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Red Deer / cervus elaphus. 10/10/18.
´RUTTING BEHAVIOUR.´ (3)
Thrashing the ground and stirring the mud up in his shallow wallow. An image made last year of a testosterone charged Red Deer stag. He had just one thing on his mind.
Fabulous encounter with a wonderful, totally relaxed mountain hare in the Scottish Highlands, July 2019.
The red-winged fairy-wren (Malurus elegans) has distinct courtship routines that involve both visual displays and the presentation of a unique "gift" - in this case a Sand Wasp. Amongst other courtship displays females and helpers respond to male displays or beg for food by lowering their head and tail, outstretching and quivering their wings, and holding their beak open silently.
Das Flächendenkmal Kap Arkona gehört neben dem Fischerdorf Vitt zur Gemeinde Putgarten und ist eines der beliebtesten Ausflugsziele auf Rügen.
Cape Arkona (German: Kap Arkona) is a cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Cape Arkona is the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park.
The temple fortress of Arkona, today called Jaromarsburg, was the religious centre of the Slavic Rani in the Early Middle Ages. The temple was dedicated to the deity Svantevit, who was depicted with four heads. The temple housed an important horse oracle in Slavic times, where the behaviour of a white stallion could decide peace or war (horse oracles have a long history in this region, being already attested in the writings of Tacitus).
Today, only about a quarter of the old fortress is left, as the chalk-promontory it was built on is slowly eroded by the Baltic. Rescue excavations are in progress.
The fortress at Arkona was destroyed in 1168 by Danish invaders (see Absalon). The sanctuary of Slavic god Svantevid was also destroyed. This event preceded the forced Christianization of the region's inhabitants.
There are two old lighthouses at the cape, one constructed in 1827, the other one in 1902. The former is one of the oldest still existing lighthouses of the Baltic Sea. It was constructed by the famous architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
"The sculpture, made from over 100,000 seized blades, was specifically created to highlight the negative effects of violent behaviour whilst solidifying our critical need for social change. Not only does the Angel act as a catalyst for turning the tide on violent and aggressive behaviour, but it is also acts as a beautiful memorial designed to celebrate those lives who have been lost through these violent and thoughtless actions."
Taken from the official Knife Angel website
More info. on Wikipedia
I've never seen this behaviour. After a short while the lioness would move the carcass and then go back to the original carcass location and hide the evidence (kicking up grass and mud etc). I assume this was to hide the evidence from vultures that would give away the location of her vulnerable cubs. Once they ate their fill the lioness would hide the cubs in the marsh in the background
This composite shows the male Nuthatch retrieving a seed it had previously hidden under the bark of a tree. White-breasted Nuthatches often store seeds and insects one at a time, under loose bark on their territory. They typically hide the food by covering it with a piece of bark, lichen or moss.
Santa Cruz county, Southern Arizona.
Gonna go back and change the other one to look like this.
It got so heavy when I tried to colour it.
COLOUR! With a U.
Long-crested Eagle Behaviour The long-crested eagle is an ambush hunter. It will perch and swoop down on its prey. Often seen in pairs. This eagle likes to spend the heat of the day in dense cover. Distribution and Habitat The long-crested eagle is an eagle that prefers the forest edge and moist woodland with adjacent marshes, grassland and rivers.Long-crested Eagles feed almost mainly on rodents, which is believed to take about 90% of their diet, making them beneficial to farmers. Other food items they consume include fish, lizards, arthropods, and small birds. Occasionally, they also eat mulberries and wild figs. They hunt from a perch, keenly observing their prey, and then swoops down to catch them once detected. These birds have a wide gape, and swallow their prey whole.
I think this is a Warbler, possibly an Audubon Warbler, getting at food on the underside of this rock formation.
I love watching the sun rise and see what I can get. The birds start before sun rises and this Little Egret strolled past me. Was a beautiful morning.
MALE LION : panthera leo
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Löwe
The flehmen response (also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehming, or flehmening) is a behaviour whereby an animal curls back its upper lips exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed and then often holds this position for several seconds.
It may be performed over a site or substance of particular interest to the animal (e.g. urine or faeces) or may be performed with the neck stretched and the head held high in the air.
Flehmen is performed by a wide range of mammals including ungulates and felids. The behaviour facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ located above the roof of the mouth via a duct which exits just behind the front teeth of the animal.
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Late in the day with the gulls feeding on midges. Unfortunately I didn't get any when they suddenly rise up open beaked into a swarm, next time perhaps.
Not good photos, but interesting behaviour.
Taken at 8.30pm with limited light.
It was 2 years after we moved to Axedale 10 years ago, that I saw my first babbler on the block. Not long after there were two of them. And they had a chick.
Every year since the numbers have slowly grown, occasionally one would disappear, but each year there was always a chick.
We now have 10.
So to this story and behaviour.
They love having a communal dust bath, most times just on dusk unfortunately.
I noticed them tonight from the study, so slowly crept up trying to get closer. Each time I took a step, they would scatter out of the crater they had dug. Five seconds later one would come hurriedly back to the hole and then the rest would race back as though they were missing something important. It was quite hilarious. I think there were 8 in this huddle. I'm very surprised I've got anything anywhere near in focus. Dust flying everywhere, they would all fluff up their feathers and generally didn't stay still for long.
They're at it again. I"m assuming the 2 scuffling hogs are males and the smaller one is a female.
