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This Crow had dumped something in the birdbath and was disturbed by Harry who ran down the backyard barking. I called Harry back not really realising what was going on. It came back and I clicked a few shots, after review I realised that this is a baby bird the Crow was devouring. I hope it wasn't from my backyard!!
Doing what cockatoos like to do best, Little Corella ripping cones to pieces in pine trees. Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Matti-Jay asked for photos of her playing with the lock to the tools shed at Memorial park back in December. Bit cheeky really, I'm not sure she would have had such a grin if park maintenance turned up :)
I was delighted to note that she's wearing the flower earrings I made many moons ago that I gave her for Christmas. Boxing Day 2017.
Taken late evenng. The fish is about to eat a worm which is a little strange as I understand this type of parrotfish browses on algae.
courtship behaviour, but there were a number of Mallards between him and his intended. Hopefully things paid off
... all through the holiday season is to be drunk. The drunkenness culminates on New Years’ Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.
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Cormorants diving for fish and Egret catching the fish that almost escaped ... :-D
Taken at Rye Harbour, East Sussex, UK.
A little artistic licence with this one by using Photoshop to combine two shots. Cheating or all part of the creative process?
St Aidan's Nature Park
My companion thought a short walk was in order. I took my cue to put on a pair of sneakers and left my newly repaired lens and cameras at home, assuming we were going for a stroll. It's never that simple. They're rarely seen when they aren't well tooled. Whether it's a medium format film camera, an Olympus, Pentax, Canon, Sony or Nikon; mirrorless, SLR or DSLR. There'll be something within reach.
They are of a scientific bent. A good observer, currently a geochronologist, I believe, despite a penchant for herpetology and years in geochemistry. Did I mention photography? Anyway, today they turned up with a full frame Nikon mated to a 300mm manual lens. I had my hands in my pockets.
Putting those observational skills to good use, they pulled up short and pointed up the slope — they'd spotted something. Monotreme extreme; it's a pocket-sized echidna!!
Normal posture for an echidna encounter is for the wee beastie to dig in, and knowing it can't see you, you can't see it. This one had missed that class and carried on feeding among the leaf litter. While the photographer was snapping away I risked a closer approach, pulling my hand from my pockets to reveal something much smaller than their burden.
After my squat put me within shooting range, this little fellow, who I'd assumed would now freeze, came over to see, perhaps, if I was edible or at least a good conversationalist. I can't say that this is something I've ever seen in echidna behaviour. Still, it seems to have turned out alright for us both: we had a short interaction, they came over to investigate my leg, decided it was neither a threat nor a snack, then got on about their brunch.
This is perhaps my favoured of the two photographs I managed. By the second, as they moved towards me, I suspect I was hyperventilating. You'll see them both, SOOC too, because I don't think I can improve on Nature…
This Red Deer stag was in rutting mood, trying to keep his harem of hinds all together and stop them wandering away.
Behaviour shot only (cropped a lot as I zoomed out expecting it to fly) - This is what a Great Blue Heron does when it wants to scare away another Great Blue Heron. Just like a cat, it will raise its plumage on its back and position its head this way... frankly if this guy or girl was walking towards me like this, I would fly away too.
Dreams produce symbolic images which picture the objective state of the dreamer. Usually, the general aim is to provide a starting point to make any appropriate adjustments to passing or fixed attitudes, prejudices, behaviours and other aspects of oneself or the environment which could tend to interfere with one’s overall self-development over time (if these were to become too strong and one-sided in nature).
A long-time colleague of C. G. Jung, analyst Marie-Louise von Franz, estimated that approximately 85% of images of other persons in our dreams relate to psychological aspects of ourselves. The other 15% or so depict actual outer persons and our relationships with them. Sometimes there is a mixture of the two in a given dream.
Analyst Mary Ann Mattoon in “Jung and the Human Psyche: An Understandable Introduction” explores this idea of “subjective” as opposed to “objective” interpretations.
For example, if the person’s image in the dream is an exact photographic likeness and not “different” from the outer person in some way, then it’s possible the dream could more likely be commenting on the actual person and his or her effect on the dreamer.
If an image similar to the above appeared in the dream of a male, the Jungian approach would be to carefully explore whether it represented his “inner woman” or “anima” as opposed to an outer person with whom he might be acquainted.
As a very general example, if it was believed that an image similar to the one above appeared to symbolize an inner aspect of the man, it could potentially relate to an overall feeling tone of boredom, malaise or even an encroaching depression.
This could be the result of ignoring or actively rejecting his values and emotional side too much of the time. As a result, he could even be attracted to a morose woman because of his unconscious depressed woman within.
