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Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
The Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte. The common brown lemur lives in western Madagascar north of the Betsiboka River and eastern Madagascar between the Mangoro River and Tsaratanana, as well as in inland Madagascar connecting the eastern and western ranges.
The common brown lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, spiders and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay. It can tolerate greater levels of toxic compounds from plants than other lemurs can.
Consistent with its large range, the common brown lemur occupies a variety of forest types, including lowland rainforests, montane rainforests, moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests.
They normally live in groups of 5 to 12, but group size can be larger, especially on Mayotte. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies.
They are primarily active during the day but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. – Wikipedia
A juvenile male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna, above) and a female Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin, below) posturing for dominance over a feeder–basically a food fight. Such 'battles' are rather common among hummingbird individuals, regardless of species; however, the term 'food fight' never means a fight with food, but rather a fight of dominance over which bird will control a specific feeder or flower.
when the second male came back from the hunt he immediately lowered his head (left) and put his tail between his legs in a act of submission to the more dominant male....
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
The Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte. The common brown lemur lives in western Madagascar and eastern Madagascar as well as in inland Madagascar connecting the eastern and western ranges. They also live on the island of Mayotte, although this population is believed to have been introduced there by man.
The common brown lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, spiders and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay. It can tolerate greater levels of toxic compounds from plants than other lemurs can.
Consistent with its large range, the common brown lemur occupies a variety of forest types, including lowland rainforests, montane rainforests, moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests.
They normally live in groups of 5 to 12, but group size can be larger. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies.
They are primarily active during the day but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. Wikipedia
During yesteday's trip to Kern NWR, I tried out a new lens; I took a 9 shot series of this Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and they are the best shots I've ever had of a RTH; This one is a favorite of Alice and mine; No Crop here; Kern NWR; CA; USA
Yesterday we saw a Coyote approach from the right. That Coyote is now on the left, and following a very brief tussle and snapping of jaws, the other has had enough.
Look at their body language. The fleeing Coyote has its tail tucked, a sign of submission. The other is reaching out almost playfully, striking with a front paw, designed not to injure but to dominate. Its ears are up, too; looks like it is having fun. And no harm done.
Thanks to everyone who took a guess yesterday as to what was going to happen. Jen Hall, you came closest. I think the Coyote on the left is an adult and the one on the right is a juvenile, maybe offspring from last spring's litter. If so, the "Who's Yer Daddy?" title can be taken literally. The larger one may be simply asserting dominance, making it clear who is the top dog within the family group.
Or the young one may be getting kicked out of the family to make room for next year's litter. I don't know how large packs can get; this is a sparse, dry prairie, and no doubt wildlife must adjust their numbers so that all who are fit can survive. How many acres does it take to support one Coyote? I don't know. The greatest number of Coyotes I've seen hunting together in this park has been four.
I did some significant cropping here, as well as upscaling with ON1 Resize, and noise reduction via Topaz DeNoise.
More to come...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
None of these frames work especially well as a stand-alone shot, but I think that viewed together they give a good impression of what occurs on a lek. A lek is often described as a dancing ground; it's also a fighting stage. Males vie for dominance. It gets vicious.
Much of their time is spent staring each other down: two males, face to face. Then, a feint, a dodge, a flurry, and for a few seconds it is a blur of wingbeats and talons. That's what fast shutter speeds are for. (At some point I should try some intentional blur via slow shutter speeds, but I've never felt I had enough good ones in the file to get too artsy around these guys. I have sold thousands of photos over the years but very few "creative blur" wildlife images. Detail is usually more compelling and it's what my clients want.)
The grouse dance, too; their displays are elaborate and finely choreographed, designed to attract a mate. Only early risers get to photograph the ritual - and this applies to other species of grouse, too, including prairie chickens. Often you have to enter a blind before dawn and wait. I've done that (without much luck). Fortunately, the sharptails are much less skittish and have allowed me to shoot in this one location from my vehicle. By 8:00 a.m. the show is over, or nearing the end. Suddenly a flurry of action as they all fly off the lek. And then they're gone.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Guilford colors dominate one of the Delaware & Hudson service tracks in Conklin, New York. In a little over seven months, GTI would pull out of the D&H, and the Susquehanna will operate the Bridge Line until the Canadian Pacific takes over in 1991.
A dominant bull elk displays a posture that I think is meant to make himself look as dominating and intimidating as possible. No bugling, just head raised as high as possible and a rather fierce "expression".
Rocky Mountain National Park.
Nesting-Anhnigas
Sometimes nests in isolated pairs, usually in groups, in mixed colonies with herons, ibises, cormorants. Male chooses site in colony and displays there to attract mate. Displays include waving wings, raising tail up over back, pointing bill skyward and then bowing deeply. Nest: built mostly by female, with material supplied by male. A platform of sticks, often lined with green leaves. Sometimes takes over an occupied nest of heron or egret.
