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During the early phases of my anthropological studies at Millennium Park, this particular behavior was most puzzling indeed. Over time, however, it became apparent that this is a compulsive response that occurs naturally whenever humans are placed in close proximity to a spherical metallic shrine known as "The Bean."
Birds in freedom. La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Aulacorhynchus albivitta
(Southern Emerald toucanet / Tucancito Esmeralda)
The male (right) collected the plantain in his beak and then presented it to the female (left) 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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Ignoring the warning of a lowered gate and flashing lights at a grade crossing, a daring young bicyclist cuts across the path of a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train in Whiting, Indiana.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/320s
Taken At the Royal Greenwich Park, South East London.
Brexit is overwhelming the media in the UK to about the same degree as the election in the US. I suspect that the Brexit vote may be significantly influenced by the Euro 2016 soccer championship, and that David Cameron may have made a mistake holding the referendum in the middle of the Nationalistic frenzy that big soccer tournaments evoke. More here www.linkedin.com/pulse/brexit-behavioral-economics-soccer...
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) - Pitt county, North Carolina, USA
The iconic sound of spring throughout the wooded eastern USA. These little frogs have a shrill peeping call that is truly impressive in its volume. Yet the frogs themselves can be quite tricky to locate as they're rather small and don't always call from the most obvious of locations.
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Not sure what caused this little dispute. Don't believe it was a fish fight. Interesting to watch and photograph these two.
Cormorants can be aggressive and exhibit aggressive behaviors such as rearing back and striking with their hooked beak, lunging with an open bill, and locking beaks with opponents.
I don't know enough to understand why this Coyote stopped to take a bite of this twig, but I do appreciate the display of teeth. Much to respect and keep a safe distance from this preditor.
A Common Moorhen on the bayou is uncommon enough, but to see one flying instead of skulking in the reeds is downright rare.
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Monarch Behavior
Monarchs can produce four generations during one summer. The first three generations will have life spans from 2 - 6 weeks and will continue moving north. During this time they will mate and have the next generation that will continue the northward migration. The fourth generation is different and can live up to nine months. These are the butterflies that will migrate south for winter to either Mexico or southern California.
I watched two bumblebees for a long time as they hovered and interacted in an interesting display. One would appear to slow its wingbeats down where I could see them moving in seemingly slow motion.
what will we do for a photograph.....and I don't even smoke, I have to tell you my lips burnt for this shot!
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A small herd of cows surrounded this abandoned house. As I set up for my shot, most of the cows hid behind the house, with the most curious one remaining behind to keep tabs on my behavior.
original version without lighthouse signal
The North Sea Canal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. It ends at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.
A photo of the lighthouse at the beginning of the North Sea Canal. I was waiting for a romantic couple to pass by but the beach was too quiet so I got the idea to run, like a little boy, towards the seagulls and scared them. The seagulls did hover all for this capture, YEAH ;-)
Het Noordzeekanaal is een kanaal in Nederland dat loopt van de stad Amsterdam (het IJ) naar IJmuiden en Velsen Noord aan de andere kant, waar het uiteindelijk uitmondt in de Noordzee. Om de verbinding tussen de Haven van Amsterdam en de Noordzee te verbeteren werd in 1824 het Noordhollandsch Kanaal tussen Amsterdam en Den Helder in gebruik genomen. Dit kanaal voldeet al snel niet meer aan de eisen van het groeiende scheepvaartverkeer. Daarom werd enkele decennia later besloten om via de kortste verbinding tussen Amsterdam en de Noordzee een kanaal te graven. Hierbij werden de duinen nabij Velsen op het smalste deel van Holland ('Holland op zijn Smalst') doorgraven. Er werden sluizen aangelegd die de verbinding vormen tussen het kanaal en de zee.
Ik hoopte eigenlijk dat een romantisch paartje langs zou wandelen bij deze mooie zonsondergang maar helaas het strand was veel te stil. Toen ben ik maar als kleine jongen achter de meeuwen aangerend. Het resultaat zijn de krijsende zeemeeuwen in de lucht. Ik kreeg erbij natte voeten van ;-)
I found this cricket low on a plant in the night, it was just done with molting, the old skin is still hanging on the leaf stalk.
