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It has been several months since I collected this bird. I fed him, washed him, kept him warm, cradled him, cared for him. I taught him to spread his wings and use them, to make him realize that he was a bird and that his place was among his own: the seagulls.
I came to this beach for the sole reason of giving it back to Nature, to its nature.
I release him without a ring, without any other bond than what he will keep of me as a souvenir. I open the cage and I watch him fly away without hesitation, flying to join his fellows who immediately accept him into their ranks.
At the inaudible signal of one of the seagulls, the whole troop flies away in unison. All the birds are now high in the sky. I follow them with my eyes and can't stop thinking: "My beautiful bird, you take a piece of my soul with you to your freedom. I received this grace to have brought you back to life. I wanted you to learn how to fly and the opposite happens because, through you, I fly, we fly".
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Bartholome Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
South America
The Galapagos Dove is endemic to the islands. It is usually seen in the driest parts of the main island. This Columbidae has adapted to the Galapagos. Its slightly down-curved bill allows the bird to feed on seeds from Opuntia helleri, by picking them from the ground. In the same way, the long, strong legs are well-adapted to a more terrestrial life among the volcanic rocks of these islands.
The Galapagos Dove is found in both arid and semi-arid areas with various open habitats including rocks, grass and scrub, in dry rocky lowlands with scattered trees and Opuntia helleri. This species has adapted to habitat modification due to firewood and grazing.
The Galapagos Dove gives very soft growl or coo “bororororororrr” or “wuk…r-r-r-r-r-r-ruu” repeated at 8-10 second intervals. It also produces soft, deep “bob-bob-bob-rurururr-bububurr”. These sounds are very low and usually inaudible at any distance.
The Galapagos Dove forages on the ground among the leaf litter and undergrowth. It scratches and digs in the soil with the bill with peculiar movements. From an observation, this dove may remove its own volume of soil within five minutes! It also takes the too hard seeds, abandoned by the Darwin’s Finches. Wikipedia
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Explored 8 April, 2021
This grand piano won't produce any other sounds than that of cracking wood any more – it's a mere wooden hull, the keyboard and the strings are long gone. But perhaps the sound of this grand piano, played by invisible hands, is inaudible only to us, and every night at 12, when the clock strikes the witching hour, the spirits of the sanatorium meet there for the grand ball...
Another one from the abandoned lung sanatorium somewhere near Berlin. It was the first sanatorium for pulmonary tuberculosis in northern Germany and was founded by the German Red Cross in 1896. After the Second World War, from 1945–1995, the building complex was used as a Soviet military hospital (note the Russian slogan above the stage; unfortunately, I'm unable to read it). I have no idea what's it about the painted cross on the floor (or is is a hopscotch pattern?)...
For more "ghost music", please check the image in the first comment :)
Happy Window Wednesday Everyone, stay safe and take care!
This dried up root system appeared like a macabre mummified head of an animal screaming but it is inaudible.
Taken at King's Domain, Melbourne.
Best viewed enlarged...
Death is not the greatest lost in life. The greatest lost is what dies inside us while we live.
Norman Cousins
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Early on in my life I made a choice
I couldn't go on with all the noise
All the noise
Pray for love
We dance
To an inaudible drum
Stay for love
In the light
(Stop the noise!)
Of an invisible sun
(Stop the noise!)
Hey
Invite
Follow
Pray
Follow
Invisible sun
Pray for love
We dance
To an inaudible drum
Stay for love
In the light
Of an invisible sun
"Pray For Love" - Edge Of Dawn
Easter bunny came early around here, in this series it was under my horse trailer one morning where there was no snow.
Rabbit ears are designed for excellent hearing. Interestingly, the distance that rabbits can hear is not much better than a human’s ability within the lower frequencies of sound that they can hear. However, rabbits can detect high pitched sounds up to 2 miles away. These are sound frequencies that would be completely inaudible to the human ear.
The real advantage that rabbit ears give is their directional hearing. Rabbit ears can move and swivel completely independently from each other. Each ear can rotate up to 270º. This gives rabbits the ability to pinpoint exactly where a sound is coming from. Without moving any other part of their body, a rabbit’s ears can hear from any direction. They will always know when something is coming, and exactly what direction it’s coming from.
