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Tiny brownish sandpiper. At all ages, most easily distinguished from other small sandpipers by darker, more brownish coloration. Juveniles are particularly bright with rusty tones on the upperparts. Also note fine-tipped bill and yellowish legs, but beware legs can be covered with dark mud and other peeps (like Semipalmated Sandpiper) can rarely show slightly greenish legs. Habitat and behavior are helpful supporting clues, too. Typically forages in a crouched posture with bent legs, picking for invertebrates in the mud. Often in small loose groups, but not in large, tight flocks like Semipalmated or Western Sandpipers. Prefers drier mud, often on the higher edges of mudflats or small patches of water in marshes. Widespread and common, especially inland. Breeds in various wetland habitats throughout Alaska and Canada. Winters from the southern U.S. to South America. Listen for high-pitched, rolling “greeep!” calls. (eBird)
We missed most of the shorebird migration, but we did find a pair of Least Sandpipers.
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
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Birds in freedom. La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Aulacorhynchus albivitta
(Southern Emerald toucanet / Tucancito Esmeralda)
The male (left) collected the berry in his beak and then presented it to the female (right) who has just received the present.
Like other toucans, the Southern Emerald Toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill. The adult is 30–35 cm (12–14 in) long. The sexes are alike in appearance, although the female generally is smaller and slightly shorter-billed.
The Emerald Toucanet is a generally common in humid forest and woodland, mainly at higher elevations.
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Street Scene ~ Samphanthawong District ~ Bangkok, Thailand
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An ounce of behavior is worth a kilo of words.
I loved to see this behavior when the nearly grown Common Loon chick still begs to be fed.
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“Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.”
James Bryant Conant
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Double-crested Cormorant Nesting Behavior: These two cormorants are in their full breeding colors and are wonderful to watch. The male goes out to gather sticks and receives a warm welcome on every return. He's met with both verbal and physical bonding , each holding the stick as the female decides where to incorporate it into the nest. Soon there will be eggs and chicks to enjoy. (Phalacrocorax auritus)
So, finally Monday arrives (after a completely abysmal Saturday and Sunday in as far as Light is concerned) and so does the Light. I did a quick scout for the caterpillar (planned for next post), nowhere to be seen. Settling down on the bench that was used for the bee shot seemed like the thing to do. Contemplating if I should change up my gear to take advantage of the light. Nahh, too much effort. I noticed the Blue Jays in a frenzy over the peanuts. I was still disturbed over the fact that someone, you know who you are, had posted a shot of a Nuthatch in an upright feeding position. That is highly unusual. Up here, the Nuthatch has taken it upon himself to teach the Blue Jays how to do it his way. I had observed that behavior for a while and thus I came up with my purpose for this Monday. I talked the Nuthatch into getting his top student to perform this acrobatic feat so I could document this. I watched in wonder as the Blue Jay followed his sensei’s instructions. If other people can show Nuthatches right-side-up, I can certainly display a Blue Jay upside-down. So, here we are; no trickery using software nor the use of any super glue.
Enjoy what’s left of this weekend.
Weaver ants moving a dead millipede.
Wikipedia: Weaver ants or green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Colonies can be extremely large consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and containing more than half a million workers. Like many other ant species, weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. The major workers are approximately 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in length and the minors approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests.
Weaver ants vary in color from reddish to yellowish brown dependent on the species. Oecophylla smaragdina found in Australia often have bright green gasters. Weaver ants are highly territorial and workers aggressively defend their territories against intruders. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometime used by indigenous farmers, particularly in southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.
Among the dragonflies, there are three common species that are frequently seen now. All three have brownish females. The males also start out brownish, but quickly turn red. They have confusing names: blood-red, brown-red, and stone-red dragonflies. This suggests you could identify them by their color, but that's not the case. Another complaint about the name: dragonflies fly throughout the country and are not at all restricted to heathland. To identify them, there are a few characteristics to look for. The blood-red dragonfly has black legs and can be identified by these. The brown-red and stone-red dragonflies have brownish or yellowish stripes across their legs. To distinguish between the two, the whiskers are important. The whiskers are black and are located directly below the eyes. In the stone-red dragonfly, it is a drooping whisker that extends downward on either side of the snout. In the brown-red dragonfly, the black is only above the snout.
Mating Behavior
Once mature, a male dragonfly or damselfly establishes a territory from which he chases other males. When on territory, he produces packets of sperm called spermatophores at the tip of his abdomen (tenth segment), reaches the tip forward and places the spermatophores in a depression on the lower surface of the second abdominal segment.
With his sperm receptacle filled, the male flies out and grasps a female's head with his clasping genitalia at the abdominal tip. Each species' male genitalia fit the head of only the female of that species. (Slaty Skimmer Clamped in Tandem.) In some dragonflies and damselflies, the shape of the male genitalia is the most constant and accurate identifier of the insect's species.
