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Brant/Brent Goose - Branta bernicla
The brant, or brent goose (Branta bernicla), is a species of goose of the genus Branta. The black brant is a pacific North American subspecies.
It used to be a strictly coastal bird in winter, seldom leaving tidal estuaries, where it feeds on eel-grass (Zostera marina) and the seaweed, sea lettuce (Ulva). On the east coast of North America, the inclusion of sea lettuce is a recent change to their diet, brought about by a blight on eelgrass in 1931. This resulted in the near-extirpation of the brant. The few that survived changed their diet to include sea lettuce until the eelgrass eventually began to return. Brants have maintained this diet ever since as a survival strategy. In recent decades, it has started using agricultural land a short distance inland, feeding extensively on grass and winter-sown cereals. This may be behavior learned by following other species of geese. Food resource pressure may also be important in forcing this change, as the world population increased over 10-fold to 400,000-500,000 by the mid-1980s, possibly reaching the carrying capacity of the estuaries. In the breeding season, it uses low-lying wet coastal tundra for both breeding and feeding. The nest is bowl-shaped, lined with grass and down, in an elevated location, often near a small pond.
The brant goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.
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Besides the buzzard, the kestrel is probably the most common bird of prey in the Netherlands, and you can actually always see them exhibiting religious behavior somewhere above a field where their favorite snack is scurrying around.
I once sat for a while watching a relaxed kestrel sitting in a tree quietly looking around, and then outwitting a mouse. It doesn't seem like a hard life to me.
I have hundreds of photos of kestrels (375 to be exact), and this is probably the last(?). I finally have a view on his upper body in flight and that is the most beautiful part, a beautiful pattern.
Human pollution has affected the behavior of the American white ibis via an increase in the concentrations of methylmercury, which is released into the environment from untreated waste. Exposure to methylmercury alters the hormone levels of American white ibis, affecting their mating and nesting behavior and leading to lower reproduction rates.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied grackle / Cacique candela)
They are singing "this is our territory". On certain occasions the Red- bellied grackles inflate the belly and while looking towards the sky they emit a strong and very long whistle. They always go in a group and this behavior is typical of the leaders or guardians (a male and female in this case) to send the message to other birds that they are very strong and that no one should interfere with any member of the group.
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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мy мυѕιc "Wild side - Cross my heart hope to die"
"I've been on my best behavior
But I've heard that good girls finish last
And once you're gone they say no one can save you
But who knows if I go I may never want to ever come back
We've all fell victim to temptation
It seems that I'm the last one holding on
What's the use in fighting for my salvation
And why does it feel so damn right to want to be so wrong
I just wanna dance with the devil tonight
I wanna know what it feels like
I wanna close my eyes, put my hands in the sky
I wanna walk on the wild side"
Baby African Bush Elephants, scientifically known as Loxodonta africana, are incredibly adorable and endearing creatures. They are born weighing around 200-250 pounds (90-115 kilograms) and stand about 2.5 to 3 feet (76-91 centimeters) tall at the shoulders.
These young elephants are highly social animals and rely on close bonds with their family members for protection and learning. They are under the constant care and guidance of their mothers and other experienced female elephants within the herd. Baby elephants stay close to their mothers, learning essential survival skills, such as finding water, identifying edible plants, and understanding social behaviors within the herd.
Play is an essential aspect of their early development. They engage in playful activities, such as mock charging, splashing in water, and chasing birds or other small animals. Through play, they hone their motor skills and social interactions, preparing them for adulthood.
Baby African Bush Elephants are heartwarming creatures to observe in the wild, and their presence contributes to the rich tapestry of life in the African savannah.
I was watching the belted kingfisher at the lake recently, when I saw three together in this tree. The male had recently arrived at the tree with the fish, when the female landed on his back, and took the fish away from him. He flew off, and she then fed the fish to the young kingfisher, lower on this branch. I'll post her feeding the youngster tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Happy Caturday, everyone! I hope you have as much energy as this gorgeous tortie!