The call of spring has many different tones and melodies. The most striking of these is the singing of the birds, which greets you one morning when you come out of the house or maybe even through the open window and surprised you in bed.
And in the country, near the lakes and ponds, there is another, not quite so melodious call. It's the nightly call of the frogs and toads that do their best to court the bride.
Then there are the bees and bumblebees, which for the first time in the year make their way to the flowers to replenish their supplies. You have to concentrate a bit to hear them.
But there is another call. One that is inaudible to your ears. A sound, like the gentle vibration of a tuning fork, spreading inside you. That suddenly fills you with energy and warmth and that we call spring fever.
So listen carefully, outside and inside. Because spring is calling.
Der Ruf des Frühling hat viele verschiedene Töne und Melodien. Am auffälligsten davon ist der Gesang der Vögel, der dich eines Morgens begrüßt wenn du aus dem Haus kommst oder vielleicht sogar schon durchs offene Fenster drang und dich im Bett überrascht hat.
Und auf dem Land, in der Nähe der Seen und Teiche kommt noch ein anderer, nicht ganz so melodischer Ruf dazu. Es ist der all abendliche Ruf der Frösche und Kröten, die sich in der Brautwerbung mächtig ins Zeug legen.
Dann sind da noch die Bienen und Hummeln, die sich das erste Mal im Jahr auf den Weg zu den Blüten befinden, um Ihre Vorräte wieder aufzufüllen. Um sie zu hören musst Du Dich schon etwas konzentrieren.
Doch da gibt es auch noch einen anderen Ruf. Einen, der für Deine Ohren unhörbar ist. Ein Klang, wie das sanfte Vibrieren einer Stimmgabel, der sich in Deinem Inneren ausbreitet. Der Dich plötzlich mit Energie und Wärme erfüllt und den wir Frühlingsgefühle nennen.
Also hör genau hin, nach draußen und ins Innere. Denn, der Frühling ruft.
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First winter male Blackpoll Warbler
Cape May Point State Park, Cape May. New Jersey USA.
The sharply marked Blackpoll Warbler is nature’s hearing test, with a high-pitched, almost inaudible song that floats through the boreal forests of Canada. This long-distance athlete weighs less than half an ounce yet makes the longest overwater journey of any songbird—nearly 1,800 miles nonstop over the Atlantic Ocean to its wintering grounds. In the fall, this black-and-white warbler molts into yellow-green plumage and loses its black cap. Although still numerous, it has lost an estimated 88% of its population in the last 40 years.
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1/250 F5.6 ISO 5000
Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.'
Isaiah 1:18
Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature.
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Feen sind unsichtbar und unhörbar wie Engel. Aber ihre Magie funkelt in der Natur.
- Lynn Holland -
There are quite a few peafowl living free in the hills on the east side of the City of Vallejo. I saw this fine fellow at Blue Rock Springs Park, where he attracted quite a crowd of human onlookers, and seemed to enjoy the attention. The peahens were very busy taking care of their peachicks, and ignoring him completely.
Fun facts about peafowl:
- A group of peafowl is called an ostentation, muster, party, or pride.
- When a peacock fans its tail, its feathers quiver, emitting a low-frequency sound inaudible to human ears. Depending on whether they want to attract females from far away or up close, they can change the sound by shaking different parts of their feathers.
- Microscopic crystal-like structures in their feathers give them that iridescence
- They shed those feathers every year.
- They can fly! ( Usually not far, though.)
- They live 15 - 20 years in the wild.
mentalfloss.com/article/62371/9-feathery-facts-about-peac...
For TMI’s “Those Amazing Animals” August challenge:
The peacock photograph and all textures are my own.
differs from ours only in inaudibleness.
I feel more reverence as I grow for these mute creatures
whose suspense or transport may surpass my own.
.... emily dickinson
pp with flypaper texture: tarte tatin, colored deep blue.
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). A rest is a musical notation sign that indicates the absence of a sound. Achromatic & inaudible, yet full of meaning. A white Winter rest.
Wie ist es möglich zu leben
zwischen diesen Gefechten
von Müdigkeit, Aufbegehren und Angst.
Ein Jahr unterhält sich unhörbar
mit dem anderen.
Das Licht bleibt
die verzweifelte Zuversicht des Raums.
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Comment est-il possible de vivre
Entre ces affrontements
De la fatigue, de la révolte, de l’angoisse.
