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When courting Northern Cardinals enjoy a romantic night out, the male sometimes feeds his sweetheart, which is exactly what's happening here.
I appreciate your stopping by to look at my photo. Your visit has cheersed me and the birds in my neighborhood.
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram approaching unseen Ewe in what is called low stretch, showing his horns in courting behavior
Her folks is where the action ot a little heated as he tried to cover her with his wing, and yes she is under there somewhere as you will see tomorrow.
I followed the action very closely and the one your seeing is the male, and you will see that as well. It was so very interesting and a behavior I myself have not witnessed, it was remarkable indeed. Thank you all for stopping by, have a great day, and thank you for the response so far on this series, and all graciously accepted for sure.
Even the smallest and/or prettiest of creatures can be territorial and exhibit more than just a little bit of visciousness in the daily fight for survival. Heaven knows I've experienced it within the human workplace, hence the sarcastic title.
I've been rescuing photos from a dying portable hard drive. The hummingbird images I captured between 2012 - 2014 are favorites of mine and they needed to be saved to another drive.
As a photographer, you can learn quite a bit about birds or other wildlife by simply watching and photographing them on a regular basis. During that span of years my mother and I hung out those hummingbird feeders in Texas, I would be over there every morning and/or evening to photograph these soft, tiny little birdies. The more I watched, the more I learned they aren't quite as sweet as everybody might think. Luckily, this extended observation led to some very interesting photos.
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The woods where I often photograph run parallel to a railroad switching operation. The deer herd that lives in those woods will run ahead of me when they spot me...always staying a safe distance.
At some point they will decide to climb the embankment to get up to the sets of rails. From there they can go either direction before climbing back down into the woods. It is never a panicked flight; the deer always keep a lookout for where I am,.
And once they get up the embankment to the rails, at least some of them will stop and watch me, to see which way they should go. That looks just like this.
I don't usually think of House Finches as particularly fun-loving birds. This one enjoyed splashing immensely today though making both bubbles and a delightful reflection while he was at it.
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Deep violets, you liken to
The kindest eyes that look on you,
Without a thought disloyal.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Flower in a Letter
This is a screenshot from a GoPro 13….
Tubbataha reefs is rightfully famous for its healthy coral cover and charismatic large sharks and manta rays, BUT the fact that humans don’t catch fish there also makes a HUGE difference in fish behavior. Fish are showing many of their natural behaviors, such as feeding, fighting for territory, mating and getting cleaned by specialized wrasses, and all of that right in front of divers’ eyes. Enjoy the new full-length video about fish behavior in Tubbataha:
Mating Behavior
Once mature, a male dragonfly or damselfly establishes a territory from which he chases other males. When on territory, he produces packets of sperm called spermatophores at the tip of his abdomen (tenth segment), reaches the tip forward and places the spermatophores in a depression on the lower surface of the second abdominal segment.
With his sperm receptacle filled, the male flies out and grasps a female's head with his clasping genitalia at the abdominal tip. Each species' male genitalia fit the head of only the female of that species. (Slaty Skimmer Clamped in Tandem.) In some dragonflies and damselflies, the shape of the male genitalia is the most constant and accurate identifier of the insect's species.
Once the male has grasped a female, they fly in tandem for some time (Swamp Spreadwing in Tandem). The male usually flies while the female rests. Rarely, the female will fly while the male rests. It is unusual for both odonates to be flying at the same time.After some time, the female reaches the tip of her abdomen below her body and grasps the male's second segment to pick up the spermatophores he placed there. During this process, called the wheel formation, the two dragonflies take on a circular or heart-shaped pose. The two may stay in the wheel formation for upwards of fifteen minutes before the female releases and returns to the tandem position. (Eastern Forktails in Wheel Formation image.)
Egg Laying
Once the wheel is broken, the female may leave the male, separate from him as he remains close to her, or they may stay together in tandem as she goes about laying eggs (oviposition). Oviposition may take many forms:
•Skimmer females usually leave their mates soon after breakup and fly over shallow water, dropping to the water's surface to lay her eggs and rising again.
•Darner males do not release their females and carry them to likely places for oviposition. The female dips her abdomen to the water's surface and they rise a couple of inches before flying to a new location.
•Some damselfly males do not release their mates – even when the female climbs down a plant stem to lay her eggs in that stem, but several centimeters below the water's surface. The male may be dragged down until he is almost submerged, but he is needed to help her break through the water surface once egg laying is over.
•Emerald dragonfly females have thorn-like ovipositors with which they stab the mud surrounding the bogs in which they lay their eggs. (Red and yellow arrows in the photo of the Clamp-tipped Emerald.) The eggs are deposited below the surface of the mud to hatch when rains raise the level of the bog and submerge the mud.
•Some damselflies and dragonflies, including the two primitive Anisotrophomorpha species, lay their eggs in the stems and leaves of sedges, rushes, and aquatic plants. Many that use aquatic plants have saw-like ovipositors that slice through the outer tissues of these structures and allow the eggs to be inserted below the stem surface. (Red arrow in the Eastern Forktail Female picture.) There have been several studies on ovipositioning scars on fossil leaves and stems from the Carboniferous Period, and many of these scars have been attributed to dragonflies and damselflies.
Dragonflies are unique in the insect world in their morphology and behaviors.
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This woman's car is PACKED with stuff. She was parked near an outside trash barrel at a retail shop and was inventorying her stash and doing a little house cleaning.
The mockingbirds love to pose and fight, the one in the back looks much worse for the wear, and a little rough on the wings too. The other one seems to be moving fluidly, maybe a little more confident! These two reminded me of old samurai movies, with their winds swinging through the air so much like katanas.
What I like best about the shot is the one on the bottom showing some type of defensive behavior, but doing so fluidly, look at his tail and how it balances the wing movement. This one is firmly anchored and drove off the poor intruder, who is looking rough. If you see him on large, you can see how rough he looks.
Saw this on explore this morning! Thanks everyone for looking and commenting, I sincerely appreciate it! Y'all rock!
"We went shopping for a pretty, soft cotton collar because the temperature is going up to 80 F. which makes Don happy and Mom not so much.
I behaved perfectly so the owner woman kept following me around giving me different treats. It pays to be well mannered in stores!
To see my good behavior, check me out in the comment below:"
© Jeff R. Clow
Okay....I know we're not supposed to attribute human behavior or emotion onto the wildlife encounters we witness. But I sure felt like I was viewing a moment of tenderness between these two great white egrets as he was giving her a stick for the nest.
Tamron 150-600mm lens coupled with a Nikon D800.
The american bittern is often very difficult to find because it usually is rummaging around in the tall marsh foliage. It becomes visible once in awhile as in this photo or as it flies to a different location.
Taken at the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands, Viera, Florida.