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No, not for me, but for these sandhill cranes as they make their journey many stop off in nearby Delta, CO (and surrounding areas) in the hundreds ... or even multiple thousands. There they spend much of the winter resting up. Eventually most leave the area to ready for the breeding season, though some have been known to nest around these parts of town as well.
In Florida, we had many sandhill cranes as well. Ours nested in the wetlands and I can't tell you how badly I miss them raising their young in view and to the delight of many.
Thinking back on some of the differences between life in FL versus CO, that has to be one of the most prominent ones (as far as birds go) ... well that and the abundance of raptors in CO. :-)
Happy Sunday everyone ... glad that you stopped by to view.
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Sunrise ~ Eiffel Tower ~ Paris ~ France ~ Saturday February 27th 2016.
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Buck Brannaman says "The horse is a mirror to your soul."
This is not my horse.
I won't elaborate. But, I will say this:
It's not his fault...
Londolozi Game Reserve
South Africa
Near Kruger National Park
Happy Caturday !!
Some facts about male lions –
While it may look like the lionesses do all the work in the pride, the males play an important role. While they do eat more than the lionesses and bring in far less food (they hunt less than 10 percent of the time), males patrol, mark, and guard the pride's territory
They use their speed, agility, and claws to take down their prey. While African female lions have a strike force of about 16,500 lb. -ft./s, males have a strike force of about 22,800 lb. -ft./s.
Males will fight to the death to prevent other males taking over their prides. When there is a successful takeover, the newly victorious males will often kill the offspring of the former male or males. Lionesses will, on occasion fight to the death to protect their cubs.
Male lions will eat first at a kill, while the females and cubs wait their turn. The females put up with this behavior because the males offer protection for the pride.
I saw lots of these pretty blister beetles (Nemognatha sp.) yesterday in the Mojave Desert, always in Coreopsis (Leptosyne) flowers. These beetles have an adorable habit. If they see you coming, they may fly off...but sometimes instead, they grab a petal and pull it over themselves, like a little kid in bed hiding under the covers. I've seen the behavior many times, so I don't think it's accidental. They're also interesting because of their long, sword-like mouthparts, which are not typical for most blister beetles. You can see the proboscis tucked beneath its body; it helps them reach nectar deep in flowers.
the pigeon guillemots sit on the rocks for ages before taking their catch to the juveniles in the nest, I have no idea as to why they do this..
Red-spotted purple butterfly engaging in "puddling" behavior, collecting salts from a moist stream bed.
Maasi Mara, Kenya, Africa
It's easy to believe that hippos can be dangerous when you see those incredibly long, sharp teeth!
RKO_5610. Sitting on my deck these grebes came by and started their courtship dance. How lucky can you be!
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After a lengthy observation over the weekend, I realized that I had gotten the genders of the two birds switched around, which explains a lot concerning their individual behaviors and dispositions. So, I have decided to name them Zeus and Leto instead, which fits them as well, and, even better, is an actual pair in Greek mythology.
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These three male squirrels have been romping around the garden for about two weeks. At first, I thought there were two males and a female, but eventually I noticed that they are all young males. Boys will be Boys!
A Red-bellied Woodpecker casts an eye around to see who may have watched him stash a large acorn. Can you find it?
So some of us don't too kindly to our neighbors, but this takes it to a whole new level. See, this adult female osprey was just doing its thing to help in feeding its young, when all of a sudden an eastern kingbird came out of nowhere and chased it down, giving it a piece of its mind. It was relentless in its pursuit, even going as far as to appear to land on it and give it a peck. The reason was that the eastern kingbird also had a nest nearby and it didn't appreciate the osprey getting in its personal space. To note, this wasn't a one-time thing either, it pursued the osprey at every pass.
Don't you just love it when smaller birds show no fear and protect their young? It never ceases to amaze me.
Tom and I are headed out on a "bird" of our own. Will catch up with everyone when we return. Until then, happy shooting!
This Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) was holding on to and swimming with the carcass of this Horn Shark; Both Alice and I got shots--the only photographers there. Mike Harris, local Sea Otter Biologist with California Fish and Wildlife arrived after the otter had gone. We sent Mike photos as well as Gena Bentall, Director/Senior Scientist with Sea Otter Savvy in Watsonville CA; According to Gena, its rare for California sea otters to feed on fish, but relatively common in Alaska and Russia; I did see, through binoculars, the otter nibble on areas of the shark's face; Mike thought it was a female otter; I'm glad I was "camera ready" for this natural history moment. Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens at 200mm; 1/1600 sec; f/7.1; ISO 4000; Gitzo tripod; Topaz AI Sharpen and De Noise;
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This photo is part of a sequence capturing eagle talon-grappling behavior. The two eagles engaged in an aerial battle over a fish caught by the juvenile below, locking talons mid-air as the adult twisted to force the juvenile to release its catch. It is unclear which eagle lost the white feathers visible on the left.