Une année tient à l’autre
des propos inaudibles.
La lumière reste
L’espoir désespéré de l’espace.
Walter Helmut Fritz
This is based on photographer John's photo of Harper Lea's hands playing the harp at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire...
Can you hear it?...
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As he sat there, the coldness of life steadily draining away as the emptying of a vessel, an addled expression marked his visage. The glinting of the beautifully crafted metal protruding his chest stained in crimson red, gave his reeling thoughts pause. All seemed surreal in the moment. Casting a look to his left hand, the smoking gun held therein felt too heavy to lift. An imperceptible scoff escaped his blood stained lips and within this solitude of silence, a presence was there. Her voice beautiful and calm. Seductive and reassuring.
"Believe in me and give in"
The man turned his head only slightly and responded, "I didn't expect you."
She uttered a soft laugh. It was the sweetest laugh one would ever hear. Then she replied, "No one ever does."
He heard her voice and the warmth of her breath upon the skin of his ear, and her soothing voice once more, "You are bleeding. You do not have to. I can help you, if you would only trust in me."
In disgust he spat, "You drove your blade through my chest. Caused me immeasurable pain, and you want me to trust you. Not a chance!"
She exhaled a soft sigh, "It is not my intention to cause pain. People have hunted me, fallen for me, died for me, lived for me, spoke ill of me, spoken good of me, not trusted me. And only a few took the opportunity to truly know me. Most of all, although you have never once took notice of me, I do know you, better than you know yourself, and have been with you all along."
The slumped man soaked in blood gasped for air, and looked into the intense beauty of her face. The most beautiful woman he had ever existed, or will ever exist.
A look of concern and care caressed her features and she whisper insistance, "You are expiring, you do not have long. Please, do not be cold. Do not be hard hearted. Let me help you."
With a look of disdain the gargled inquiry, "Who are you?"
"You already know who I am." She regarded him curiously, "I am Love."
His eyes glared in foul rage, and with all his force he seethed, "I will never believe in you. I will never trust you."
With a heavy heart she stood away from him, the tears began streaming her face, and with an almost inaudible whisper, "Then you are truly dead."
Bartholome Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
The Galapagos Dove is endemic to the islands. It is usually seen in the driest parts of the main island. This Columbidae has adapted to the Galapagos. Its slightly down-curved bill allows the bird to feed on seeds from Opuntia helleri, by picking them from the ground. In the same way, the long, strong legs are well-adapted to a more terrestrial life among the volcanic rocks of these islands.
The Galapagos Dove is found in both arid and semi-arid areas with various open habitats including rocks, grass and scrub, in dry rocky lowlands with scattered trees and Opuntia helleri. This species has adapted to habitat modification due to firewood and grazing.
The Galapagos Dove gives very soft growl or coo “bororororororrr” or “wuk…r-r-r-r-r-r-ruu” repeated at 8-10 second intervals. It also produces soft, deep “bob-bob-bob-rurururr-bububurr”. These sounds are very low and usually inaudible at any distance.
The Galapagos Dove forages on the ground among the leaf litter and undergrowth. It scratches and digs in the soil with the bill with peculiar movements. From an observation, this dove may remove its own volume of soil within five minutes! It also takes the too hard seeds, abandoned by Darwin’s finches. – Wikipedia
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New Zealand’s smallest bird. Tiny endemic wren with fragmented distribution across both islands. Often found in patches of mature forest and scrub. Constantly moving across tree trunks and within the canopy. More common in higher-altitude beech forest. Males are smaller, with bright green on the head and back. Females are mainly yellowish-brown. Note the short wings, the stumpy tail, and the slender, upturned black bill. Utters an almost constant high-frequency “zipt,” “pip,” or “chuck” calls while foraging that are often inaudible to people. Distinguished from South Island Wren by smaller size and shorter legs; rarely feeds on forest floor. Habitats unlikely to overlap. (eBird)
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One of only two surviving New Zealand Wren species, this tiny bird is only the size of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird (7-9 cm). We had seen and/or heard them a few times but they preferred the very tops of the trees and I could not get my camera on them fast enough. This female, though, decided to come into the light and she paused just long enough for me to capture a few shots.
Arthur's Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand. March 2024.
Roadrunner Birding Tours.
