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Curious courting behavior perhaps......
I spotted these two Red-browed Finches in this pose a couple of weeks ago during a birding session at Hunter Wetlands Centre (Shortland, NSW; Australia).
The finch on top here, started by presenting the grass stalk to the other bird; but then it decided to hop onto the back of the other bird before the pair took off together!
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The male in many songbird species will often feed the female in courtship prior to breeding. Male cardinals will feed the female while she is incubating. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
American avocets are interesting birds. They are shorebirds and wading birds, but their feet are webbed, so they can swim too. During feeding the upswept bill sweeps side-to-side through shallow water in a behavior called scything, stirring invertebrates into range. What you see here is breeding coloration. The buff/"orangy" coloration goes away during non-breeding seasons. When I captured this frame in June 2026, there were at least a dozen of these beauties on Shugru Reservoir near my home in Lassen County California. They were mostly hanging out in pairs and even doing some early nesting behavior on the shore. This is a male. He has a longer, straighter bill than the female and is slightly larger in overall body size. I captured him lifting off to look for better hunting grounds, which he evidently found quickly as he probably only flew about 30 feet.
This one's all motion: a male American avocet caught mid-launch off Shugru Reservoir, breeding-season cinnamon head and neck lit warm by morning sun, wings fully extended, legs trailing, and the water still erupting in droplets below him. The black-and-white wing pattern reads sharp against the soft, blurred backdrop, and that splash anchors the whole frame in a specific instant. A strong pick for anyone who wants action and detail over a static portrait — shorebird collectors and birders especially.
Some young bulls are checking out a cow that is beginning to release the smell of estrus. They are curious and fired up, but won't breed this season. When the cows become receptive, the mature bulls will chase away these youngsters. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) was engaged in a three-way fluting conversation. It is sitting in front of its cave and looking upwards to another fluter sitting on the ledge about 2m above this cave.
Diese Gryllteiste (Cepphus grylle) war Teil einer 3-seitigen Flötkonversation. Sie sitzt vor ihrer Höhle und schaut hinauf, zu einem anderen Flötling ca 2m über ihrer Höhle.
Podilymbus podiceps,
Atascadero Lake,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
The bird at left had been tending four chicks as I heard but could not see the bird (calling excitedly) at right approaching, both swimming toward each other. This connection happened quickly and I did not see a fish exchanged. In a brief search I could not find this behavior explained, but I believe it is a pair-bonding greeting. Seconds later the chicks swam up to join these adults.
We tend to humanize natural animal behavior, to project human emotions on them (but in this case I am pretty certain it definitely was what I was wearing..)
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Lady, i will touch you with my mind.
Touch you and touch and touch
until you give
me suddenly a smile,shyly obscene
E.E. Cummings
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Bighorn rams demonstrating the effects of high altitude testosterone with the beginning of their rutting activities. All rights reserved.
Behavioral Sciences Building, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Architect: Walter Netsch of SOM
Completed: 1969
"In his own way, he's lived life with all the intensity he could muster."
~Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
This is the same robin from the previous photo, it had such odd behavior that day. It would sit proudly on the branch, but then try to attach itself to the screen from the window. The only thing that we can come up with, is that she saw the reflection of the branches in the window and tried to land on them. We have since put up a photo of an owl, which has discouraged her from attempting this again.
A Touch of Frost Eugenia models Social Behavior fashion from the 2020 Legendary Style Lab collection.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched in the garden de-burring the end of his beak. It is very common to see a Hummingbird perched at the pithy end of a dead branch poking his beak into the soft wood to remove burrs from his beak. You can easily spot a favorite perch by the look of the end of the branch. It will look frayed from the constant poking. They also wipe their beak from side to side on the branch to remove burrs from the sides of their beak. This will leave marks on the side of the branch.
This buck is standing in early morning light and rubbing his hocks together. This stimulates the tarsus glands located there and causes them to flow a secretion down his leg. He marks a scrape by urinating down his legs, mixing the urine and tarsus secretion. Then he works this into the ground to leave his scent. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Cathartes aura,
At the edge of the bay,
Morro Bay, California
The disagreement was over some small bits of a dead fish that the bird on left was nibbling.
Burrowing owl babies are some of the cutest subjects that I've ever been blessed to photograph. More that photograph, I have treasured the time that I was able to spend with them. They are quite the entertaining subjects, that's for sure and their curiosity is undeniable! LOL. Here these two siblings are equally distracted by something off in the distance ... possibly a bird flying by, or an insect buzzing, or even an errant balloon on the loose. You never know. LOL
To experience May without spending time with the burrowing owls is a sad moment indeed to me ... but truthfully I have MANY images from 2018 that I have yet to go through ... so I guess it's not really that bad. But to say I miss them is a huge understatement.
Thanks for stopping by to view and I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend. :-)
© 2018 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
Not a great image but a fun catch of the Canyon Wren on the right not liking it at all that the White-crowned Sparrow on the left was hopping over with…an offering? nesting material? who knows!…which it dropped once the Wren moved down into the rock crevasse.
Maasi Mara, Kenya, Africa
These two young baboons could hold their own on any playground. I am always excited to see the rough and tumble play of baboon youngsters.
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schmoopiness: noun. Behavior that is excessively cutesy, precious, or adoring. Note: This word—and the noun schmoopy ‘a term of affection for one who is adored; a person who exhibits schmoopiness’ and the adjective schmoopy ‘(excessively) cutesy or adoring’—was popularized by, if not coined for, episode 116 of the television program Seinfeld, first broadcast Nov. 25, 1995.
have you ever checked out soni avileva's work? deviant behavior is a funky shop where you can try on demos live on the spot without unboxing. what a unique experience! i haven't seen this anywhere else. i happened to find his work on flickr by accident and was totally curious.
when you arrive, you're greeted by some really lovely helpful ladies and the layout of the shop is by body type. the textures are really good and everything seems to be sold in fatpacks at a very reasonable price. i wanted to buy everything but ended up walking away with this body suit and two other dresses. one you can see here.
be sure to check out upstairs, where the deviant ladies hang out. however, don't accidentally get too close... some of them bite ;)
p.s. if you have time to flick through soni's flickr his parties looks epic XD i want to go to the next one lol!
There are four species of Nuthatches in North America. Only two are widespread: the White-breasted and the Red-breasted. This Pygmy is strictly a western bird, and the Brown-headed is restricted to the east. Later in the spring, when we have a small flock of Pygmies invade the pond area. I suspect a group of parents with their new crop of siblings. There are likely more kids than adults of this species around now. A typical clutch may number 4 to 8 chicks. I cannot differentiate the sexes of this species in the field. Because of its feisty behavior around larger birds this species has become a favorite of mine. I believe this one to be fully adult.
IMG_2921; Pygmy Nuthatch
It's so interesting to watch a group of bucks foraging together on the autumn landscape of Grand Teton National Park. To see how they interacted with each other, with an obvious dominance of a few, they worked the landscape foraging for some tasty leaves. These mule deer know that it's only a matter of time before the leaves have fallen and food sources become harder to find. This buck clearly prefers to be a "top feeder", reaching up high for his selection of leaves. Good thing for us too, because when it did reach up, he gave us a nice view of him, including his antlers and, of course, that eye.
Hoping to get back out to the Tetons soon, so I thought I would go into the archives for some incentive. Hope that you enjoyed..
© 2017 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
A new blog will post tonight, so if you haven't read the current one featuring more images and stories from the Tetons, you can take a moment or two to do that now by clicking the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V8oRERt4QU&list=PLP4k98F-8Eo...
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