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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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I wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter!!!
My favorite time for photography is the “Bird Mating and Dating” season. Feathers make a change in color/ texture and we are treated to fascinating fashion statement on the “Rookery Red Carpet”.
I took my new camera to the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm in hopes of finding activities in the natural rookery. No active nests, but a few birds were feeling “the call of nature” as they prepared for that perfect partner. Mating is the name of the game and dating will provoke many dancing displays. Great white egret males are the leader as they usually come first to the mating tree. Before he has chosen his mate for the season, he constructs the nest. He also spends time grooming long wispy plumes and perfecting a dance to attract the perfect female. Egrets are monogamous each nesting season.
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.
Rumi
not too sure really, it looked like it to me at first but after 5 or 10 minutes of this they walked side by side as if they were friends and then a few minutes later started chasing each other around again...we watched them for close on 40 minutes and each time I was wondering are they friends fooling around or male dominance display...
Karoo national park, South Africa
A Wild Turkey or Gobbler displaying and strutting in a group of hens and other males.
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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
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.
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).
"The Loveliest Castle in the World" is just along the road from where i live had their firework display this evening I was lucky to have some press passes to go and watch and take pictures
Hull Tug " Superman " ( see previous photo ) giving a Display from its Fire Monitors on the River Humber ..All part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Event .
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.
Lorna, The Bear Den, and I headed out to Stephannson House Provincial Historic Site on Sunday for their quilt show. Lovely day, and so many beautiful quilts on display!
A male Hooded Merganser was doing the courtship display. This shot is from my archives.
Late afternoon. North of Edmonton.
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Local Ho, Ho, Ho house dressed as a festive, holiday light display.
The home owners set up a basket accepting food donations for the local food bank/hamper.
Very thoughtful and considerate!
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
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Thanks for visiting
~Christie
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.”
-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
One of our most beautiful damselflies I think. I managed to catch this one in a striking pose as he was displaying. There was a number of males around this one and one female. I’m not sure if this behaviour was to appeal to the female or a threat display aimed at the other males.
Perhaps it was both -
He certainly looked impressive anyway.
Thank you for having a look at my photos. Comments or faves are very welcome and much appreciated.
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