If on the other hand, a comparable image appeared in the dream of a woman, it might potentially reflect a “shadow” side of her personality, something about which she was not adequately aware too much of the time.
For instance, she could be putting on a very animated, happy and interactive front with others when in reality, she was feeling anything but a genuine sense of contentment and a liking for others.
This state of affairs could also tend to result in a depression ranging from a low to severe nature, depending on the actual individual circumstances involved. She might even find herself befriending a gloomy woman because of this unconscious inner situation which could lead to outer complications as well.
Yorkville District, Toronto.
Les rêves produisent des images symboliques qui montrent l’état objectif du rêveur. Généralement, le but est de fournir un point de départ pour faire des ajustements appropriés aux attitudes fixes ou éphémères, les préjugés, les comportements et les autres aspects de soi-même ou de l’environnement qui pourrait tendre à gêner son auto-développement global au fil du temps, s’ils sont devenus trop forts et partials.
Un collègue de longue date de C. G. Jung, analyste de Marie-Louise von Franz, estime qu’environ 85 % des images d’autres personnes dans nos rêves se rapportent à des aspects psychologiques de nous-mêmes. Les autres 15 % ou plus représentent des personnes extérieures et nos relations avec eux. Parfois, il y a un mélange des deux dans un rêve donné.
Analyste Mary Ann Mattoon dans « Jung and the Human Psyche: An Understandable Introduction » explore cette idée de « subjectif », par opposition aux interprétations « objective ».
Par exemple, si l’image de la personne dans le rêve est une exacte ressemblance photographique et pas « différente » de la personne extérieure d’une certaine façon, il est alors possible le rêve pourrait vraisemblablement être commentant la personne réelle et son effet sur le rêveur.
Si une image semblable à ce qui précède est apparu dans le rêve d’un mâle, l’approche jungienne serait d’étudier attentivement si elle représentait sa « femme intérieure » ou « anima » par opposition à une personne extérieure avec laquelle il pourrait être la connaissance.
Un exemple très générale, si on croyait qu’une image semblable à celui ci-dessus semble symboliser un aspect interne de l’homme, il pourrait potentiellement concerner un ensemble ton sentiment d’ennui, malaise ou même une dépression envahissante. Cela pourrait être le résultat d’ignorer ou rejeter activement ses valeurs et le côté émotionnel trop du temps.
Si en revanche, une image comparable est apparu dans le rêve d’une femme, il pourrait potentiellement représenter un côté lié à « l’ombre » de sa personnalité, quelque chose dont elle ne connaissait pas bien trop de temps.
Par exemple, elle pourrait apparaître très animée et heureuse quand en réalité, elle se sentait tout sauf un véritable sentiment de contentement et un goût pour les autres. Cet état de choses pourrait aussi avoir la tendance à provoquer une dépression allant d’un minimum de caractère au sévère, selon les circonstances individuelles impliquées.
Arrondissement Yorkville, Toronto
'A bunch of Beardis'. A group of Bearded Tits pictures here with male at the top of the image and four females. Lincolnshire, UK.
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Bearded Tit or Bearded Reedling Notes:-
The bearded reedling is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird (Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most animals and some plants). It is frequently known as the bearded tit, due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit, or the bearded parrotbill. It is the only species in the family Panuridae. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Panurus biarmicus
1. Not a bearded tit
Despite its name, the bearded tit is neither bearded nor a tit! It actually has a moustachioed-look to its plumage and for a while it was considered a member of the parrotbill family, but now it is thought to be more closely related to larks.
2. Reedbed inhabitant
Bearded tits are the only British songbird to stay in reedbeds all year round. Originally they were limited by the availability of reedbeds in Britain, but thanks to newly created or expanded reedbeds, they are now more widespread and can be found in parts of eastern and southern England, Morecambe Bay in northwest England and around the Tay estuary in Scotland.
3. Occasional movements
Although bearded tits are not well known for migration, there is some movement in the autumn through local dispersal. On occasion, there is also an influx of continental birds from mainland Europe. They are more gregarious outside of the breeding season, and therefore tend to be easier to see.
4. Breeding behaviour
There are only around 630 breeding pairs of bearded tits found in Britain, most likely due to the fact that they are limited by habitat. They build their nests low down in the reeds, often on piles of dead reed stems. They will use specially designed nest boxes, which were created to bypass their susceptibility to flooding. They are prolific breeders that can have up to four broods a year, with four to eight eggs per brood!