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Love this behavior folks, with feathers, water droplets and such flying all over the place, and the different wing poses, did a whole series on him.
Have a great day, be safe and stay well, and thank you for visiting.
Another shot from a great opportunity yesterday.
For my contacts not familiar with this Owl species, I added the information below taken from Wikipedia.
The Northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) is a medium sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is neither nocturnal nor crepuscular, being active only during the day.
The Northern hawk-owl has been said to resemble a hawk in appearance and in behavior. In North America, its appearance in flight is often considered similar to a Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii). It has been suggested that this may be because the hawk- owl may partially fill an important diurnal niche similar to that of day hunters such as hawks.
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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.
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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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Ein Taubenschwänzen in vollkommener Ruhestellung. Ich war echt überrascht wie es so aussieht.
Das Taubenschwänzchen (Macroglossum stellatarum), auch Taubenschwanz[1] oder Karpfenschwanz genannt, ist ein Schmetterling (Nachtfalter) aus der Familie der Schwärmer (Sphingidae). Sein deutscher Name leitet sich vom zweigeteilten Haarbüschel am Hinterleibsende ab, das eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit mit den Schwanzfedern von Tauben aufweist. Als Wanderfalter ist das Taubenschwänzchen in fast ganz Europa bekannt. Wegen seines auffälligen Flugverhaltens, das als Schwirrflug bezeichnet wird und das dem eines Kolibris ähnelt, wird es auch Kolibrischwärmer genannt. Zahlreiche vermeintliche Kolibrisichtungen in Europa gehen auf Beobachtungen an dieser Schmetterlingsart zurück.
The pigeon tail (Macroglossum stellatarum), also called pigeon tail [1] or carp tail, is a butterfly (moth) from the family of hawkers (Sphingidae). Its German name is derived from the two-part tuft of hair at the end of the abdomen, which has a certain resemblance to the tail feathers of pigeons. The pigeon tail is known as a migrant butterfly in almost all of Europe. It is also called a hummingbird warmer because of its noticeable flight behavior, which is known as hovering flight and which is similar to that of a hummingbird. Numerous alleged hummingbird sightings in Europe can be traced back to observations of this butterfly species.
Never seen this behavior in a pheasant they nomally stay on the ground, she worked out where the seed was coming from and jumped up onto all the sources of food that had been set up by myself and destroyed the whole lot, end of day.
The Cathedral of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. It contains a number of significant works by the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, as well as paintings by artists such as Otto van Veen, Jacob de Backer and Marten de Vos.
The belfry of the cathedral is included in the Belfries of Belgium and France entry in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The first Christian missionaries arrived in the 7th century. The first parish church dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was constructed in the current Sint Michielsstraat. After the Viking raids in 836, the church was damaged and restored, and subsequently dedicated to Saint Michael. In the 10th century, a group of 12 secular canons were connected to this church. They would dedicate all of their time to the Liturgy of the Hours, and mainly opposed the beliefs of the established Roman Catholic Church.
Upon hearing of their dissent behavior, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai (to which Antwerp belonged at the time) then sent Norbert of Xanten to discipline them. In 1124, Norbert of Xanten convinces 4 of the secular canons to start a norbertine abbey and thus the parish church becomes a monastery church, known as St. Michael's Abbey. The 8 other secular canons prefer to keep their freedom and move to a different location, a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.
This chapel becomes Antwerp's new parish church, and is located between the Saint Michael residential area, and an older settlement around the area of Het Steen.
Becoming more popular, the chapel is demolished and replaced by a much bigger romanesque church. The three-aisled nave corresponded in width to the cathedral's current central aisle, the inner and partly the middle aisles. The cloverleaf-shaped eastern section with a full aisle had a width of no less than 42 m. In 1294, the church gets a novum opus extension, indicating the first signs of gothic architecture.
