Defenders of Wildlife
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"Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end."
- The Moody Blues -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4RG9u8IVU
" My body is young but my soul is old "
- AURORA -
This species provides an example of sex role reversal with the females being more brightly coloured than the males. Females will also choose a male and then defend him against other females and when the chicks have arrived, the female scarpers and the male raises them on his own.
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A female Anna's Hummingbird is on high alert to defend her Lantana flowers! She started chattering, flared her tail, and flew up to chase off an incoming Hummingbird. She was successful this time!!
This bird and his mate were angrily defending the nest they established in a wooden bird box. Tree swallows were feverishly challenging them for the real estate. More images to come.
Guarding our coastline from high tides, while Rob, 'H' and I were more worried about the picnic blanket and the football!
Late on a cold, clear and starry night. The Defender was illuminated with 1 x ProFoto B1 500watt Strobe.
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Everything was peaceful -- the pair of Loons were preening while I was chimping (looking at my photos in the viewfinder from my kayak) When all of a sudden all hell broke loose, couldn't see who the intruder was until it appeared after the commotion was over and it turned out to be a musky muskrat. I had no idea muskrats were a threat but I guess everything is a potential threat. The muskrat looked put out he didn't get egg for breakfast. I was so relieved everything was fine because I experienced lots of heartache with nest robbers this year. First a goose lost all her eggs, then falcons were stealing magpie babies out of the nest right in front of me in my yard, the death cry of a baby is something I never want to hear again. I hope the Loons are good after all the brutal thunderstorms we've had, she only has one egg left out of two. It was worth driving through a washed out road to get this image... I was going to turn around and go back home.
Mother Nature has no mercy.
A male Snow Bunting fends off a female attempting to land on his winter seed source.
Bunting_Snow_45A2226 (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Pose: B(u)Y ME: Free Mind. Poseset. SF @eBento - 30% off during the event
Hat: 15. [Since1975] Zup - Hat (from the [Since1975] Zup Look Gacha set) @ Mainstore
Necklace: [MANDALA] KOTOWARI_Necklace @ Mainstore
Jacket: [Since1975] Hell Bomber Jacket Fatpack @ Mainstore
Pants: Blueberry (TSS 7/16) - Ride or Die Shorts - Classic Pack @ Mainstore
Shoes: : CULT : Trippin with HUD @ Mainstore
Bat: The Factory Bat FatPack @ Mainstore
Shot was taken on Urban City
This female Rufous Hummingbird worked so hard defending the feeder and grevillea plants in the yard all morning. In the afternoon, the male took over dominance of the yard. They make me tired watching how hard they work.
Auf Youtube gibt es ein Video wie das Foto entstanden ist. Im Videobereich bin ich erst am Anfang aber ich versuche mich auch da zu verbessern. Würde mich freuen wenn ihr vorbeischaut und auch gerne das Video kommentieren würdet.
On Youtube there is a video of how the photo was taken. In the video area I am only at the beginning but I try to improve there as well. I would be happy if you come by and comment the video.
making of:
Pic mar (Dendrocopos medius), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Le Pic mar creuse chaque année une nouvelle cavité de nidification dans un arbre feuillu vivant ou mort d’au moins 20 cm de diamètre. Cette cavité est le plus souvent située entre 5 et 15 mètres du sol, habituellement proche des parties attaquées par un champignon. La reproduction débute dès février par la parade puis l’accouplement et la construction du nid. Ensuite la ponte survient de fin avril à début mai. les jeunes s’envolent entre fin mai à début juin. Une fois sortis du nid, ils seront encore nourris par leurs parents durant une vingtaine de jours environ. L’oiseau ne couve qu’une fois par année. Si la couvée est détruite, il peut y avoir une ponte de remplacement. Durant l’hiver, l’oiseau ne défend pas son territoire, mais il occupe une plus grande étendue aux alentours de son endroit de reproduction à cause de la raréfaction de la nourriture.
Black Terns are colony nesters found in shallow lakes, marshes, sloughs,and wet meadows where there are extensive shallows and emergent vegetation. Black Terns are noisy and fierce defenders of nests and will dive bomb intruders. (Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta)
At the Big Lake Interpretive Trail, the nests are often just a few meters away from the trail in a clump of vegetation in the shallow water. I spotted the mate of this one sitting on her nest and he hovered over me while vocalizing his displeasure with my presence. They will also fly right at you at eye level and then rise up about a meter from your head and give a final squawk and sometimes drop a "bomb". They will keep doing this until you move on.