This owlet is indulging in comfort behavior by stretching its wings and keeping the bird’s circulatory and muscular systems in good working order...
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Opened in 1884 as an apartment house, The Chelsea Hotel quickly became the bohemian center for art, philosophy, and bad behavior. Bob Dylan composed songs while staying at the Chelsea, and poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso chose it as a place for philosophical and intellectual exchange. It is also known as the place where the writer Dylan Thomas died of alcohol poisoning in 1953, and where Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols may have stabbed his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, to death on October 12, 1978. (from Chelsea Hotel website.)
Although converted to a hotel in 1905 private apartments are still maintained.
Romanesque/Queen Ann Style architecture.
"Mother Fox relaxing as the sunsets."
The Urban Fox
Wild foxes have learned to adapt to the urban environment in order to survive. By nature, foxes are nocturnal and hunt at night, whereas the urban fox has adapted its behavior to survive and can be seen during daylight hours.
Locally, a fox vixen has located her den in the foundational remains of a razed building complex along the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. She has six Kits, which can be seen frolicking in the debris and along the dunes during the day. The fox family has become local celebrities and unfortunately people have begun feeding them. Never feed wild animals. Although you may feel as if you’re helping them survive, you are actually harming them. Feeding foxes can alter their natural behavior and they may lose its fear of humans.
“Wildlife that is fed by people become less experienced at forging for their natural food and may become dependent on handouts that are not a part of their natural diets. This is especially true in juvenile animals that have not yet developed their own foraging skills and have little ability to fend for themselves once handouts cease.” ~ Julie King, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Please Do Not Feed the Wildlife!
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
New Forest pony near Matley Wood - these ponies are not wild and are owned by local people but spend most of the year feeding in the forest. If you visit the forest please do not feed them as this can lead to bad behavior at car parks and roadsides - I have seen a family picnic end in chaos!
Hooded Merganser, upright. I enjoyed my morning last week watching their behavior and interaction. A little slower shutter allowed just a bit of wing blur and still kept the head sharp.
Southern NJ Fall 2017
Calypte anna female,
Oso Flaco Natural Area,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
And it's possible that the hummer was scratching its front with its foot.
Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK. The gannet on the right has black eyes, indicating that it survived the devastating (and ongoing) bird flu pandemic. This physical change following recovery in gannets has only recently been noted, and in some ways is very positive for conservation, as this survivor has successfully paired up.
While technically not a good image, I think it is interesting because one of the young birds has a toe of the hovering adult in its mouth. And the youngster was closing its beak on the toe. Likely a natural reaction to feeling the pressure of the toe on its mouth.
Instinctual Behavior shapes the Beast, conduct and cognition shape the Man .... Quotes by Patricia
"Robert The Bruce of Scots " 1316- 1329
When they are doing their courting, the males seem to forget I am there.
Pretty Girl is usually good with me getting close.
The males usually not so much.
But, when they get interested in courting they seem to forget everything else, including how close I am.
I got a series of Pretty Girl and Little Red going through their courtship antics.
Every so often, Little Red would back off about 20-30 feet and mark some bushes or a clump of grass.
Then he would rub his head and side down some brush and bite off some of the smaller branches.
It was really cool to be able to just sit there so close and take a series of shots of them and their mating behaviors.
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So happy to see the return of the wooducks. So beautiful in their color and markings that they almost to beautiful to be real. There were two males and one female and perhaps more will come but that was all that we saw and we were thrilled to see them. One looked like a young male and perhaps was learning a few lessons from Dad !!!
Wishing you all a blessed and lovely evening !!
What a pleasure to watch these hooded mergansers exhibit their courting behavior. I was at Gunners Lake in Germantown, Maryland, and there was a small flock of about 10 hoodies that weren't terribly far from shore. The males were doing their courtship dance around the hens and each other and I was so excited to both see them do this and capture it for my photo collection. Even better was to listen to the drakes make what I can only describe as a sort of low croaking sound when they had their heads thrown back as in the above photo.