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Well dust off your thinking caps
Solar powered plastic plants
Pretty pictures of things we ate
We are only what we hate
But in the long run we have found
Silent films are full of sound
Inaudibly free
Slow down everyone
You're moving too fast
Frames can't catch you when
You're moving like that
Jack Johnson
Bartholomew Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
South America
The Galapagos Dove is endemic to the islands. It is usually seen in the driest parts of the main island. This Columbidae has adapted to the Galapagos. Its slightly down-curved bill allows the bird to feed on seeds from Opuntia helleri, by picking them from the ground. In the same way, the long, strong legs are well-adapted to a more terrestrial life among the volcanic rocks of these islands.
The Galapagos Dove is found in both arid and semi-arid areas with various open habitats including rocks, grass and scrub, in dry rocky lowlands with scattered trees and Opuntia helleri. This species has adapted to habitat modification due to firewood and grazing.
The Galapagos Dove gives very soft growl or coo “bororororororrr” or “wuk…r-r-r-r-r-r-ruu” repeated at 8-10 second intervals. It also produces soft, deep “bob-bob-bob-rurururr-bububurr”. These sounds are very low and usually inaudible at any distance.
The Galapagos Dove forages on the ground among the leaf litter and undergrowth. It scratches and digs in the soil with the bill with peculiar movements. From an observation, this dove may remove its own volume of soil within five minutes! It also takes the too hard seeds, abandoned by Darwin’s finches. – Wikipedia
Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels but their magic sparkles in nature.”
- Lynn Holland
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Hope the day brings a bit of magic to your life! Thank you for visiting and for any comments, faves and invitations.
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Wombo World
Bartholomew Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
South America
The Galapagos Dove is endemic to the islands. It is usually seen in the driest parts of the main island. This Columbidae has adapted to the Galapagos. Its slightly down-curved bill allows the bird to feed on seeds from Opuntia helleri, by picking them from the ground. In the same way, the long, strong legs are well adapted to a more terrestrial life among the volcanic rocks of these islands.
The Galapagos Dove is found in both arid and semi-arid areas with various open habitats including rocks, grass and scrub, in dry rocky lowlands with scattered trees and Opuntia helleri. This species has adapted to habitat modification due to firewood and grazing.
The Galapagos Dove gives very soft growl or coo “bororororororrr” or “wuk…r-r-r-r-r-r-ruu” repeated at 8-10 second intervals. It also produces soft, deep “bob-bob-bob-rurururr-bububurr”. These sounds are very low and usually inaudible at any distance.
The Galapagos Dove forages on the ground among the leaf litter and undergrowth. It scratches and digs in the soil with the bill with peculiar movements. From an observation, this dove may remove its own volume of soil within five minutes! It also takes the too hard seeds, abandoned by the Darwin’s Finches. – Wikipedia
Fannie: Oooo...lookit what Chicken has in her hood...I wanna seeeeeee...
Annie: I see it...*siiiigh*...Chicken picking up "strays" again...
Poppy: 'Looks like 'meep' ... *interrupted by Chicken*... Poppy, shut up!
*almost inaudible mumble*
...can't wait to see what Mom says...we are supposed to be on a dolly diet...
Chicken ... *shootin Annie the stink eye*....
This little warbler suffered a collision with our livingroom window. I thought it would end badly as it lay on its back for several minutes. My husband picked it up, the warbler started moving and after a good long rest of at least 1/2 hour, it perked up and was on its way. Thank goodness it had a happy ending :-)
Some interesting facts about this warbler - the sharply marked Blackpoll Warbler is nature’s hearing test, with a high-pitched, almost inaudible song that floats through the boreal forests of Canada. This long-distance athlete weighs less than half an ounce yet makes the longest overwater journey of any songbird—nearly 1,800 miles nonstop over the Atlantic Ocean to its wintering grounds. In the fall, this black-and-white warbler molts into yellow-green plumage and loses its black cap. Although still numerous, it has lost an estimated 88% of its population in the last 40 years.
When peacocks are ready to mate, they fan out their iridescent tail feathers (known as trains), before rushing at females, shaking those feathers to catch their attention.
But when researchers discovered low-frequency sounds—which are inaudible to humans—coming from this “train rattle” several years back, no one knew how they worked. All they knew was that peahens perked up and paid attention to recordings of these “infrasounds,” even though they couldn’t see the males.
