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Goldeneye have a little mating dance ritual and as part of the choreography they throw their heads back like in the photo. The courtship display is very entertaining to watch it if you can catch them in the middle of it. The Bufflehead and the Hooded Merganser have similar rituals too. The following Cornell Lab of Ornithology web page provides a nice snapshot of the Duck Courtship Displays www.allaboutbirds.org/what-to-watch-for-duck-courtship-vi...
Captured in Jacksonville, Florida, this male Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) displays its vibrant, orange-red dewlap. While common throughout the Sunshine State, these hardy lizards are actually an invasive species from the Caribbean.
Here are two FUN FACTS about these small lizards:
1. Brown Anoles can detach their tails to escape predators, leaving the wiggling tail behind as a distraction.
2. These lizards are known to eat their own shed skin to recycle nutrients like calcium and protein.
I love it when the darkness of the winter forest is lit up like a fireworks display by the first Spring blossoms, and the newly unfurled, translucent leaves. Valley country, Southwest France
Dunn in his Peterson Field Guide-Warblers writes of this species, "In threat display around nest, they flick their wings rapidly outwards and may fan or flip their tails."
I was working alone in Michigan on the posted late May date photograhing and observing a male Golden-w1nged Warbler foraging alongside a dirt road in regenerating habitat. I heard this MOWA singing not far off and played one song and went about observing the GWWA. Not too long later I heard the MOWA right alongside the road calling and was able to capture this display which has been described per above. I want to emphasize I remained on the dirt road and didn't spend very much time with this MOWA but the story illustrates how sparingly one can often use calls in the field when photographing. The MOWA is a late migrant so he was likely just starting to set up shop.
Michigan 5/30/2020 in regenerating habitat.
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Musical instrument artistically decorated for The Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra Fundraiser auction.
Exhibited at The Leslie Powell
Foundation Gallery
Artist: Ron Bass
"Old Town" at the Royal BC Museum is a walk-through display depicting early urban life in British Columbia.
Continuing the nature theme: An old one taken on a dog walk in Gillingham along the river Waveney with my old Canon Ixus 700 compact digital. Not the best quality but raises a smirk anyway...
Kite Aerial Photograph
Soaking up the spring sun. Photo taken with a camera lofted by a kite.
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The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) courtship display is a dramatic,, winter-to-spring ritual where males (drakes) exhibit complex, choreographed, and energetic behaviors to impress females. The most iconic move is the "head-throw," where the male snaps his head back to touch his tail/rump before whipping it forward, accompanied by a loud call and a kick of water.
I could not resit this morning to shot the sky. It was a beautiful morning, cloudy and full of sunrise colors.
Seen performing a short flying display at Athens Flying Week 2021, an S-70 Aegean Hawk of the Hellenic Navy.
Fireworks display after the “The Music of John Williams: 90th Birthday Celebration” program at The Rady Shell this past Saturday (8/13/2022) as seen from the Coronado Ferry Landing. FAVorite, share and comment!
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