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One cooperative behaviour you may see honey bees do is clump together at the entrance to a hive in an attempt to regulate the temperature or humidity within the hive. That is typically done on hot and/or humid days. The clumping is called bearding in the bee-keeping parlance.
This image was taken on a very cool morning, so heat wasn't an issue. There was lots of dew, so maybe humidity was a problem.
In trying to figure out what I was seeing, I checked out a few websites. The Honey Bee Suite site seemed to offer the best explanation: "Once the bees begin to finish their work in late summer, you are more apt to see bearding, especially in large colonies. This occurs because the cells are already full of nectar, but summer dearth means flowers are scarce, so no new cells are needed. Simply put, the bees are left with nothing to do.
Too many bees in the hive block air flow, which slows down the drying of nectar, so the bees hang around outside. New beekeepers often misread this behavior as preparation for swarming, but it has nothing to do with swarming. In fact, many of these bees will die at the ends of their natural adult lives of four-to-six weeks, and most will not be replaced in order to bring the colony down to a manageable winter population.
Then too, bearding often increases after the beekeeper removes honey supers, thus forcing the bees into a smaller space. Since there isn’t enough room indoors, the bees stay outside, just doing their thing."
In this case, two hives were exhibiting the behaviour, and both looked to have been downsized recently, meaning the extra summer storage areas for honey and pollen (supers) have been removed by the bee keeper. So, perhaps I happened to show up when there was simply no room in the hive and all these bees were just hanging out at the entrance.
If anyone knows of other explanations for this behaviour, please share your knowledge.
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I confess that I find this species delightful - their behaviours, their coloration, and their sound. Spending a few hours photographing and watching them in the winter is one of the best ways I have of immersing myself in the natural world when it is very cold and snowy here.
One of their more endearing traits is the running start to flight - here, the bird has just taken its last push off and is airborne.
Though it is not super uncommon to see one or two outside of winter, their time here is almost over, as they move north.
"Complexity characterises the behaviour of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, leading to non-linearity, randomness, collective dynamics, hierarchy, and emergence.
The term is generally used to characterize something with many parts where those parts interact with each other in multiple ways, culminating in a higher order of emergence greater than the sum of its parts. The study of these complex linkages at various scales is the main goal of complex systems theory.
The intuitive criterion of complexity can be formulated as follows: a system would be more complex if more parts could be distinguished, and if more connections between them existed." (WP)
"La complexité caractérise le comportement d'un système ou d'un modèle dont les composants interagissent de multiples manières et suivent des règles locales, conduisant à la non-linéarité, au hasard, à la dynamique collective, à la hiérarchie et à l'émergence.
Le terme est généralement utilisé pour caractériser quelque chose comportant de nombreuses parties, où ces parties interagissent les unes avec les autres de multiples manières, aboutissant à un ordre d'émergence supérieur supérieur à la somme de ses parties. L’étude de ces liens complexes à différentes échelles constitue l’objectif principal de la théorie des systèmes complexes.
Le critère intuitif de complexité peut être formulé ainsi : un système serait plus complexe si plus de parties pouvaient être distinguées et s'il existait plus de connexions entre elles. » (WP)
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After 4 bird shots with interesting behaviour and/or action, this one is definitely second tier. But it's my first decent Say's Phoebe shot, and my first from Grasslands National Park - we don't see them often in my area. I was able to walk right up to this bird as it perched on top of a collapsing old ranch building on the former Larson holdings (Walt Larson was the first local rancher to agree to sell when Parks Canada began acquiring land for the new park in the 1980s, always on a willing buyer, willing seller basis).
That's nothing but sky in the background, btw. I promised to end this series of "birds on blue" with a water background, and that's coming right up, probably later today, a rare double upload day for me.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I caught this crane just finishing a big hop, which is part of its mating dance. The birds have a number of behaviours that they exhibit, including a deep curtsey, high hopping, tearing out bits of grass and throwing it, loud vocalizing, and stoic posing (like the one on the left). Very cool to watch.
Caught this lovely Red squirrel in woods around Derwent water in the lake district, UK a while back, Autumn time.
One of the things I love most about observing wildlife is the wisdom I learn from their behaviours. Each animal offers something of value that us humans could take into consideration for the way we live our lives.