To find out what was going on, Suzanne Kane, a biological physicist at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and her colleagues decided to look at the feathered crest on top of the peafowls’ heads. During her previous research, she was struck by the resemblance between the short crest feathers—which form a sort of minifan—and the large peacock tail feathers.
Kane and her colleagues gathered the intact head crests of 15 Indian peafowls (Pavo cristatus) and played recordings of the low-frequency sounds produced by the train rattle displays, along with white noise. Using high-speed cameras, they found that the train rattling infrasounds caused the head crests of both males and females to vibrate at their resonance frequency—the point at which they vibrate the strongest—whereas other sounds resulted in little to no movement.
Peacocks also perform a wing-shaking display that Kane says isn’t particularly visually impressive—at least to humans—as it doesn't involve the beautiful tail feathers. However, when the researchers used a mechanical arm to flap a peacock wing in a similar way near three head crests from female peafowl, they found that it caused measurable movements.
“Every time there was a flap the crest vibrated,” Kane explains. This suggests the air flow generated by wing shaking could vibrate the feathers of nearby females, perhaps attracting their attention, the researchers report today in PLOS ONE.
The team cautions that even with the new results, it still hasn’t looked at how female birds respond to these vibrations. Angela Freeman, a biologist at Cornell University who first discovered the low-frequency sounds, says her experiments showed recordings of these infrasounds cause both males and females to become alert and start walking and running, “presumably to locate the signal.”
What scientists need to do next, she says, is figure out how the vibrations are coordinated with other parts of the mating display—and whether the sounds from the shaking tail feathers really do attract the females.
www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/watch-peacock-get-female-...
Nichée au cœur du quartier historique de la Boucherie, la place de la Barreyrrette tient son nom des barrières qui fermaient les enclos des bestiaux, avant que le boucher ne vienne interrompre leurs paisibles existences. Les animaux ont ainsi été parqués à cet emplacement des années durant, avant la construction d'un abattoir municipal en 1832.
Les habitants ont réinvesti les lieux suite au réaménagement de la place par la Ville, en 1994. Il y a vingt ans, la terrasse d'un restaurant donnait sur la place, sur laquelle la clientèle pouvait se délecter de l'esthétisme des maisons à colombages, et de la quiétude du voisinage.
De fait, même en tendant l'oreille, les voitures paraissent lointaines, presque inaudibles, et on peut profiter du silence seul, ou accompagné, et ce à l'abri des regards.
Jean-Michel, propriétaire de la boutique de jouets Galipettes et Roudélous, récemment aménagée rue de la Boucherie, vante le calme du quartier : « c'est un petit village. Les commerçants se connaissent tous, l'ambiance est bienveillante, et la vue sur la place agréable. Je ne regrette pas d'être venu m'installer ici ».
Nestled in the heart of the historic Butcher's Shop, Place de la Barreyrrette takes its name from the barriers that closed the cattle enclosures, before the butcher came to interrupt their peaceful existence. The animals were kept there for years, before the construction of a municipal slaughterhouse in 1832.
The inhabitants reinvested the premises following the redevelopment of the square by the City in 1994. Twenty years ago, the terrace of a restaurant overlooked the square, on which customers could revel in the aesthetics of the houses. half-timbering, and the tranquility of the neighborhood.
In fact, even listening, cars seem distant, almost inaudible, and you can enjoy the silence alone, or accompanied, and out of sight.
Jean-Michel, owner of the Galipettes et Roudélous toy store, recently built in rue de la Boucherie, praises the neighborhood's calm: “it's a small village. The traders all know each other, the atmosphere is friendly, and the view of the square is pleasant. I do not regret having come to settle here ”.
New Zealand’s smallest bird. Tiny endemic wren with fragmented distribution across both islands. Often found in patches of mature forest and scrub. Constantly moving across tree trunks and within the canopy. More common in higher-altitude beech forest. Males are smaller, with bright green on the head and back. Females are mainly yellowish-brown. Note the short wings, the stumpy tail, and the slender, upturned black bill. Utters an almost constant high-frequency “zipt,” “pip,” or “chuck” calls while foraging that are often inaudible to people. Distinguished from South Island Wren by smaller size and shorter legs; rarely feeds on forest floor. Habitats unlikely to overlap. (eBird)
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Tiny birds with a tiny voice. We came across this bird several times, but achieved photos only once, in this very non-typical habitat. They behave much like nuthatches or treecreepers, which means they blend well with the trees. This one hopped onto the branch just long enough for a couple of shots.