Taken 27 November 2016.
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An interesting behavior in which an ant feasts with a posture (The filaments with a "ball" at the end are eggs). They are already empty because the ant has eat them. It was the photo possible in a minuscule scene at the end of the day and with wind that just to annoy appeared on the spot.
Um comportamento interessante em que uma formiga se banqueteia com uma postura (Os filamentos com uma "bolinha" na ponta são ovos). Já estão vazios que a formiguinha estava a trabalhar para isso. A foto possível numa cena minúscula já em fim de dia e com vento que só para chatear apareceu na hora. Achei o comportamento interessante e aqui fica o registo.
GREEN VIOLETEAR Colibri thalassinus and SPECKLED HUMMINGBIRD Adelomyia melanogenys. These two hummingbird species, the Green Violetear and the Speckled Hummingbird, are showing interspecific aggressive behavior above flowering bushes with yellow flowers at which both species feed on nectar. This occurred at the Pacha Quindi Nature Refuge near the top of a mountain ridge above Tandayapa in northwestern Ecuador at 1:04 PM on September 6, 2018. At one point the two hummingbirds became entangled and fell into a bush where both struggled against each other.
These two Hummingbird species belong to the family Trochilidae. The Speckled Hummingbird is found in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú and Bolivia. The Green Violetear lives from southern Mexico south through Central America to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Bolivia to extreme northwestern Argentina.
Un Colibrí Orejivioláceo Verde Colibri thalassinus y un Colibrí Jaspeado Adelomyia melanogenys, cerniendose muy de cerca, están mostrando comportamiento agresivo interespecífico por encima de unos arbustos cuyos flores amarillos tienen nectár de que las dos especies beben. La foto se sacó cerca de una cresta montañosa por encima de Tandayapa en el noroeste de Ecuador a la 1 y 4 de la tarde el 6 de septiembre de 2018.
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Some splitters, having nothing better to do, recently made a very dubious split of the Green Violetear into two different (barely different) species. This flimsily motivated split was based on no new evidence. The first "new species" resulting from this ludicrous split was presented with the common name "Mexican Violetear" - a ridiculous name for the alleged new species whose range extends from southern Mexico through Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to north central Nicaragua. This bogus species still uses the name Colibri thalassinus. The second "new species" was awarded the pitiful and disdainful common name "Lesser Violetear" which is an affront to hummingbirds everywhere. There is nothing "lesser" about it. It was given the scientific name Colibri cyanotus and its range extends from Costa Rica to Argentina. If the splitters would take the trouble to do some actual field work and travel to San Gerardo de Dota along the Río Savegre in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica, they could readily observe Green Violetears with substantial blue coloration on their breasts, a finding which would blow up their entire specious rational for the split which was minor color differences which could easily be attributed to normal geographic variation within a species. I roundly reject this split.
In behavioral terms, the old woman pushing an empty stroller
is not mourning but repeating —
a learned rhythm of movement,
once rewarded by presence,
However,
the truth is that it is most likely rheumatism.
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This male tree swallow and his partner were nesting in our yard last summer 2014. They provided us with much pleasure as we watched their behavior, often to the neglect of getting other things done. I spent a lot of time photographing them. But after we returned from vacation in July, all was quiet at the box. Sadly, I found 4 broken eggs on the ground under the box and I think a House Wren destroyed the eggs. We did see a wren go in and out of the box later and I read that they can be very aggressive. They will sometimes put twigs inside empty boxes so other birds won't nest there, even though they have no intention of using it. I found 8 more eggs inside when I was cleaning out the box, which I assume were from the wren. I have no idea why they didn't hatch. The swallows worked so hard to guard their box but that's nature. I hope they return and this year we will be staying home! Taken in Calgary, Alberta.
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A short eared owl scans the fields looking for something.
There is something about the way his body curves under those feathers that is interesting here. I don't think I have seen an owl shaped like that before.
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OMFG!
Check out Deana and the aggresive behavior, the freak out, the shushing of Mike (the pilot), and then the overjoy bullshit on the ground.
Whoa...pukefest..emotional rollercoaster...funny..fun..cute..and awesome.
The girl is brave. I admire her alot. She did not want to go up..she hates to fly..but she said she would do it..AND SHE DID. That is bravery, courage, and inspiration.
Thanks Doctor Mike for being a great pilot...but fuck you for not getting her to puke and cutting MY DAY short cause of high maintenance freak-out chic.
J/K
It was great fun to be included with you two. THANKS