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Red Deer / cervus elaphus. 10/10/18.
´RUTTING BEHAVIOUR.´ (2)
An image made a year ago showing a Red Deer stag moving in on a hind.
I love that look of concentration and intent on his face. Nothing else existed beyond the object of his desires and I felt genuinely sorry when his advances were rejected and she ran off. He had tried so hard to win her over with throaty bellows whilst shadowing her closely.
She certainly kept him keen by acting mean!
His next move was to urinate then thrash the spot with his antlers, spreading his scent. Successful ? … not a chance. Mating was going to be strictly on her terms.
Whilst photographing the solitary Southern Black-Backed Gull a few days ago that was sitting on the side of the Hutt River, dozens upon dozens of Black-Backed Gulls swooped over-head and landed a little up-river from the loan bird.
It wasn't difficult to find them. They numbered in their hundreds and were sitting on a rock bank in the middle of the river! And this was obviously a very big catch-up session - one which even included Juveniles...!
After watching them from a discreet distance for about 10 minutes, one of the birds suddenly sounded an alarm (though I didn't hear anything unusual!), and the whole flock swarmed into the air, screaming in panic..! They circled once, and then all swooped back to exactly where they'd been a few seconds earlier, and carried on their respective conversations!
What interesting behaviour...!
(You'll have to view this in "Extra Large" format (Double-click the photo) to see this big flock in better detail).
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Used the flip down screen for these shots, a little awkward to say the least but using the spirit level and centre spot focus I managed to bag a few shots.
Life in for the semi-nomadic Kara (Karo) people in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley is simple – simple, but not easy. There is no electricity and no running water. The people live in dark, circular huts made from sticks and grass. Tradition dictates one’s place and ritual determines one’s behaviour.
For the story, please visit:https://www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/men-and-goats-and-dust-dus-village-omo-valley-ethiopia/
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1. no cats allowed . . ., 2. flickrsongs . . ., 3. hum if you don't know the words, 4. thrush songs . . ., 5. spotted towhee . . ., 6. house finch . . ., 7. sing for your supper . . ., 8. poor man's myna . . ., 9. singin' the blues . . ., 10. christmas songs . . ., 11. still more songs . . ., 12. more songs . . ., 13. songs . . .
. . . before all you cat lovers get annoyed with me . . . I do love cats!!! . . . just not when they are hunting birds in my garden . . . (and doing other cat-like behaviours in my garden - if you get my drift) . . . this is not exactly how I had envisioned finishing this collage . . . I would sooner have had a lovely bird's nest as the center . . . but guess I will have to re-do when I can come up with a suitable substitute . . .
A pair of jackdaws kept coming to a nest box and dropping in lumps of dried mud. Eventually the chicks were on a thick layer of dried mud and the jackdaws could reach in the hole and get them.
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"Woke" - a state of oblivion achieved by those delusional enough to find injustice in everything but their own behaviour.
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Unusual behaviour from this nuthatch, normally it's, dive in, have a quick look round, grab something then fly off, cache it and return. This one was quite content to have a little nibble before flying off with a sunflower seed.