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We can upon this Great Kiskadee hunting from a branch over a small stream. He made several attempts and came up empty handed, but every now and again he was successful, as with this minnow. His behavior and hunting style reminded me of our Belted Kingfisher. Another "lifer" for me.
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One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
Psalm 27:4
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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!
Street Scene ~ Samphanthawong District ~ Bangkok, Thailand
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/5.6, 38mm, 1/250s
My friend Lance invited me out on his boat for some Osprey photography where I photographed this landing shot. Thanks Lance. The Osprey are nesting now in South Florida where they can be seen just about anywhere there is water that holds fish. Osprey are sometimes called "Fish Eagles" or "Hawk Eagles" due to their almost exclusive fish diet. They hunt in both fresh and salt water and can be seen diving, talons first, into the water to secure prey. Like owls, one talon is reversible, allowing them to grip their slippery meal. They generally turn their prey headfirst into the wind as they fly to a tree or perch to each their catch. Males will often soar vertically with prey in what looks like to me to be a show-off behavior, probably meant to impress the ladies. All's well unless there are eagle about, as eagles would rather chase an osprey and steal it's catch that catch one of their own. (Pandion haliaetus)
After a successful hunt, the Rough-leg flew off to enjoy his dinner. Unfortunately I had a tough time following him and had my shutter speed set a bit low-- this was as good a shot as I got. Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, MO
The scarlet dragonfly has a one-year life cycle and overwinters as an egg. The eggs hatch in the spring, after which the larvae develop rapidly. The larvae are hunters and live among aquatic plants on a muddy bottom, feeding on small invertebrates such as mosquito larvae. Emergence takes place from early June to late September, with a peak from late July to early September. Young animals can be found in the wide vicinity of the breeding water, sitting and hunting for small insects in dense vegetation. Sexually mature males fly near the water and regularly perch on protruding stems in the bank vegetation. They scout for females for mating. Males that come too close are usually chased away. The eggs are deposited in the water or on mud close to the water while flying in a tandem position through bobbing movements of the underside. Sometimes multiple egg-laying tandems are observed at the same location simultaneously.
Personal and current note:
All my May flowers, I mean every possible color here, bloomed in May. The Christmas cactus are known in the northern hemisphere as the Christmas Cactus (late autumn or early winter), but in the state of São Paulo it has the popular name of the May flower, native to a mountain range in the state of Rio de Janeiro , overhangs trees. The rest of the country calls it the silk flower and it makes sense because of the transparency and delicacy of the flower petals.
It's a shame to be so perennial.
Once a year and for a maximum of 6 days or a maximum of seven days of flowering.
This orange May flower is tricolor. It has an orange inner part, a yellow to orange upper part and a pink stigma. It's very beautiful!
PS. It was like this last year:
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S. Truncata Group 'Gold Charm'; note the very pointed teeth at the end of the segments, zygomorphic flowers held above the horizontal, and yellow pollen.
May flower: the cactus that offers beauty instead of thorns:
The May flower - common name of the species Schlumbergera truncata - is one of those plants that we tend to despise most of the year. It is, after all, a true botanical commonplace:
since the days of grandma's gardens, it has been hanging around on any balcony or housed in cachepots on some furniture in the living room. It is also a champion of popularity in floras - ready to be pushed by sellers every time the consumer searches for a plant “for beginners”.
This is all true, yes. But, as I was able to feel myself this week, the fact that it is party rice does not eliminate the extraordinary value and the pleasure of having a May flower inside the house. And pleasure is precisely in the miracle that works, out of nowhere, in your metabolism. During most of the year, the May flower is a discreet little thing, with its branches formed by fragile and evergreen buds releasing at most new buds. Suddenly, sometime between the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, behold that dull plant explodes in buttons with extremely striking shapes and colors - mine, for example, pump out between May and July.
After flowering, it often withers, loses part of the buds and spends the rest of the year trying to recover from the excruciating effort of flowering.
The May flower is from the cactus family, but has no thorns. In its original habitat, the Atlantic Forest, it presents an epiphyte behavior. In other words: like orchids and many bromeliads, it uses tree trunks as a support. Thanks to horticultural improvement, the variety of colors available on the market today is immense. You can splurge, as you can see in this photo that illustrates this post, the very rare flower of May YELLOW.
Despite the fact that the May flower is a peaceful and favorable cultivation plant, some precautions are mandatory to avoid unpleasantness. Here is a basic guide to success:
1) SOIL - As it is a succulent, the may flower requires perfect drainage. She does, however, enjoy a lot of organic matter. So, plant it in pots with holes, filled with pebbles and sand at the bottom and the remaining two thirds completed with vegetable soil. Curiosity: if these conditions are met, the May flower can grow a lot and live for years in small pots.
2) WATERING - Do not overdo it and do not leave dishes filled with water under the pot, to avoid waterlogging and root rot. But also be sure to water frequently - two to four times a week, depending on the weather. She likes the slightly damp earth.
3) LUZ - This is, perhaps, the main catch. The May flower hates receiving direct sunlight, but enjoys well-lit environments. The right places for her, therefore, are balconies and bright interiors, but fresh. Or under the treetops.
4) FLOWERING - The May flower releases its buds when two variables combine: the nights become longer and the minimum temperatures are close to 10-15 degrees. And so it lives up to its name: in the Southeast of Brazil, these ideal conditions are usually registered between mid-May and the end of June.