The Rifleman is one of the two surviving members of the New Zealand Wren family, in no way related to the Troglodyte wrens. We did see the second - the South Island Wren - but only at a distance. The other two species are now extinct.
Pukaki Canal, Canterbury, New Zealand. March 2024.
Roadrunner Birding Tours.
This is another lifer for me, first time I have seen this species.
This beautiful little male was extremely shy and came out from the deep cover of the leafy bushes for only split seconds at a time, and very infrequently. Their song is a quiet, super high-pitched trill buzzing-like sound that is almost inaudible to the human ear. What's really neat about this Warbler is that it nests in this part of Ontario so it's not just passing through the area like so many other Warbler species as they migrate northward to their breeding grounds.
Click on image to enlarge it.
Me: Léon what are you doing back there..? PUSH!
Léon: inaudible grumble..
Exploring Cerulean Township go see for yourself!
When peacocks are ready to mate, they fan out their iridescent tail feathers (known as trains), before rushing at females, shaking those feathers to catch their attention.
But when researchers discovered low-frequency sounds—which are inaudible to humans—coming from this “train rattle” several years back, no one knew how they worked. All they knew was that peahens perked up and paid attention to recordings of these “infrasounds,” even though they couldn’t see the males.
To find out what was going on, Suzanne Kane, a biological physicist at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and her colleagues decided to look at the feathered crest on top of the peafowls’ heads. During her previous research, she was struck by the resemblance between the short crest feathers—which form a sort of minifan—and the large peacock tail feathers.
Kane and her colleagues gathered the intact head crests of 15 Indian peafowls (Pavo cristatus) and played recordings of the low-frequency sounds produced by the train rattle displays, along with white noise. Using high-speed cameras, they found that the train rattling infrasounds caused the head crests of both males and females to vibrate at their resonance frequency—the point at which they vibrate the strongest—whereas other sounds resulted in little to no movement.
Peacocks also perform a wing-shaking display that Kane says isn’t particularly visually impressive—at least to humans—as it doesn't involve the beautiful tail feathers. However, when the researchers used a mechanical arm to flap a peacock wing in a similar way near three head crests from female peafowl, they found that it caused measurable movements.
“Every time there was a flap the crest vibrated,” Kane explains. This suggests the air flow generated by wing shaking could vibrate the feathers of nearby females, perhaps attracting their attention, the researchers report today in PLOS ONE.
The team cautions that even with the new results, it still hasn’t looked at how female birds respond to these vibrations. Angela Freeman, a biologist at Cornell University who first discovered the low-frequency sounds, says her experiments showed recordings of these infrasounds cause both males and females to become alert and start walking and running, “presumably to locate the signal.”
What scientists need to do next, she says, is figure out how the vibrations are coordinated with other parts of the mating display—and whether the sounds from the shaking tail feathers really do attract the females.
www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/watch-peacock-get-female-...
An act or physical action by which a message or information can be transmitted.
“Flickr Friday” ,
“Signals” ,
Statue,
Grandfather,
Grandchild,
Two (2),
Family,
Macro,
Message,
Inaudible,
Winter.
Re-edited: August 22, 2009
Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature.
~ Lynn Holland
Exhausted
by being
unseen,
doubted,
disbelieved
they scream
inaudible
shrieks
throwing tantrums
about what to wear
or how to repair
the torn hem
of the garment
that they must keep
forever.
Yesterday
I thought I heard
one running through
the ravine.
It was, I think,
Susan Anway
newly released from
this mortal pain.
What a treat it was to see this on my screen for the first time! I love the Eastern Bluebird. They mate for life and raise their young together. Here, Mama is setting up her house, while Papa waits patiently for whatever he can do to help.
I've seen Bluebirds incubating their eggs. While the female was on the nest, the male sat on a nearby branch and sang a beautiful, almost inaudible song. I know how easy it is to anthropomorphize animals, but I couldn't escape the feeling that he sang a love song. Also, he was letting her know that when she wanted a break, he was ready to take over.
It's late February in Tennessee, and I know we still have some rough weather ahead, but this means spring is here as far as I'm concerned.