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Taken in 2021 this amazing family of 2 Swans and this years offspring 12 healthy Cygnets.
Newport, Shropshire, published by the Shropshire Star
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The Canada goose, sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe. Wikipedia
Mass: 7.1 – 14 lbs (Male, Adult), 5.5 – 12 lbs (Female,
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Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
....the waterbuck is the largest of the kob antelopes. It is known for its trademark white ring around the hindquarters which they use as a 'follow me' sign. If one of the group spots a predator and runs, the rest will follow to avoid becoming prey.
Our wonderful Bobby who returned to us this year, for the third consecutive time
This is an image of one of his triplets, at the taking food stage but able to fly
We felt so privileged that he trusted us so much, he brought them all over to our kitchen door
It was like a blackbird nursery
It wasn't long before he stopped feeding them and left them to fend for themselves (it's a hard life being a bird) He would watch from the sidelines though
The little ones are still visiting several times daily, although we've not seen Bobby the past few days.
I miss his little face appearing at the window and the tilt of his head as he listens to me talking to him
I just hope if thats the last we see of him this year, he returns next year. I've grown mighty fond of our little visitor
Not the greatest of images, he's not so keen when he see's the camera :)
We believe this pretty lady is an offspring of our old friend Mama who passed away last summer. Mumsy chose our shed to give birth and raise her five babies this year. She was most likely born in this shed herself and is familiar with our surroundings and the sounds of my husband and I and our dogs. She's very friendly and smart just as her mother was. Her babies seem healthy. We keep contact with them very limited for their own protection as we don't want them to be too trusting of humans. Unfortunately most people around here would rather shoot them than try to live with them.
Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax Nivalis
Snow buntings are large buntings, with striking 'snowy' plumages. Males in summer have all white heads and underparts contrasting with a black mantle and wing tips. Females are a more mottled above. In autumn and winter birds develop a sandy/buff wash to their plumage and males have more mottled upperparts.
Globally, they breed around the arctic from Scandinavia to Alaska, Canada and Greenland and migrate south in winter. They are a scarce breeding species in the UK, in Scotland, making them an Amber List species. They are more widespread in winter in the north and east when residents are joined by continental birds.
They are listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act.
The snow bunting lives in very high latitudes in the Arctic tundra. There is no apparent limit to its northern range, while the southern range is limited by the duration of daylight, which influences their reproductive activity. This species is found in the high Arctic tundra of North America, Ellesmere Island, Iceland, higher mountains of Scotland, Norway, Russia, North Greenland, Siberia, Novaya Zemlya, and Franz Josef Land. During the winter, this bird migrates to the circumglobal northern temperate zone including the south of Canada, north of the United States, north of Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and east to central Asia. During the last ice age, the snow bunting was widespread throughout continental Europe.
During the breeding period the snow bunting looks for rocky habitats in the Arctic Since the vegetation in the tundra is low growing, this bird and its nestlings are exposed to predators, and in order to ensure the survival of its offspring, the snow bunting nests in cavities in order to protect the nestlings from any threat. During this period, buntings also look for a habitat rich in vegetation such as wet sedge meadows and areas rich in dryas and lichens. In the winter, they look for open habitats such as farms and fields where they feed on seeds in the ground.
Population:
UK breeding:
60 pairs
UK wintering:
10,000-15,000 birds
It took quite awhile before they decided to pose in this configuration. I like how both seem to be interested in having their photograph taken.
She is now self-employed !Comes alone to the feeding station and gives me great pleasure. Watching such a small creature grow, is just wonderful!
An adult black-crowned night heron and its offspring at a rookery in Tampa, Florida, USA. Somebody's not happy!
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The elk or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. Wikipedia
Height: 1.5 m (Male, At Shoulder, Mature), 1.3 m (Female, At Shoulder)
Mass: 320 – 330 kg (Male, Mature), 220 – 240 kg (Female)
Term for young: calf Wikimedia Foundation
Collective noun: gang, herd Wikimedia Foundation
Lifespan: 10 – 13 years (In the wild)
Class: Mammalia
Jasper National Park, AB, Canada
The pregnant lady gave birth to quadruplets!
This is my first attempt to use a vintage lens: Nikkor 50mm f1.4 attached to my R5 with an Urth adapter.
First shooting with Cody, an Australian Shepherd puppy from Cologne. It's the dog of a friend.
Erstes Fotoshooting mit Cody, dem Hund eines Freundes. Es ist ein kleiner, 10 Wochen alter Australian Shepherd Welpe.
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It's such a treat to watch these wild boar piglets. Most of the female wild boars get their offspring at the same time so there are sometimes 30-40 piglets in one group...Bavaria, Germany
...they were a portion of her, after all, and seeing one’s reflection in a distorted mirror is disquieting.
Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. We had the best time here, stacks of birds and Pademelons... and a volunteer who stayed with us walking round, for over an hour. Couldn't see what she was eating, (the Pademelon), but it made the loudest crunching sound, possibly the seed from one of the trees.
As with other deer, Fallow Deer tend to fom sexually segregated groups with adult males being in separate herds from females and 'followers' (usually offspring of current and previous year). However, these three youngsters were alerted to my presence by a mature buck I posted earlier who then proceeded to round them up and lead them off over the heath.
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