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Adult male golden-collared manakins (Manacus vitellinus) show off their bright-yellow throat and beard to attract the attention of females. They strut their stuff in groups called leks in a defined display area on the forest floor, which they carefully clean by removing dead leaves and foliage that obstruct the female's view.
During the courtship display, males perform complex acrobatic moves, leaping from one sapling to another, while making conspicuous "snapping" sounds by forcefully beating their wings together above their heads. (phys.org/news/2017-09-cleanliness-sexiness-golden-collare...)
I took this picture while on a photo tour led by Jeff Munoz of Rainforest Photo Tours (rainforestphototours.com).
I watched these two goatfish stay close together with the larger one staying in a vertical position and both alternating between remaining stationary and swimming frantically.
Anyone want to know why there are so many red winged blackbirds? Well, it's because they are good at what they do, and this beauty killed more insects than a bug zapper on a hot summer night in the everglades. She was none too cooperative though. I got two shots before she took off. I wanted to narrow the f- stop to f-18 or higher to get it all in focus.
After posting 2 bear images after quite some time of primarily birds and landscapes, I was reminded of just how much I miss the bears of Alaska. Everyone must know how much I love the bears ... whether brown bears chasing down salmon, or black bears foraging amoung the wild berries, or polar bears playing while they wait for the waters to freeze ... doesn't matter. Nothing fills my heart with joy in the wilderness like a bear sighting and photographic observation that most undoubtedly follows. :-)
It's been 19 months since I last had the honor of photographing a bear in Alaska. I wonder if they know how much I long to be there watching the playful antics of their cubs, the strength and speed that they possess, or the respect that they command?
This sub-adult brown bear was working the shore of a river on the Kenai Peninsula. It turned as it passed by and looked directly at us ... such an amazing thrill to behold. Its sibling was up river a bit and they would alternate between foraging for food and playtime. Just remembering the sound of them as they moved through the water brings an immediate smile to my face. Absolutely can't wait until we get out there again!
Happy Hump Day! Thanks for stopping by to view.
© 2014 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
Note: Image was taken in the wild and cropped
Check the blog later tonight for a new published post on the wetlands of Florida.
All our behaviour has changed since the pandemic started.
- We have no more group gathering
- We do not visit our friends and families any more
- We work from home
- We do not eat out
- We use technology to avoid interaction in person
- We wear mask
In regard to mask wearing, I believe we still have to do this at least for year 2021!
Have a good day!
Fuji X-T3
Fuji XF 35mm F2
ACROS B&W with red filter
flam·boy·ant
(of a person or their behavior) tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.
The day I saw the familiar behavior from you
I was very shocked, I didn't know there's someone not only me
Actually before you made this act, I didn't notice it yet
But that day, I looked longer time
My eyes lingered and wondered
Full of surprises that I realise it
There's a problem of your ^MiMi^
by Babette Teeth
This Bluebird has stopped by our pond for a drink. Although they do build nests in tree crotches they generally prefer sites with better sheltering from the elements. We often have nests in the eaves of our garage, and Woodpecker cavities serve as residences for many Bluebirds and other bird species in subsequent years. I once sectioned such a cavity from a fallen tree and discovered nine stacked layers of different nests.
IMG_2604; Western Bluebird
As you all know, I just love doing these guys. Here he was minding his own business preening and such and along came a Coot which got a little to close, and this was the display of the Heron to warn him off, and the Coot mad a hasty retreat. Have a great day everyone and thank you for visiting, always appreciated.
This Spotted Sandpiper did something previously unseen,. As I approached it -- stealthily (I like to think), it moved away from me, as they do. Quick walk. In the normal Sandpiper posture.
Then, for whatever reason, it stopped, and reared up. Think 'standing on its tiptoes'. Vertical posture...VERY unusual. Stood like this for seconds, like it was sampling its surroundings...but it never looked back in my direction. Then it dropped down to normal stance...and flew off.
Not a great photo -- but in this case behavior trumps quality. I processed this photo three times, in three very different ways...couldn't find any pleasing composition. Lacking that, I'm just showing the bird standing upright, like a biped.
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Nikon D4s. Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm. 1/3200nd @ f/11. ISO 3200. EV = 0.0.