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When I spotted this Egret, I immediately thought of bad boy Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) on the TV Series “The Sopranos” and that somehow brought to mind Jim Croce's 1972 recording, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim…
Thanks for the Music, Jim Croce
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The Snowy Egret:
A beautiful, graceful small egret, very active in its feeding behavior in shallow waters. Known by its contrasting yellow feet, could be said to dance in the shallows on golden slippers. The species was slaughtered for its plumes in the 19th century, but protection brought a rapid recovery of numbers, and the Snowy Egret is now more widespread and common than ever. Its delicate appearance is belied by its harsh and raucous calls around its nesting colonies.
Adult Snowy Egrets are all white with a black bill, black legs, and yellow feet. They have a patch of yellow skin at the base of the bill. Immature Snowy Egrets have duller, greenish legs.
Snowy Egrets wade in shallow water to spear fish and other small aquatic animals. While they may employ a sit-and-wait technique to capture their food, sometimes they are much more animated, running back and forth through the water with their wings spread, chasing their prey.
Snowy Egrets nest colonially, usually on protected islands, and often with other small herons. They concentrate on mudflats, beaches, and wetlands, but also forage in wet agricultural fields and along the edges of rivers and lakes.
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There are several premiere spots to fish from at the falls, One of them is from the lip of the falls. Only the dominant bears have earned their spot to fish from that coveted location and even then, some of them get immediately displaced when the biggest of all arrive. It's really fascinating to watch. Sometimes, the less experienced bears may wander up there to try to perfect their skills. They tend to surround the more proficient and perhaps wait for a fish to jump out their way ... almost in a deflection in the action. LOL.
Every bear that fishes from the lip has their own secret for success. Some are fast and furious, others are quite patient waiting for the perfect one with the least amount of effort. Others coax the salmon over by reaching out for them with their paws, while others just prefer to almost pin them down with their bodies.. Of course, the mouth catch, with the salmon in mid-air until that fateful moment. For me, I try to capture them all. It's a matter of documenting the behavioral moments, and the pursuant ramification of those actions. It can get quite testy at times.
As I've said before, I don't think that I will every get tired of these amazing bears. They bring me joy, laughter, moments of anticipation and surprise, but mostly an inner peace.
I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend ahead.
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A Red-bellied Woodpecker catches an anole and will later cache it in another tree nearby. #birds #birding #bird
Do they fish for the fun of it? I watched several reddish egrets dance, plunge, and come up with a fish only to drop it a few seconds later. Did it have a bad taste? In some instances, gulls were hovering nearby and quickly scooped the fish up for an easy meal. I had not seen this behavior before and I'm curious if you have seen it. Please let me know in the comments below. Thanks!
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Because of good behavior during the holidays, Benny gets a present from Mummy Marian.
ME:
Benny?
I have something for you
BENNY:
Wow....a present....for me?????
ME:
Yes Benny..it's just for you
Because you've been so sweet during the holidays.
I know it is very difficult for you to share something when it comes to something delicious. I've seen you can do it and I'm proud of you. So this is all for you... just open the package.
Benny tears off the paper:
BENNY:
WOW!!! Mummy! That's a big one! It has more than 3 layers!
Thank you Mummy.....I love you so much!!!!
May I also give Jago a piece?
ME:
You decide Benny...it's your pastry!
BENNY:
I love Jago very much...he is my best friend and that's why he gets half of the pastry.
ME:
Well Benny...that's really nice of you.
I think Jago likes it too
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
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied grackle / Cacique candela)
He is singing "this is my territory". On certain occasions the Red- bellied grackles inflate the belly and while looking towards the sky they emit a strong and very long whistle. They always go in a group and this behavior is typical of the leaders or guardians to send the message to other birds that they are very strong and that no one should interfere with any member of the group.
The alpha and the omega. Physicists have been working to develop the "holy grail" therory that mathematically explains the behavior of the universe from the very small - quantum level particles, to the massively large - galaxies, black holes and dark matter. String theory has moved the thinking beyond just the newtonian (large) and quantum (small) prior successes but there are still large gaps in their understanding and mathematical underpinnings have been elusive. Submittal for the October 19, 2020 Macro Monday’s theme of “String”.