5) POST-FLOWERING STRESS - May flower is a perennial species, that is, it does not die after giving flowers. Often, however, it cannot withstand the thud of its metabolic explosion: after so much effort, the stem buds become wilted and break easily. In the extreme, the plant dies from stress. To avoid this, it is necessary to redouble the care with nutrition. After flowering, increase the watering slightly and add a little earthworm humus or phosphorus-rich fertilizer (the “P” of the renowned NPK trio).
Last tip: take advantage of the loose buds to produce new seedlings. It's very easy, just fix a piece of them in moist soil.
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While culling my photo archives (an important project for me unless I want to blowup my computer) I came across this Pic of one of my favorite Birds. Captured January 4, 2015, it shows a Snowy attempting to keep warm on a crisp January morning.
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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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I'm always amused by bird behavior and still learning. This time I captured an American Wigeon that stretched across the water and hefted its wings to look like some historical amphibious seaplane. Of course, I assume that this is just one of the many stretches that ducks do, just like we do, to limber up the ole muscles and prepare for activity. But still it looks so interesting...
Taken 8 September 2017 at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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Small, brightly-colored leaf warbler. Yellowish green above and pale below, with bright yellow brow stripes, a pale crown stripe, and a bicolored bill (dark above, orange below). Has two wingbars, of which upper can be quite pale or absent. Note white undertail and distinct behavior of flicking both wings at the same time (Blyth’s, Claudia’s, and Hartert’s leaf warblers flick their wings alternatingly). More extensively yellow and with a stronger, more contrasting head pattern than Blyth’s and Emei leaf warblers, and lacks the bright rump patch of “Pallas’s-type” leaf warblers. Closely related Kloss’s Leaf Warbler is extremely similar; look for Davison’s brighter and more extensively white undertail coverts. Breeds in deciduous broadleaved and mixed hill and montane forest; descends into forested foothills in the non-breeding season. Song is short and sweet: “wih-chew-chee wih-chew-chee-wih”. Calls are high and liquid-sounding: “chew-wee” or “wit-chew-wee”. (eBird)
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We saw these little warblers quite frequently, flitting rapidly through the trees. This one was chasing insects in the more inaccessible sections of the trees, but came out to give us a quick once-over before resuming the hunt.
Thanks to Daren who alerted me to the fact that I had mis-ID'd this warbler. I used Merlin Photo ID and compared my other photos with those from eBird to realize that this was not a Hume's Warbler, but a Davison's Leaf Warbler.
Here's a link to our Thailand bird trip list: ebird.org/tripreport/328567
Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand. February 2025.
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It wasn't too crowded here, so these Sandhill Cranes had no problems finding spots to alight. Vicinity of Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Indiana
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.
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One of the few cherished rocks. Thanks for having always been there for me. Right back at ya', forever. Love you to bits. <3
A Red-bellied Woodpecker catches an anole and will later cache it in another tree nearby. #birds #birding #bird
Kruger National Park
South Africa
Baboon youngster photographed by the side of the road we were traveling on.
Baboons are some of the world’s largest monkeys. 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, with a male body length of 20–45 in (50–115 cm) and tail length of 18–33 in (45–84 cm). It also one of the heaviest; the male weighs from 46–99 lb (21–45 kg) with an average of 70 lb (31.8 kg). The smaller female Chacma weighs from 26–55 lb (12–25 kg), with an average of 34 lb (15.4 kg).
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
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.
A Little Ringed Plover raises its wing while walking along the shore, just after switching incubation duties with its partner.
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
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
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the Prussian carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is native to East Asia. It was first selectively bred in ancient China more than 1,000 years ago, and several distinct breeds have since been developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known). Goldfish have strong associative learning abilities, as well as social learning skills. Goldfish are gregarious, displaying schooling behavior, as well as displaying the same types of feeding behaviors. 2109
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.
Elephants are highly social animals and are known for their complex social behavior, which includes a variety of communication methods, social bonding, and cooperation. One of the most important aspects of elephant social behavior is their family structure, which is centered around a matriarchal society.
Female elephants, called cows, form close bonds with their female relatives, such as their mothers, sisters, and daughters, and often live in multi-generational family groups. These groups are led by the oldest and most experienced cow, known as the matriarch, who is responsible for making decisions for the group, such as where to feed and drink and when to move to new areas.
Male elephants, called bulls, are more solitary and typically leave their family group around the age of 12 to 14 to join bachelor herds or to live alone. However, bulls do interact with family groups during the mating season, when they seek out receptive females to mate with.
When elephants socialize, they use a variety of communication methods, including vocalizations, body language, and chemical signals. They also engage in tactile communication, such as touching trunks or rubbing against each other.
Elephants are highly intelligent and are capable of exhibiting empathy and compassion towards each other. They have been known to show affection towards other elephants, comfort each other in times of distress, and even mourn their dead. Overall, elephants are complex social animals with intricate social structures and behaviors.
Steller's jays are always a welcome sight, but none more beautiful of a time than in the winter. I love to see the contrast between their beautiful tones of blue with black against the white of the snow. On this day, we watched as a group of Steller's jays foraged for food in the hardened snow patch. This jay had found some and tossed them back to swallow. So interesting.
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