Big Lake Interpretive Trail. Parkland Conty, Alberta.
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I saw so many seals while kayaking out in the Dungeness Bay yesterday. At one point, I counted 11 watching me from all around.
Habitat : Forests
Food : Insects
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Foliage Gleaner
Conservation : Low Concern
"In western North America, the sweet song of the Black-headed Grosbeak caroling down from the treetops sounds like a tipsy robin welcoming spring. The flashy black, white, and cinnamon males and the less flamboyant females sing from perches in suburbs, desert thickets, and mountain forests. At feeders they effortlessly shuck sunflower seeds with their heavy bills. The showy male puts in equal time on the domestic front: both sexes sit on the eggs, feed the young, and feistily defend their nesting territory."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
The old town of Ozalj, located on a gorge above the river Kupa, was converted into a castle in the 18th century. The city is entered via a bridge that was movable until 1821, and under which is a pillar with archers to defend the city moat. The entrance tower was erected in 1599 by George IV. Zrinski.
The town is mentioned from 1244 when it was in royal hands, then in the possession of Babonić, from 1398 Frankopan, and from 1577 (after the death of Stephen IV Frankopan Ozaljski, the last descendant of the Ozalj branch of his family) in the hands of Zrinski. Due to many partitions, only a small part of the older complex has been preserved, with a square tower, probably an old defensive tower, a Gothic chapel, and a rectangular palace of Nikola Zrinski (called a granary) with Gothic details (above the door is an inscription from 1556). Wall paintings and verb inscriptions were found in that part of the city. Many valuables were blown up after the execution of Ban Petar Zrinski (1671).
After the Zrinskis, this spacious building changed ownership several times. Already in a dilapidated condition, it was thoroughly rebuilt by R. Perlas (the works were led by Captain Verneda in 1743-1753). From 1766 to 1872 the town was owned by Batthyány; the first of them, Theodore, added the second floor of the north wing and built a new baroque tract. He was later owned by the Thurn and Taxis families, until 1928, when the "Croatian Dragon Brothers" Society saved him from decay.
Between lights and shadows, the Crystal Palace defends its place ... Art container, meeting place, bubble of calm is a beautiful place ...
Leica M-P & Elmarit-M 28mm
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Started these at 1 AM in the morning and finished about Three hours just in time for Defenders to be released on Netflix.
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I couldn't figure out whether this guy was there to defend the fort, or if he was just a really scaly tourist. Either way this gguy was oblivious to all of the attention he was receiving. He was basking in the window of the gift shop at Castillo de San Crystobal in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds having a territorial disagreement at George Owens Nature Park in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
RKO_4827. A beautiful female Northern Goshawk in a defensive pose!
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Bastian of course was curious about Caithlin's new bed, but a quick paw punch told him to stay away...
Bastian (mixed breed) & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 12.01.2024
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
"Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country"- Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim.
Interesting thing about Finland's participation in WWII is it was the only democratic country to be on the side of the Axis powers. As part of Finland's participation in WWII (Continuation war), the Finns during operations Barbarossa retook and captured areas in the Karelia region.
Wanted to try out a bunker as there were many that were along several defensive lines in Finland and the Karelia region. Credit for the trees goes to Thorsten Bonsch.
I have many shots, some of them good, of the Lighthouse at Point Wilson but I had to get to this room first. I've been staring at four shots for over an hour trying to decide which one...
I'm still doing research but I believe that this (break room?) is underneath the Kinzie Battery at Fort Worden, the final and key cannon emplacement in the so called triangle of fire set up to defend from a naval invasion in the late 1800's to 1953.
Dank, dark, and extremely cool place to explore, I hope more of it comes out this awesome.
for those who care, this is sooc with +30 clarity added and about -10 vibrancy subtracted in Lr. It's just that cool! :-)
Blow this up large and come inside.... :-)
If you'd like to see one of my personal favorites at this sort of thing who isn't known to most of you, check out Oriol Ribera's photostream. He's amazing and a super nice person. one of his in comments, check him out.