The White-browed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a small bird found in the Himalayas and parts of Southeast Asia - its a beautiful bird and a target of mine for a long time - never managed to see it before till my trip few weeks ago.
Around 12-13 cm in length with a distinctive plumage and a bold white eyebrow stripe, dark crown and ear coverts, and a bright yellow or yellowish-green wing patch, the male is easy bird to identify since there are few birds like this. These birds are primarily found in montane forests, often in dense undergrowth. I sighted several in a pine forest foraging in the dark canopy and waited more than 90 mins for them to come to a spot where I can take some pictures - luckily they did and I am delighted!
These birds are active foragers, gleaning insects and other invertebrates from foliage and branches. The calls are typically high-pitched and thin, often described as a series of whistles or trills.
Shrike-babbler's are a different species altogether - neither shrikes nor babblers. Their name comes from their shrike-like bill and babbler-like behavior.
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Oh my sweet legacy, my undeniable mistake,
We all must wade through a pit of hell, before the fallen of fate,
I trudged and tried to fly, but then regained my step,
I laugh at my misjudgements, Of promises and trust not kept,
Your stubborn and lying eyes, showed deceit and total destruction,
As you ripped apart my soul, my heart a careless abduction,
My lips now twitch in a grin, the forlorn face no longer appears,
My complete resurrection and strength reborn, I now live on the blood of your tears,
I grow stronger with every ache, I know you one day will feel,
For your loss and your horrific ways, have lost what once was real,
My esteem now blooms in thoughts of my overcoming ways,
It proves my once weakened state, Now something of previous days,
I pity your pathetic state, Your broken promises and death of tomorrow,
But my pity stops only there, for I no longer feel any sorrow,
May your karma be 10 times fold, but only to allow you to learn,
For in this place we call earth, a certain hell still truly shall burn,
So walk fast and be steady, for your insolent behavior has taught me this,
It is best to not get lost in a web of lies, and lose yourself in a depressed abyss,
As much as I let the fires burn, turning my once bright eyes to coal,
My happiness and success grows,
The ultimate revenge is the mending of my unbiding and blackened soul,
For now I leave with this, a sweet and dark good bye,
You may have harmed and broken me, but I am now to far along to cry.
"Quick Mom, before they catch us!"
Rather odd activity spotted at Waterton's Red Rock Canyon parking lot. This bighorn sheep lamb appears to be on the alert for the van's owner while Mama checks out it's rear end. The very courteous Warden (i.e. Ranger, thanks James) said this is actually a real nuisance: the sheep lick the chemicals off the outsides of the catalytic converters, particularly looking for any salts. Problem is they sometimes get their horns stuck while doing so, which is dangerous for both the animal and vehicle. The Rangers have to gently untangle them while the sheep panics and thrashes around. This can be dangerous for the Wardens as well.
She did get out by herself, wasn't harmed.
The lamb seemed relieved and appreciated having her attention again.
Hope your weekend is off to a wonderful start!
Based upon its horizontal perching behavior, I believe this may be a male meadowhawk dragonfly. I found it perched at the edge of Mud Lake, a small lake found in Leelanau State Park on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula. Help with more specific identification would be greatly appreciated. I have found trying to photograph dragonflies that zoom my way only to immediately zoom off in another direction, very frustrating. So, hurray for perchers!
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This bumblebee, along with another one on bee balm, a honeybee, and a red milkweed beetle were observed this evening in my garden. It seemed strange that each of them was not moving, but just clinging to the flower they were on. When I touched them, the honeybee did not respond at all, and the other three insects barely moved. I am concerned that they have been affected by pesticides, as a few days ago I noticed a neighbor spraying his garden with something. If the wind was blowing in the right direction, it could have settled on the very flowers in my garden that are meant to help the insects. I have seen very few insects in the garden to date, so I will be looking carefully to see if I find more exhibiting this behavior.