A una in Paradiso
Eri per me quel tutto, amore,
per cui si struggeva la mia anima -
una verde isola nel mare, amore,
una fonte limpida, un'ara
di magici frutti e fiori adornata:
e tutti erano miei quei fiori.
Ah, sogno splendido e breve!
Stellata speranza, appena apparsa
e subito sopraffatta!
Una voce del Futuro mi grida
"Avanti, avanti!" - ma è sul Passato
(oscuro gugite!) che la mia anima aleggia
tacita, immobile, sgomenta!
Perchè mai più, oh, mai più per me
risplenderà quella luce di Vita!
Mai più - mai più - mai più -
(è quel che il mare ripete
alle sabbie del lido) - mai più
rifiorirà un albero percosso dal fulmine,
nè potrà più elevarsi un'aquila ferita.
Vivo, trasognato, giorni estatici,
e tutte le mie notturne visioni
mi riportano ai tuoi grigi occhi di luce,
a là dove tu stessa ti porti e risplendi,
oh, in quali eteree danze,
lungo rivi che scorrono perenni.
Edgar Allan Poe
"So we'll piss off the neighbours
In the place that feels the tears
The place to lose your fears
Yeah, reckless behavior
A place that is so pure, so dirty and raw..." - Zayn
Today after school I drove to fields near my house, hoping to photograph Northern Harriers. As the sun set, I photographed these two Harriers jousting for a perch on one of their favorite trees. A Cooper's hawk also interacted with one of the Harriers. I'm so thankful that I can watch and photograph these birds so close to home.
[...] Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image [...]
-- Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)
Rome, Italy (November, 2007)
☕ Tigers live solitary lives, except during mating season and when females have tiger cubs. Tigers are fiercely territorial and have and mark their large home ranges.🐱
In this shot you can make out a few darker feathers on the lower gorget... but it's likely a female. Anna's Hummingbird females have spotted gorgets. I find this dark mark to be the best discriminator between this bird and the other common Hummers in this area: Costa's and Black-chinned. When I rose to focus in on another Hummer sampling nectar, this lady usurped my chair. This shot shows how tiny they actually are... sometimes with all the closeup shots we take we forget!
IMG_0046; Anna's Hummingbird
Some photos are intended as high art. Some are meant to show incredible photographic skill and razor sharp image.
This is neither. This photo is bird behavior documentation, grabbed spontaneously as the behavior occurred. This little hummingbird visited the nectar feeder, then flitted to the grape jelly...probably out of curiosity. Hovered around the jelly long enough for me to grab the camera, then actually moved in and started eating (drinking?) some jelly.
Must have liked it, for there have been several more jelly visits, and apparently the word was passed on, for at least once two little Ruby Throats have been there together.
We are now seing the world through our mobile phone. The space it looks in our life now is just amazing compare to few years ago when we were using it to pickup a call or send a SMS. With the rise of smartphone, we have the privilege to have internet in our pocket, anytime, everywhere.
We are now more focus on what is happing elsewhere "online" than what is happing just in front of us, in the real world...
Living in China has strengthened this vision of the evolution of our society, in a country where the mobile technology is far away more advanced compare to the occident, for good and for bad.
This is China~~
The February challenge was to find 10 shots at one place. Check out our shots here : www.flickr.com/groups/ajac/pool/
Love
Can make your world go 'round
Can really bring you down
It's such a state of mind
Can take a long long time
Love
It's such a tricky thing
Can include diamond rings
Can make you scream and shout
If there is no way out
I've got to figure out love.
Matthew Dear "Pom pom"
I guess he thought no one could see him in the fog. American white pelican at sunrise on Armand Bayou.
I take so many behavioral shots of herons and egrets that I often fail to process and upload the quieter moments I share with these birds. Here Big Red, my favorite reddish egret, strikes a pose at North Beach, Fort Desoto.
Instinctual Behavior shapes the Beast, conduct and cognition shape the Man .... Quotes by Patricia Bechthold
"Robert The Bruce of Scots " 1316- 1329
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while having a coffee in Brugges (Belgium) we admire the male's exhibition during the mating season, showing which one was the best male
A male Yarkand toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus axillaris) is sending signal by it's curving tail. Tail curve, tail lash and tail wave are main form of the lizards' communication. Our research group have been working on this lizards for more than five years. Now we believe the tail signal has correlation with courtship and territorial defence.