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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 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!
Description and behavior: It is the only bear in South America, and the only one that lives in the southern hemisphere of the planet, it is the third largest bear in the world after the Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear and one of the largest mammals in continental Ecuador together With the Amazon tapir. Its main feature is the white or cream rounded spots around the eyes, in some individuals these spots extend to the jaw, throat and chest. These spots are unique to each bear, so it is used for the identification of individuals, some partially or totally lack these spots.
Dimensions: head-body length from 120 to 220 cm. The male is larger and more robust than the female.
Weight: females between 80 and 90 kg and males between 175 and 200 kg.
Large in size, robust body, short snout, short round ears, tiny tail and powerful jaw. It has a long, thick and dense coat, of uniform and dark color. Of diurnal habits, it is a terrestrial animal, although very good climber of trees and rocky walls.
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.
RKO_2619. Great Crested Grebe project 2021.
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Community Garden, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Link to interesting article about bird behavior re: pandemic:
www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/us/sf-birds-pandemic-singing-trnd/...
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.
Al heel vaak geprobeerd om dit baltsgedrag vast te leggen maar altijd op te grote afstand. Nu met 700mm en een flinke crop is het eindelijk gelukt. Lager standpunt was hier helaas niet mogelijk.
Zie ook mijn vogel set: Birds
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A Red-bellied Woodpecker catches an anole and will later cache it in another tree nearby. #birds #birding #bird
The large red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) is a striking damselfly known for its typical mating behavior. Here are the key facts: Mating and egg-laying: Females only come to the water to mate and lay eggs. The male often approaches the female with a "dancing flight." Mating wheel: During mating, the damselflies form a so-called mating wheel. In this position, the male holds the female behind the head with his abdominal appendages, while the female bends her abdomen towards the male's genitals. Tandem egg-laying: After mating, the male and female often continue to lay eggs in "tandem" (coupled together). They usually deposit the eggs in aquatic plants, often on floating leaves of, for example, the water lily. Appearance: The male is easily recognizable by his bright red eyes, a largely black abdomen, and blue segments 9 and 10 at the tip. Females do not have red eyes. Flight period: The large red-eyed damselfly can be seen from early May to mid-August.
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
We left Badlands N.P. early to make a final loop around the park on the way out and found this guy and three of his buddies hanging out near Norbeck Pass. Although they looked mature, their behavior indicated otherwise. There was some awkward sparring where they basically rubbed their horns together. After they tired of that they took turns trying to mount each other. I’m guessing they were not yet ready to make a significant contribution to the gene pool.
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. Elevation: 3,234 ft. August 6, 2019.
Black Grouse courtship displays often include a behavior known as "jumping display," which is performed by males in combination with wing displays and vocalizations. This behavior adds another layer of complexity to their courtship rituals and is an important component of their mating behavior. The ability to perform vigorous jumps and displays demonstrates the physical fitness and health of male Black Grouse. Females may use these displays to assess the quality of potential mates and choose the most suitable partners for breeding
Red net-winged beetles, Dictyoptera aurora, are so well defended by lycidic acid that they feed and mate in the open, and do not avoid humans approaching closely or predaceous insects.
This pair is not mating--that ended yesterday. This is guarding behavior, in which the male clasps the female so that other males cannot displace his sperm so they can insert their own. The male will release the female when she begins to lay eggs, which he knows will carry his genes.
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!!
Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Foliage Gleaner
Conservation : Low Concern
"The House Wren has one of the largest ranges of any songbird in the New World. It breeds from Canada through the West Indies and Central America, southward to the southernmost point of South America... A House Wren weighs about as much as two quarters, but it’s a fierce competitor for nest holes. Wrens will harass and peck at much larger birds, sometimes dragging eggs and young out of a nest site they want – even occasionally killing adult birds. In some areas they are the main source of nest failure for bluebirds, Tree Swallows, Prothonotary Warblers, and chickadees."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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?
Little Hyatt Lake - Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Marshes
Food : Insects
Nesting : Scrub
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. Their early and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring... Male Red-winged Blackbirds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, spending more than a quarter of daylight hours in territory defense. He chases other males out of the territory and attacks nest predators, sometimes going after much larger animals, including horses and people."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
RKO_5156. Courtship behavior of some Great Crested Grebes.
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An adult Glossy Ibis flying towards a rookery in Southern New Jersey
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