "Hey buddy, what's up? I have not done anything." At least that is the way I saw it. The House Finch was simply perched besides the House Sparrow.
Even though the tail feathers are clipped here, I am thrilled to have got this shot. So much better than a simple static shot (although I like them as well, but not as much) Action and behaviour, in my opinion can be of poor technical quality as long as the behaviour is interesting. I would love to hav emore shots like this, behavioural shots that is, not necessarily shots with an aggressor.
"Shout it from the rooftops" A pair of puffins, the male letting all around know, the female looking proudly on, at least that's how I saw it, lol.
Puffins mate for life, 20 years and exceptionally up to 30 years, each year returning to the same burrow to reunite with each other.
Love these colourful little seabirds.
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
I have read about elephant grieving behaviour, but I had not expected to witness such a beautiful moment. Yet, it was suddenly, soundlessly in front of me: An old bull elephant approached the bones and stood in solemn reverence, feeling the skull with his trunk. His head held low for quite some time, until he finally moved on, ears down, seemingly in quiet thought.
I found out that the bones were of an old bull elephant whose last set of teeth wore down so low that he could only eat grass soaked in water. So, instead of roaming and foraging, he lived near this watering hole, until he died of natural causes. He lived here and he died here, and for this old bull, he is not forgotten.
hello my friends,nice to see you again.
here a very young yellow baboon (papio cynocephalus) showing us a tipical human behaviour.
there isnt any doubt we share a lot with them.
"almost human"
luangwa valley ,Zambia.
original 3K file here:
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.
www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/articles/courtship-behaviour-...
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Dione moneta
(The Mexican Silverspot / Pasionaria Mexicana)
Dione moneta occurrs from the southern USA to Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina.
This species is migratory in behaviour so can be found in almost any habitat, and at any altitude from 0-3500 metres. It is most frequent between 1800-2800m and is most often encountered in open sunny areas - these typically include riverbanks, rocky slopes, pastures and roadsides - in fact anywhere where there is an abundance of nectar sources. Both sexes nectar at a wide variety of flowers.
www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes - Dione moneta.htm
The green-winged teal in the water seemed to want to have the spot the other teal was standing on. It did some very gentle nudging from the left and the right, and the spot was vacated. But, the mildly aggressive duck didn't take the spot! No idea what the motivation was, but it was interesting to see the behaviour.
The pair pictured here are either immature and/or female. GW teal are the smallest dabbling duck in North America, and are reasonably plentiful.
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Radiohead - „There, There“
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA
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 photographed this beauty resting on a bench with her newly cut leaf, at Mill of Benholm, Kincardineshire. I saw a couple of these lovely bees there. One was nesting in a rotten post, and the leaves of a nearby sapling sycamore had lots of tell-tale semicircular chunks missing.
When I posted this on Facebook, Darek Ogrodnik commented that her stinger is out---interesting! I guess that's something to do with her having just laid an egg, or preparing to lay another?
One of the behaviours of Atlantic puffins to to flick their heads upwards and vocalize. They will repeat this a few times in succession. I've tried to photograph this previously and on this trip to the colony, I was rewarded with a nice view of it happening.
Here is what Ms. Google has to say about the behaviour when I searched for it.
"The Action: Males flick or snap their heads backward repeatedly so that their large, colorful, triangular beaks point straight up into the air.
The Sound: With each flick, the male emits a low, rhythmic grunt (often described as sounding somewhat pig-like).
The Goal: This enthusiastic combination of body language and vocalization advertises the male's health, vigor, and his availability for mating."
The 'male only' part was new information for me. But, I wouldn't call the action enthusiastic. It is relatively low key, both in intensity and sound levels.
Walking through the busy streets in Chichester town centre, I came across this canine character. A good tip on dog behaviour, don't stare at them unless you want them to bark and scare the living day lights out of you.
Think it was a Hungarian Vizsla. Gorgeous dog which had to be photographed.
I think this one wins the cute factor. Moorhen feeding it's chick. There were in fact 4 chicks around but I only caught this one being fed.
Species: Cinclus cinclus.
Upright posturing - associated with courtship behaviour - with the bill raised vertically and wings slightly open and shivering.
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