What I learned from the bison is that they walk directly into a storm rather than taking shelter until it passes. Watching a documentary clip of their determination and strength in great winds, blowing snow and harsh winter landscapes was awe-inspiring but also carried an important message: how often in life do we try to avoid a difficulty rather than walk through it? How often do we let life happen to us, rather than making our lives happen?
The storm will always be there, the only difference is how you choose to respond. Every day you can choose to be like the bison- you can respond with strength.
Sylvester Stallone once said: "No matter how much you torment yourself with guilt, the past won’t change. And no matter how much you consume yourself with anxiety, the future won’t be altered. So don't ruin your present; live in the now with determination and courage."
A quote I need to read daily with bad news and sadness that is facing my family this holiday season.
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Brolga
Grus rubicunda
Gruidae
One of the most obvious features of the Brolga’s behaviour is its courtship display, an elaborate dance. The dance begins with a pair of birds picking up grass, tossing it into the air and catching it again. This is followed by the birds repeatedly leaping a metre into the air with wings outstretched, followed by stretching their necks upwards, bowing to one another, bobbing their heads, walking about and calling. Sometimes the dance is done alone or in a group, with the birds lining up opposite one another.
Description: The Brolga is a large grey crane, with a featherless red head and grey crown. The legs are grey and there is a black dewlap under the chin. Females are shorter than males. The energetic dance performed by the Brolga is a spectacular sight. Displays may be given at any time of the year and by birds of any age.
Similar Species: The Sarus Crane, G. antigone, another species of crane found in Australia, can be identified by its dull pink legs and the red of its head extending down the neck.
Distribution: The Brolga is found across tropical northern Australia, southwards through north-east and east central areas, as well as central New South Wales to western Victoria.
Habitat: The Brolga inhabits large open wetlands, grassy plains, coastal mudflats and irrigated croplands and, less frequently, mangrove-studded creeks and estuaries. It is less common in arid and semi-arid regions, but will occur close to water.
Feeding: Brolgas are omnivorous (feeding on both vegetable and animal matter), but primarily feed upon tubers and some crops. Some insects, molluscs, amphibians and even mice are also taken.
Breeding: Brolgas probably mate for life, and pair bonds are strengthened during elaborate courtship displays, which involve much dancing, leaping, wing-flapping and loud trumpeting. An isolated territory is established, and is vigorously defended by both partners. The white (blotched with brown and purple) eggs are laid in a single clutch. The nest is a large mound of vegetation on a small island in a shallow waterway or swamp. Both adults incubate the eggs and care for the young birds.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/brolga)
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El comportamiento de un ejemplar depende de muchos factores; la especie, el carácter del individuo, el estado biológico, la edad,el sexo, el entorno, la compañía, el momento del ciclo de vida en el que se encuentre, entre otros factores.
En el caso del archibebe claro ( Tringa nebularia) he notado un cambio drástico en su comportamiento según el entorno donde lo fotografíe. En la costa, durante la marea baja, esta especie se vuelve sumamente recelosa y precavida, con distancias de huida muy grandes.
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An individual's behavior depends on many factors, including the species, the individual's temperament, biological state, age, sex, environment, presence of companions, and life-cycle stage, among others.
In the case of the common greenshank (*Tringa nebularia*), I have observed a drastic change in behavior depending on the environment where I photograph it. On the coast, during low tide, this species becomes extremely wary and cautious, maintaining very large flight distances.
At the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas) rookery where I photographed this black-browed albatross, there were flat areas with a mix of rock and tussock grass. The grasses grow in dense clumps, with the blades being 3 to 4 ft high (around 1m). It posed challenges for the humans to walk through the uneven terrain. The albatrosses were even more challenged. They would have to walk from their nest site to a spot, preferably on a high rock, where they could catch the wind coming uphill from the ocean, about 20 to 30 metres below. This individual was awkwardly wading its way through the coarse grass to a launch site when it started coming quite close to the trail boundary marker where I was standing, so I had to back up to give it right of way, and zoom out to get the photo.
The formidable weapons of the Seal. Observing their behaviour, I tried to capture nice moments and I loved the colouring of this Pup. The Pups were fairly well grown and unattended on the foreshore. They were quite relaxed about a few people but grumbled if they got too close! Nice detail seen large, if you're interested, though perhaps a little soft on the eyes!