Once the male has grasped a female, they fly in tandem for some time (Swamp Spreadwing in Tandem). The male usually flies while the female rests. Rarely, the female will fly while the male rests. It is unusual for both odonates to be flying at the same time.After some time, the female reaches the tip of her abdomen below her body and grasps the male's second segment to pick up the spermatophores he placed there. During this process, called the wheel formation, the two dragonflies take on a circular or heart-shaped pose. The two may stay in the wheel formation for upwards of fifteen minutes before the female releases and returns to the tandem position. (Eastern Forktails in Wheel Formation image.)
Egg Laying
Once the wheel is broken, the female may leave the male, separate from him as he remains close to her, or they may stay together in tandem as she goes about laying eggs (oviposition). Oviposition may take many forms:
There were a couple dozen Pied-billed grebes in this pool in a lazy lowland stream, defying the general description of them as eschewing congregation.
There was a great deal of standing up and fluttering of the wings going on, but more interesting was that periodically, one or two, staging usually in an alcove on the back edge of the pool, would head out in a spirited and splashy running-on-the-water display.
None of this carrying on corresponds to descriptions of their courtship (minuet-like, not like this) or their behaviors otherwise that I can find. Perhaps this was a setting up of the pecking order for the pre-season polls.
Educated comment is most welcome. Whatever was going on, my inclination is that this was somehow celebratory, and enjoyed by all.
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
Dalai Lama
If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.
Lao Tzu
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Lakes and Ponds
Food : Fish
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Aerial Dive
Conservation : Low Concern
"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia, and in South America and the Caribbean.
Adults have a blue-grey back and wings, white underparts, a black cap, a dark line extends from the bill to under the eye and short yellow legs. Juveniles are browner above and streaked below.
These birds stand still at the water's edge and wait to ambush prey, but are easier to see than many small heron species. They mainly eat small fish, frogs and aquatic insects. They sometimes use bait, dropping a feather or leaf carefully on the water surface and picking fish that come to investigate.
They nest in a platform of sticks measuring between 20–40 cm long and 0.5–5 mm thick. The entire nest measures some 40–50 cm wide and 8–10 cm high outside, with an inner depression 20 cm wide and 4–5 cm deep. It is usually built in not too high off the ground in shrubs or trees but sometimes in sheltered locations on the ground, and often near water. The clutch is 2–5 eggs, which are pale blue and measure around 36 by 28 mm.
One of North America's most familiar herons, the Snowy Egret is known for its beautiful breeding plumage, conservation history, conspicuousness, spectacular mating displays, and animated foraging behavior.
The Snowy Egret is a year round inhabitant of Florida, the Caribbean, and much of South America. This beautiful white heron is easy to identify, with a yellow patch around its eyes, yellow feet, its black legs and beak. Florida is an ideal habitat for these birds, which are usually found near bodies of water, including ponds, rivers, and coastal waters. They usually grow to about two feet in length, with a wingspan of three feet – feeding on various sea food fare, including shrimp, minnows, and other small fish.
The Snowy Egret’s breeding habitat ranges all the way from the coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes, down to the swamps and marshes of the southern U.S. states, and into the rain forests and lush tropical habitats of the Caribbean and South America.
I found this one along the shore of Lake Kissimmee at Joe Overstreet Landing in Osceola County, Florida.
Disgraceful behavior by vandals painting this iconic Lone Tree.
Photographers have come from all over to take photographs of this Tree and the stunning views.
I'd love to know what this little discussion was about between these two mature Tree Swallows. It looked like they took turns "yelling" at each other with beaks wide open and then at times both at the same time as in this shot. Are they a pair having an argument or telling each other how much they care about each other?
Taken 18 May 2022 at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska.
A Red-bellied Woodpecker catches an anole and will later cache it in another tree nearby. #birds #birding #bird
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Good crop ...great to see the behavior !
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My best luck at this nest was the first few times I visited it. I've been back several times since without any action. Not that I'm complaining. It's been many years since I've had the experience of watching Great Horned Owl chicks develop and fledge. In fact, it was back, way back, in the (darest I say it) working days. It's good to be lucky. (Bubo virginianus)
I been on my worst behavior
But baby, I don't need no savior
I'm way outta line
But I kind of like the way I
Feel when I just don't give a fuck
Oh, I forgot to mention
I'll be there in five
This is at first sight a photograph showing aggression but the upper birds mouth was full of apple and the lower bird was taking some this happened several times as I watched . I know they some times pass berries between each other and wonder if this is an extension of this behavior .
I'm not sure what's going on here but the Sandhill Crane in the air looks to be trying to scare or attack the crane on the ground who is running to flee. Cranes exhibit some very interesting behavior. After the crane landed it looked like it was bowing to the one on the ground.
This was taken at Beluga Slough where usually there are two pair of cranes that nest there.