Source: Audubon Birds of North America
PROJECT: I'm going back to favorite photo locations over the past years. I will process and post at least l shot from that location. SVALBARD, NORWAY: Here 2 large polar bear cubs play fight. The bloody face comes from prior feeding on the remains of a Bearded Seal kill nearby.
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Aurizon loaded grain 5456 from Moree to Newcastle passes Whittingham Junction hauled by two fairly new C44ACi's.
Also in frame, an empty Wambo bound coal train waits for a load from the same mine, while an empty to Mangoola disappears into the distance, all hauled by Aurizon.
I think we have been programmed, via Bambi and other Disney-esque stories, to think of deer as gentle animals. Look at their big doe-eyes. In reality, herds of any species are organized around biological necessity, and that often means the weak receive no quarter.
Here, the lead doe is about to receive a hard kick on the rump. There was no ongoing altercation that I could discern. Perhaps I missed some cues or clues. Perhaps it was a simple case of dominance - this is the individual that always gets smacked when another herd member feels like being assertive. Maybe she was moving too slowly up the slope. Maybe the aggressor was in a bad mood. Maybe these two have a history.
I was nearing the end of a 2-km hike around Eagle Butte. An easy trail, except for the foot-deep snow in many places and drifts twice that deep. In three places I went off-trail to get around these drifts, following - you guessed it - deer tracks. Deer know how to navigate terrain with the least possible energy expenditure. For me, it was a good workout.
On the lower slopes of the butte there were a dozen does and fawns; they watched me for a few minutes as I opened my pack and switched from a wide angle to telephoto. I happened to be focusing on these two and was able to react in time. There's a lot of luck in wildlife photography.
I have to add that I had the entire trail system through the buttes to myself that day; no one comes here in winter. Solitude in a pristine, wild landscape is hard to come by, especially at an age when I can't manage the remote, rugged wilderness trips anymore.
This is the last deer shot, for now; on to other critters starting tomorrow.
:Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
...a test shot I made today on my new Olympus OM-D-E1 MK III...handheld with no tripod... The lens is not a native lens, rather a Panasonic-Leica lens on an Olympus body. The Olympus Pro lenses have a reputation for being razor sharp to discriminating eyes, so we shall see after the two I ordered arrive.
Fallow deer stag bellows his ownership of the doe. It looks tender but the meaning of the up-coming lick is dominance.
Two invasive species in the same flower bed equals strong tensions and infighting. The struggle is real!!!
A Morning Glory vine embraces the flower of a Mexican Petunia.
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
The Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus), is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte.
The common brown lemur lives in western Madagascar north of the Betsiboka River and eastern Madagascar between the Mangoro River and Tsaratanana, as well as in inland Madagascar connecting the eastern and western ranges. They also live on the island of Mayotte, although this population is believed to have been introduced there by man.
The common brown lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, spiders and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay. It can tolerate greater levels of toxic compounds from plants than other lemurs can.
Consistent with its large range, the common brown lemur occupies a variety of forest types, including lowland rainforests, montane rainforests, moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests.
They normally live in groups of 5 to 12, but group size can be larger, especially on Mayotte. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies.
They are primarily active during the day, but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. – Wikipedia
Giau pass - Dolomites, Italy.
Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2017.
Off for a while, see you again.
From journey (photographic expedition) through the Dolomite mountain range, September 2016.
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A leaping polar bear (Ursus maritimus) was one of two shots I previsualized before our trip; The other was 2 bears standing on hind legs and leaning against one another in pyramid fashion; I was so foruntate to see both and get shots of these behaviors; shot from ship; Svalbard Norway
Two large bull elephants (Loxodonta africana) in epic battle over a female. Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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This spike bull was constantly harassed by several bulls showing dominance.
Benezette, Pennsylvania
October 2022
“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”
Big wind storm here last night and this morning; poles down, power has been out most of the day. Just got it back two hours ago while I was at a friend's place making coffee on my camp stove for a couple of fair damsels... wind is still roaring so I know we could lose it again anytime...
Anyway, a late posting, but a good one, I think. Two male Sharp-tailed Grouse vie for dominance on their lek last spring. The bird on the left is lunging while the other one dances away and tries to circle around to gain advantage. It's all about mating rights, and it can get serious - blood and feathers flying.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
In a land where widecab locomotives rule, every now and then you’ll get lucky and find yourself a standard cab leader. In this case, out of 4 locomotives, there wasn’t a single widecab to be found!
Southbound CN A497 cuts under the conveyor at Pesotum elevator with a pair of SD60s, GTW GP9R, and IC GP38-2 (CN paint). All four of these locomotives were online and those GPs sounded great!
One of the most iconic and majestic sights and sounds in the mountains is the season when the male elk stake their claim for female companionship, in a delicate dance of physical dominance and audible strength.
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