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Crossing the path that divides the two lakes

St Aidan's Nature Park.

they are both quarrelsome and affectionate.

and mate for life...

Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve, Brighouse

A montage to show you courtship behaviour with Sminthurides nr. penicillifer, as with all Sminthurides species the male and female Springtail perform a courtship ritual. The male which is quite a bit smaller than the female will approach a female and attempt to link its antennae with the female (If the female lets him). The male has specially adapted antennae with long setae on it, it uses these setae to lock its antennae around the females antennae. The female will often carry the male around like this for some time, I'm not sure if this is to exhaust her or if there is some pheromone at play here. The male will then unlock itself and deposit spermatophores that the female will walk over.

 

In these images the male is the smaller of the linked pair, the females being a lot larger with the distinctive white abdominal and facial band :o)

 

The females are about 1mm in length and the males 0.6mm long, taken with the MP-E on a 1.4x teleconverter and some with an extra 36mm extension tube added between the lens and teleconverter.

 

I have included some extra images in the comments :o)

The mating behaviour of avocets is very elegant. Initially both birds can be seen preening vigorously, then the female lowers her head, stretches it low over the water and stands almost motionless..Having bred successfully they will be faithful to the site in subsequent years. Pair-bonds are maintained only for the duration of breeding season and break up by the time winter flocks gather.

 

Avocets nest in loose colonies of up to 150 pairs. Colony size and density are determined by availability of suitable nest sites, distance to water and risk of predation. The nest, built by both sexes, is a shallow scrape on bare mud or in sparse vegetation, even in shallow water, and is composed of short pieces of stems, roots, and leaves of marsh vegetation

A few image captured of the behaviour between kingfishers

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Went today to this park so beautiful just between Beckenham & Bromley with its park area and its amazing 2 square miles of woodland and its wild walks. Got this shot of the 2 robins just before a hot brew and cake its a cracker mum feeding its mature chick, they must be early this year.

Two puffins (Fratercula arctica) are squabbling at the entrance of their cave.

Zwei Papageitaucher (Fratercula arctica) streiten am Eingang ihrere Höhle.

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.

www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/gannet/index.aspx

  

Adults are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea. It breeds in significant numbers at only a few localities and so is an Amber List species.

  

Overview

  

Latin name

  

Morus bassanus

  

Family

  

Boobies and gannets (Sulidae)

  

Where to see them

  

Biggest mainland breeding colony at RSPB's Bempton Cliffs. Two mainland colonies - at Bempton and Troup Head, Scotland. Big island colonies on St Kilda, the Northern Isles and Bass Rock in Scotland and Grassholm in Wales. Can be seen offshore almost anywhere, especially when they migrate south between August and October.

  

When to see them

  

They arrive at their colonies from January onwards and leave between August and October. Non-breeding birds can be seen at any time around the coasts and the main migration period offshore is during the autumn.

  

What they eat

  

Fish

  

UK Breeding:- 218, 546

  

Characteristics

  

Gannet - adult in flight

 

Size: bigger than mallard

 

Feather colours: black, white, yellow

 

Beak colours: black/dark grey, blue

 

Beak length: long

 

Beak thickness: long

 

Beak shape: long

 

Leg colour: black/grey, brown

 

Behaviour: part of flock, bird walks/runs on the ground, dives underwater

  

Gannet - juvenile

 

Colouring: Juvenile

 

Size: bigger than mallard

 

Feather colours: brown, black, white

 

Beak colours: black/dark grey, blue

 

Beak length: long

 

Beak thickness: long

 

Beak shape: long

 

Leg colour: black/grey, brown

 

Behaviour: part of flock, bird walks/runs on the ground, dives underwater

 

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Short eared Owl not being welcomed by the Swallows in the area.

Genuine capture.

Just a noteworthy Behaviour Observation Shot

 

Immature

Great Blue Heron GBHE (Ardea Herodias)

 

YYJ :: Victoria International Airport

(near Sidney, North Saanich BC)

 

Younger bird foraging in field out near YYJ parking/car rental area

 

In winter we see many GBHE looking for prey in fields

but not so much in summer - and even less so immature birds

 

Perhaps this one has had success in this particular field although it did not catch anything while i was watching

  

DSCN5860 HFF

some Field Mark Cues ^i^

 

Juveniles/Immatures have a dark crown

 

Adults will have a visible white cap above the eye along the top of head.

 

PS

is "Barbed Wire Foreground Reverse Bokeh" a real thing?

;)

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