I've no idea what's going on in this pic, other than the awesome behaviour of nature and what's going on inside the camera — particularly the strobe-like artefacts, but mostly the bounce!
a drop of rainwater from a drainpipe into a water butt outside Rob's
They were too far away for a good picture however, I took this shot anyway because of the male's behaviour charging females at several occasions while I was there. Females either ignored him or pushed him away. I have never seen this before even though I observed them a lot in the past. I don't think it is courting time in mid-January. It was just bizarre.
The meadow pipit is one of our more common species and their behaviour makes them easy subjects to photograph. Because of this they can be overlooked by birders and photographers.
This photograph was taken on one of the cliff top platforms at Bempton Cliffs, and whilst it may look like the bird is flying off, it just moved to a different part of the platform, making it closer to us. It flew into the fields after checking us out for a few minutes.
Mallotus villosus, know in eastern Canada as capelin, breed on the stony beaches of Newfoundland each summer. They 'roll' up onto the beaches on the incoming waves in massive numbers to lay their eggs, after which they catch the next wave back into the ocean.
However, some do get stranded too high on the beach. The fish will then flip and flop to try getting back down to where the water is. Some fail. There are three basic techniques they seem to use. Some will twist/roll. Others employ a 'moonwalk' technique where they undulate their bodies, tail first, down the beach. They will also pivot on their nose, as shown in this image.
The fish prefer to breed on beaches with smaller gravel, like this one. All the little whitish/brownish balls you see, that looks almost like sand, are eggs, but the individual in the photo is a male so it only contributed the milk that contains the spermatozoa that fertilizes the eggs. The males develop stronger colours on their back and enlarged pelvic fins. Females are more silver/white on the sides and will have a swollen abdomen due to all the eggs. If conditions are not right, they will also breed off-shore.
The photo isn't the best, but does illustrate most of the points noted above.
Cosmopolitan species, found on every continent except Antarctica. These herons have a unique foraging behaviour, often following large mammals like cattle to feed on insects and other invertebrates disturbed by the animals. Their diet includes crickets, grasshoppers, ticks, frogs and small vertebrates.
Cattle egrets nest in colonies, typically near bodies of water, and often alongside other wading birds. They build their nests—a platform of sticks—in trees or shrubs.
Cattle egrets first arrived in Britain in 2008, breeding successfully that year. After a brief retreat due to harsh winters, they have returned and are now breeding in large numbers. This expansion is largely attributed to rising average temperatures, allowing these typically tropical birds to thrive further north.
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If a mate can't walk on water he will be out of luck.
A combination of up to 20 steps per second, forceful slaps on the water’s surface with splayed feet, and an unusual stride help these grebes defy gravity
Isle Lake
Brent Geese / branta bernicla. Morston Quay, Norfolk. 12/03/22.
Like all geese, Brents are quick to defend their various living spaces, either on land or on water. They readily adopt threat postures, like this bird I captured standing on a mudbank.
I saw a lot of this during my time at Morston.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Marsh Harrier attacking Buzzard which was sitting too close to the Harrier's nest site. Fascinating to watch. The Buzzard eventually gave up and left..
I only managed a snapshot of this interesting behaviour. I wasn't sure if these were two males, facing off, or a courting couple?
I find this shot of the rather light coloured red deer stag quite amusing... I know why it's doing what it's doing but my 15 year old mindset can't help but think it's just being rather rude to the other deer!
I made an album cover for cactus island recordings.
This is an awesome compilation with beautiful music inside!
I'm very happy with this work, is very special to me and one of my song is on it.
Released: 16th february, close to valentines day ; )
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This species is a migrant that breeds locally in Ottawa. Here, a female gathers nest-building materials from a wetland. These are the previous year’s Spotted Jewelweed branches.
Though the females can, in the right light and with the right colouring, warrant the French name for the species, this creature was much subtler. Her behaviour though was quite something. She used this material to weave in the nest some fifty metres away.
This egret isn't taking off to fly it is jumping up and down, trying to drum up some lunch in the shallows of the estuary. I was mesmerized watching it run around in a circle, flapping and jumping from one spot to another. I have only ever seen them slowly 'stalking' their dinner. Sorry the photos are dark but it was a really grey day with little light.
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