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A small group of Oystercatchers flew overhead and were showing signs of coming in for a landing in this spot, yelling continuously. These two were having none of it, and responded by doing some yelling of their own, repeatedly alternating between holding their heads high and then bowing down. The small flock went away after much screeching and never did land here.
Juvenile
Brown Thrasher BRTH (Toxostoma rufum)
tentatively or
experimentally feeding
Carmichael, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Mike McGrenere found one in Greater Victoria July 11th...Great Find Mike!
House Finches
April 8, 2025, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
In the hedge in the yard a pair of house finches displaying courting behaviour with the male giving seeds to the female.
Haemorhous mexicanus
The red of a male House Finch comes from pigments contained in its food during molt (birds can’t make bright red or yellow colors directly). So the more pigment in the food, the redder the male. This is why people sometimes see orange or yellowish male House Finches. Females prefer to mate with the reddest male they can find, perhaps raising the chances they get a capable mate who can do his part in feeding the nestlings.
House Finches feed their nestlings exclusively plant foods, a fairly rare occurrence in the bird world. Many birds that are vegetarians as adults still find animal foods to keep their fast-growing young supplied with protein.
A quick capture before I adjusted the camera settings, surprised to get it at 1/40sec inbuilt image stabilization worked well, funny turned out to be the best one.
Always entertaining to watch but once you see them coming together you've missed it, just managed to spot the build up with this pair.
St Aidan's Nature Park.
Partially hidden by the foliage meant AF was difficult to say the least but luckily it snapped into focus just when I was about to give up.
St Aidan's Nature Park.
Technology brings the same behaviour anywhere in the world. Everyone absorbed in their little devices...good opportunity for my candid shots I must say :)
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These guys were not playing, the dust they were kicking up , the heat haze off the path, plus a large crop, messed with things here, as did having to quickly drop to one knee and hand hold., these excuses aside, worth sharing I thought.
Taken at RSPB Titchwell, on the main path, MORE IN THE SERIES BELOW IN COMMENTS
Canon EOS-1D X
Æ’/10.0
700.0 mm
1/5000
iso 1250
This Robin swayed and rocked from side to side for quite a while (minutes at least) with puffed feathers and beak slightly opened, displaying to another one sitting just above it. Amazing behaviour to witness. Had never seen this before.
I'll begin by stating that the image title completely misrepresents the situation, but I couldn't resist.
It's not for me to judge, but I'd have liked to see him holding her hand, and walking her to the pond, rather than hitching a lift! Although male toads are much smaller than females, I'm sure the egg-laden female would prefer not to expend valuable energy carrying a freeloader.
I met this adorable couple at Kinnaber recently---another excuse to be rolling about on the ground with my camera!
In springtime, toads emerge from their overwintering sites and migrate back to the pond in which they were themselves spawned, often following the same route every year (sometimes crossing roads or pathways!). Most males arrive first, and eagerly await the arrival of the females, upon which the enthusiasm ramps up, often with many males competing to fertilize a female's eggs, sometimes forming impressive 'mating balls'.
Other males, such as this one, take a different approach, hijacking a passing female, hopping onto her back and gripping her tightly in the mating embrace known as amplexus (which is Latin for embrace; I'd have chosen something less gentle sounding!). The female continues her journey, with the male now in prime position to fertilize her eggs when they reach the pond.
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU (Cerorhinca monocerata)
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Salish Sea
BC
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DSC_5086 etc Publication1 RHAU power dive
Prey appears to be
Pacific Sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) aka Needle Fish
Initially i thought this bird was working on taking off.
It was not stressed by being too close to boat or anything like that ... just seemed to want momentum for a deep dive.
1st time i have seen that behaviour
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Doing what cockatoos like to do best, Little Corella ripping cones to pieces in pine trees. Adelaide Botanic Garden.
I've seen this warbler in my garden over the past few days, so was thrilled when, on spotting it again yesterday, I was able to grab my camera, slowly open the kitchen door, and grab this single shot (which is quite a crop) before it flew off. Viewing the shot on my PC, I could see that what it had been doing was collecting hairs from the lawn (these, I think belonged to Poppy, my dog). The bird has also cleverly hidden all features that would help me ID it as either a willow warbler or a chiffchaff---legs completely hidden; tips of wings also hidden; and beak full of hairs, so no song to go on.
With no real reason, I'm going to plump for willow warbler, but I'm happy to be corrected; hopefully I will see it again---it must be nesting nearby.