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A displaying male of southern red bishop (euplectes orix) try to attract a female .
these birds are very anonymous during the year but in the breeding season
they completely change the plumage and become very beautiful.
kruger national park ,SA
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The function of the peacock's elaborate train has been debated for over a century. Despite extensive study, opinions remain divided on the mechanisms involved. Anyway, it's beautiful!
prinias are small passerine birds related to the cisticolidae family.
these very territorial insectivorous birds are used to display to the visitors"who is the boss".
and i dont want any trouble with him :-))
drakensberg prinia ( prinia hypoxantha ) ,cathedral peak, SA
"displaying"
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps Cristatus
The great crested grebe has an elaborate mating display. Like all grebes, it nests on the water's edge, since its legs are set relatively far back and it is thus unable to walk very well. Usually two eggs are laid, and the fluffy, striped young grebes are often carried on the adult's back. In a clutch of two or more hatchlings, male and female grebes will each identify their 'favourites', which they alone will care for and teach
Unusually, young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them.
The great crested grebe feeds mainly on fish, but also small crustaceans, insects small frogs and newts.
This species was hunted almost to extinction in the United Kingdom in the 19th century for its head plumes, which were used to decorate hats and ladies' undergarments. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was set up to help protect this species, which is again a common sight.
The great crested grebe and its behaviour was the subject of one of the landmark publications in avian ethology: Julian Huxley's 1914 paper on The Courtship‐habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Population:
UK breeding:
4,600 pairs
UK wintering:
19,000 individuals
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.
Rumi
The largest/heaviest flying bird native to Africa, the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) is a ground dwelling bird and an opportunistic omnivore. The males can get up to 42 lbs and stand nearly 5 feet tall; they may be twice as heavy as the females.
This is a male in breeding display striding about with his neck puffed out, his tail fanned and wings planed and pointed downward. If he was looking to court a lady, we saw none in the vicinity - perhaps he was just practicing his routine.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
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Plump, well-camouflaged shorebird that blends into wet meadows and marshes. Dark and heavily marked, with pale buffy stripes on back and face. Extremely long bill used to probe into mud for invertebrates. Similar in shape to American Woodcock but much darker with extensive markings on underparts. Fairly common and widespread throughout North America, wintering to northern South America. Found in muddy wetlands, flooded fields, and marshes, usually singly but sometimes gathering in loose groups. When flushed, listen for rough call note. On breeding grounds, watch and listen for aerial flight display, given day and night: a rapid series of hoot-like noises produced by the outer tail feathers in flight. (eBird)
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With its cryptic plumage and preference for grassy muddy areas, these snipe can be very hard to find. I have found, however, that a particular line of fence poles along the road at Carden Alvar are the favourite spot for these birds and most of my best snipe photos come from this location. On this day it was quite windy and he was trying to keep his feathers under control.
Carden Alvar National Park, Ontario, Canada. June 2025.
Reflections in a shop window with a rustic display in a small English town where some of the buildings are several hundred years old.
Unlike many other lazy males, it is the male Great Blue Heron that builds and takes primary responsibility for maintaining the nest. Once built, to attract a mate he begins a display where he squats down, raises up calling lifting his beak to the sky. It’s sad to see a male go through a season, building a nest, displaying over and over again to no avail. Maybe it’s his first or possibly last season or there is a shortage of females. Unknown. Maybe he just built a lousy nest and no female would approve. Anyway, one he has successfully attracted a mate he will continue to bring nesting material and pass the sticks to the female who will work to intertwine them with the existing sticks to further solidify the nest. Quite a show. This guy is shown at the apex of the display on, what looks like to me, a fine nest and I liked his display too. (OK, hold those comments wise guys). (Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias). (Sony a1ii, 400mm lens, f/2.8, 1/2500 second, ISO 4000).
This time of year is when we have the opportunity of seeing the great white egrets displaying in the hopes of attrating a mate. They are so elegant and the long feathers that they grow specifically for this time of year are truly magnificent.
The trumpeter swan is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm. Wikipedia
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This display is part of the male great egret's courtship behavior. A nearby female watched him perform his ritual. It worked:)
Smith Oaks Rookery at High Island, Texas - 3/2021.
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What do you get if you take four former Red Arrows pilots with thousands of hours between them and four Extra 300s, one of the world’s greatest aerobatic aircraft?...... The Blades display team.
This is one of the four.
A peacock displaying in Ranthambhore National Park in India! As the peacock would turn, different colors would appear! Mostly greens, pink and blues.
Koga Fireworks Festival
古河花火大会
The blue tone had felt cool in the summer night,
although it was 38℃ in the daytime.
Now, it's too hot in Japan.
夏の夜空を涼しく演出するブルートーン。
日中はとてつもない猛暑が続いていますね。
Koga city, Ibaraki pref, Japan
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