Bearded Tit/Bearded Reedling - Panurus biarmicus
© Allan Drewitt/BTO
5. Alterations
Bearded tits survive in the reedbeds all year round by changing their diet from insects during the spring and summer, to seeds in the autumn and winter. They cope with this by altering their gut morphology, and by eating large amounts of grit particles that help to grind down the tough seed fibres.
6. Vulnerability
Due to their range restriction, bearded tit populations can be vulnerable to particularly harsh winters, flooding and saltwater inundation into reedbeds. As a result local extinctions can occur. For example, in the cold winter of 1947 the East Anglian population decreased to just four or five pairs in Suffolk and a lone male in Norfolk. It is thought that the snow cover prevented them from accessing the seeds they needed to survive.
7. ‘Moustachioed tits’
Bearded tits are sandy brown with long tails, yellow bills and eyes. The males have grey heads with a conspicuous black ‘moustache’ that flanks the throat. Females are duller and lack the moustache. They have a distinctive ‘ping’ call when they fly, which you will usually hear before you see them.
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In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty.
He was proud, in that he disdained those who loved him.
Nemesis noticed this behaviour and attracted Narcissus to a pool, where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love with it, not realising it was merely an image.
Unable to leave the beauty of his reflection, Narcissus lost his will to live.
He stared at his reflection until he died.
Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself and one's physical appearance or public perception.
These ones here, with their orange trumpet, is a fragrant variety.
I (maybe wrongly) make a distinction, based on that fact, between Daffodils and Narcissus...
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This male Pileated Woodpecker had just taken a bath but was also molting in the neck. He kept on scratching its head against the tree trunk. It would lift the bark a bit and scratched on it. It looked like it was extremely itchy. Poor thing.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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There are three species: the Bohemian waxwing (B. garrulus), the Japanese waxwing (B. japonica) and the cedar waxwing (B. cedrorum). The Bohemian waxwing is a starling-sized bird. It is short-tailed, mainly brownish-grey, and has a conspicuous crest on its head. The male of the nominate subspecies has a black mask through the eye and a black throat. There is a white streak behind the bill and a white curve below the eye. The lower belly is a rich chestnut colour and there are cinnamon-coloured areas around the mask. The rump is grey and the tail ends in a bright yellow band with a broad black border above it. The wings are very distinctive; the flight feathers are black and the primaries have markings that produce a yellow stripe and white "fishhooks" on the closed wing. The adult's secondaries end in long red appendages with the sealing wax appearance that gives the bird its English name. The eyes are dark brown, the bill is mainly black, and the legs are dark grey or black. In flight, the waxwing's large flocks, long wings and short tail give some resemblance to the common starling, and its flight is similarly fast and direct. It clambers easily through bushes and trees but only shuffles on the ground.
The range of the Bohemian waxwing overlaps those of both the other members of the genus.
The Bohemian waxwing's call is a high trill sirrrr. The Bohemian waxwing has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in northern regions of Eurasia and North America.
This waxwing is migratory with much of the breeding range abandoned as the birds move south for the winter. Migration starts in September in the north of the range, a month or so later farther south. Eurasian birds normally winter from eastern Britain through northern parts of western and central Europe, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and northern China to Japan. North American breeders have a more southeasterly trend, many birds wintering in southeast Canada, with smaller numbers in the north central and northeastern US states. Birds do not usually return to the same wintering sites in successive years. One bird wintering in the Ukraine was found 6,000 km (3,700 mi) to the east in Siberia in the following year.
In some years, this waxwing irrupts south of its normal wintering areas, sometimes in huge numbers. The fruit on which the birds depend in winter varies in abundance from year to year, and in poor years, particularly those following a good crop the previous year, the flocks move farther south until they reach adequate supplies.They will stay until the food runs out and move on again. (wikipedia)
Always a pleasure seeing Waxwing. This bird was one of a flock of 50 in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Dublin city. Every few years there is a larger invasion into Ireland when the food supplies in their normal winter range is exhausted prematurely. Flocks of up to 400 Waxwings have been recorded in Ireland. This year seems to be one of those irruptive years for the species.
The strangest aspect of hamerkop behaviour is the huge nest, sometimes more than 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) across, comprising perhaps 10,000 sticks and strong enough to support a man's weight. The birds decorate the outside with any bright-coloured objects they can find. When possible, they build the nest in the fork of a tree, often over water, but if necessary they build on a bank, a cliff, a human-built wall or dam, or on the ground. A pair starts by making a platform of sticks held together with mud, then builds walls and a domed roof. A mud-plastered entrance 13–18 centimetres (5.1–7.1 in) wide in the bottom leads through a tunnel up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long to a nesting chamber big enough for the parents and young.
These birds are compulsive nest builders, constructing three to five nests per year whether they are breeding or not.