Sony IlCE-6500 with Oshiro 60mm F2.8 Macro
(Photo Note: CA. Sea Lions are extremely creative at finding unusual places to rest and warm up from the cold water. California Sea Lions are very social animals, and groups often rest closely packed together.)
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At The Marine Mammal Center
"California sea lions are our most common patients at The Marine Mammal Center. In 2009, we admitted over 1700 animals. Nearly 1400 of these were California sea lions. The most common reasons California sea lions are rescued include: malnutrition, domoic acid toxicosis, leptospirosis, cancer, pneumonia, entanglement in debris or fishing gear, gunshots, and other wounds. In 2009, many of the sea lions that stranded were malnourished yearlings. Animals can become severely underweight from maternal separation, disease, lack of food sources, effects of El Niño and other environmental factors. In 1998, the Center diagnosed the first case of domoic acid toxicosis in marine mammals; a condition caused by harmful algal blooms that causes the animals to have seizures. Although the Center has conducted extensive studies to better understand this disease, hundreds of sea lions are affected annually." (Source: Marine Mammal Center 2015: www.marinemammalcenter.org/)
Behavior:
California sea lions are very social animals, and groups often rest closely packed together at favored haul-out sites on land or float together on the ocean's surface in "rafts." They are sometimes seen "porpoising," or jumping out of the water, presumably to speed up their swimming. Sea lions have also been seen "surfing" breaking waves. California sea lions are opportunistic eaters, feeding on squid, octopus, herring, rockfish, mackerel, and small sharks. In turn, sea lions are preyed upon by Orcas (killer whales) and great white sharks.
I have a large colony of Great Golden Digger Wasps (Sphex ichneumoneus) and am fascinated watching them each summer as they dig and provision their nests. Although large, they are extremely docile and won't sting unless handled roughly. This one perched on my knee with her catch, a katydid. Eventually, she carried the prey to her nest burrow and eventually took it in, where she'll place one egg on it. Her prey is paralyzed so once the egg "hatches" her larvae will feed on the host. Gruesome, but also kind of cool.
Backyard gray squirrel hoping some kind human (me) will give him a nice treat of nuts. Backyard wildlife.
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I had a slight mental breakdown yesterday. I think it was a mixture of stress from finals and a feeling of photographic inadequacy. I keep seeing the amazing photos others are creating and the success they are having and feeling like mine will never be as good. I kept looking back at all my photos and found that most of the ones I was most proud of were from months ago or were followed by ones that I really don’t care for. I started having a personal identity crisis and just wanted to crawl into a hole and hibernate until I was ready to face the world. I eventually decided that what I really needed was to go out and lose myself in the forest. I ended up going to a completely different area of the forest and just wandering about and ended up finding an amazing area that I plan on shooting in a lot. It was exactly what I needed. I eventually got out of my funk and realized that I was the only one creating my problems and was the only one who could fix them. If I want to get better I need to put in more effort. It’s as simple as that. So today while editing this I made myself become a perfectionist, working every detail until I got it how I wanted it. And then my computer shut off for no reason at all, of course on the one day that I wasn’t saving every so often. I wanted to rage/cry. But instead I just turned it back on and started all over again. I got this.
Also on a separate note, a lot of you are commenting on how cold I must have been. Well surprisingly it hasn’t actually been that cold. It’s usually been around only 32ºF, yesterday even getting up to 37! This is like October weather for Montana. Usually by now we could easily be having wind chill down to -20ºF or colder!
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This was taken during a time when the oropendulas were active in their courtship behavior. It was so amazing to see. They would fly to a branch and very quickly almost turn upside down making a special call to it;s mate. I so wish I could play the call for you as it incredible to hear an experience.
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Although they are not the ideal birds to have hanging around during the nesting season, it is still interesting to watch the behavior of Brown-headed Cowbirds. This group of 5 males were following one female around, singing and doing their wing-flare displays in an attempt to 1) impress her, and 2) intimidate each other. Didn't seem to work on any front... Andover, NJ