Taken 9 May 2022 at Homer, Alaska.
Okavango Delta
Moremi Game Reserve
Botswana
Southern Africa
Baboons are some of the world’s largest monkeys. There are five species of baboon—olive, yellow, Chacma, Guinea, and Hamadryas—scattered across various habitats in Africa and Arabia.
The baboon, like other Old World monkeys, does not have a prehensile (gripping) tail, but it is still able to climb when necessary. All baboons have dog–like noses, powerful jaws, sharp canine teeth, and thick fur. The male baboon also has a ruff—a longer mane around its neck. The Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family.
The Chacma Baboon is perhaps the longest species of monkey. It is also one of the heaviest. The female Chacma is a lot smaller.
There are three subspecies, differentiated by size and color. The Cape chacma is a large, heavy, dark-brown, and has black feet. The gray-footed chacma is slightly smaller than the Cape chacma, lighter in color and build, and has gray feet, this is the one found in Botswana.
The chacma baboon is omnivorous with a preference for fruits, while also eating insects, seeds, grass, smaller vertebrate animals, and fungi (the desert truffle Kalaharituber pfeilii).
Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviors, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. - Wikipedia
After we photographed the Burrowing Owl the other day, we turned to put our gear in the car. A Turkey Vulture was flying in towards us and then landed in the middle of the road...right in front of the owl. It looked at us and slowly walked towards the owl's burrow. What the heck?! It approached the owl slowly and walked behind the burrow.
We were just in awe of watching this interaction. The owl didn't appear to be stressed, it seemed to just watch the vulture approach. I wondered if the vulture was looking for remnants of the owl's previous meal. I somehow just got the feeling this wasn't the first time for this behavior. It was so incredible to watch. The vulture finally spread its wings and flew over the fence and landed just on the other side. WOW. Nature is just so grand!!
Hope you are in for some more landscapes? I don’t photograph animals intentionally at all but this wintry scene from a horse farm in DeKalb county was hard to resist. I felt that we made a connection right her :) What do you think?
Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Small Animals
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Aerial Dive
Conservation : Low Concern
"North America’s littlest falcon, the American Kestrel packs a predator’s fierce intensity into its small body. It's one of the most colorful of all raptors: the male’s slate-blue head and wings contrast elegantly with his rusty-red back and tail; the female has the same warm reddish on her wings, back, and tail. Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory, kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind, flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place. Kestrels are declining in parts of their range; you can help them by putting up nest boxes... Unlike humans, birds can see ultraviolet light. This enables kestrels to make out the trails of urine that voles, a common prey mammal, leave as they run along the ground. Like neon diner signs, these bright paths may highlight the way to a meal—as has been observed in the Eurasian Kestrel, a close relative."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Forests
Food : Omnivore
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller’s Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller’s Jays stick to the high canopy, but you’ll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they’re nearby. Graceful and almost lazy in flight, they fly with long swoops on their broad, rounded wings." - Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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The Brown-throated Sunbird, photographed in Malaysia, occurs in Southeast Asia in mangroves, lowland rainforests, and flower-rich gardens. It feeds mainly on nectar and small insects, playing an important role as a pollinator and building small hanging nests. Its behavior is very active, flying quickly between flowers and usually seen alone or in pairs.
Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve
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The Dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small, quiet songbird widespread across Europe and parts of Asia. Often overlooked due to its modest brown plumage, it is famous among ornithologists for its remarkably complex social and mating behaviors.
Key Characteristics
Appearance:
Roughly the size of a robin, the dunnock has a streaky brown back and a distinct blue-grey head and breast.
The "Hedge Sparrow":
Although commonly nicknamed the "hedge sparrow," it is not a sparrow at all. It is actually an accentor, the only member of this family found in the UK.
Distinguishing Features:
Unlike the thick-billed house sparrow, the dunnock has a thin, needle-like beak suited for eating insects and spiders.
Behavior:
It is a shy, ground-dwelling bird often described as "mouse-like" because it creeps along the edges of flowerbeds and undergrowth with a characteristic nervous wing-flicking motion.
Habitat and Diet
Where to find them:
They are common in gardens, woodlands, and hedgerows. You will rarely see them at hanging feeders; they prefer to forage for seeds and insects on the ground beneath them.
Diet:
Primarily insectivorous in the summer (spiders, worms, and beetles), they switch to small seeds and berries during the winter.
Nesting:
They build deep, cup-shaped nests of moss and twigs, usually hidden in dense shrubs, and lay 3–5 striking, unspotted bright blue eggs.
Conservation Status
In the UK, the dunnock is currently on the Amber List of conservation concern. While still common with over 2 million breeding pairs, their population suffered a significant decline in the late 20th century due to habitat loss and changes in farming practices.
RKO_5156. Courtship behavior of some Great Crested Grebes.
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