Apologies for the clock, it should read 21:33
Album Title: Exotic Behaviour
Model: 虹羚
Photographer: Edwin Setiawan
Place: 士林官邸
Date: 2009/07/12
Just about Photography: edwinsetiawan.wordpress.com
Edwin Setiawan Photography: www.edwinsetiawan.com
Posted two pictures in one day ... how shocking is that ?..lol...
I do look somewhat angelic here, but I am no angel, not at all...lol...
Happy New Year !
I think I'm coming out of the stupor mode...lol...
P.S. I'm tired of watermarking my images in the same way, so I'm injecting variety here and there... :O)
BTW - I was tagged (strange game going around Flickr) too, but I refused to cooperate... :O)
but I can provide few funny and not so funny facts about myself, just like Paul (ifido) did...lol..
Random facts about me
1. I have red hair and blue eyes.
2. I sleep late, very late, in fact I lead a bohemian lifestyle - it suits me (I'm a creative person...:O))
3. I love, love rain ! ........ and fog and blizzards and storms and lightning and thunder, but I'm terrified of tsunamis.... I'm worried we all going to be washed away one day here in Northern California. We all gonna die !
4. I don't like Vodka, Vodka doesn't love me too.
5. I sleep naked.
6. I can't swim.
7. I can write and really well, but I'm too lazy to finish books I've started writing about 13 years ago. One day I'll publish them all.
8. I love dogs and lions.
9. I don't trust a single politician because I spent long time working with them (for newspaper).
10. I do take a bazillion of different pills so I can fall asleep at night, which in turn leads to binge sleeping.
11. I get the best ideas for writing while I'm driving my car and listen to music.
12. I don't believe into stupid New Year resolutions, I'm not local :O)
13. I love meat, can't leave a single day without eating something or someone meaty. I was a predator in my previous life and probably still am.
14. English is not my native language, although I started learning it when I was 7 years old.
15. I hate rap, Janis Joplin and Yoko Ono, when she (the last one) sings, she sounds like a goat who is about to be slaughtered/sacrificed.
16. I love potatoes, meat, asparagus, prosciutto, carpaccio, beer and whiskey, also Pinot Noir and Porto wine.
17. Potatoes love me too. I'm not sure beer loves me back.
18. My husband still thinks I'm beautiful, although I'm not sure I am that beautiful.
19. Vegetarians frighten me (joking).
20. I've been married for long time (to one guy).
21. I hate dry weather.
22. I love spicy food.
23. I can shoot with a gun, but I don't own one (prob. is a good idea).
24. Bush is a worst American president in my lifetime.
25. Stalin was a monster.
26. Hitler too.
27. I would love to learn to fly an airplane, fight with a sword and ride a horse, but I don't want to learn to jump with a parachute.
28. I am allergic to school teachers.
More to come.... with my next portrait or something like that...
In the centre is Prince Dendrick Fielder, AKA Trollsbane, (Born 708AV) the only relative of Young King Davian III who has not renounced his claim to the throne. He claims it is practical, as Davian does not have an heir, but some confuse his quiet demeanour as the behaviour of someone who has something to hide. Ever since he was a boy, Dendrick was larger than his peers and quiet, though extremely bright. He was the youngest of four siblings and the favourite of his mother, the late Queen Talissa, because his frame resembled that of the now-extinct tribes of the Brimstone Peaks, from which she descended. He carries the ancient Great-sword called "Münta" which means "sword of the mountain". The sword was forged from the heart of a mountain and passed down from chief to chief of the tribe. The last of the tribe mysteriously disappeared in 718AV and the sword was delivered to Talissa, the daughter of the last chief, who then passed it to Dendrick.
On the right is Dendrick's friend Sir Grendol. Grendol was the one who gave Dendrick the nickname "Trollsbane" after a run-in with a Troll in the winter of 726AV.
Sir Grendol tells the story like this, "In the thick of the Seven Year War, Sir Arthur, father of Arthrell and Captain of the King's Shield died in his attempt to rescue the husband of Princess Vianna. Dendrick and Arthrell then volunteered to lead a force to the Rocklands at the base of the mountains east of the Ice Lake to search for his sister's kidnapped husband. To Dendrick's surprise, and his mother Talissa’s horror, his father granted his request. Arthrell however was not permitted to leave as it was now his duty replace his father as Captain of the King's Shield. Dendrick was given authority over 20 men, barely a scouting party, to search the troll infested mountains. We left the Storm Hold in the Fall of 726AV and after stopping to aid House Trench of the Oaken Bridge, made it to the Rocklands 2 months later. We searched for another 2 months and found no trace of Harrison, or any trace of the orcs. In the middle of winter, we were deep within the mountains when we were beset upon by a Troll. He crushed our packmule and threw it towards us and Dendrick was trapped under it. He struggled to get free while we were smashed to pieces. One after another our comrades fell until only 5 of us remained, including Dendrick. Together, we lifted the mule off the Prince while the Troll was distracted and we engaged the beast. Our attacks did little and three more men fell. Finally, Dendrick displayed a rage and strength the like that I'd never seen. He slid under the beast, leaped upon a rock and jumped off, bringing his blade down on the back of the troll’s head. A tidal wave of blood seemed to fill the cave and when it cleared, the troll laid on the rocks, cloven in two. Knowing that we could search no longer, Dendrick and I returned to the Storm Hold in spring of 727AV. It was on the journey home that I first called him Trollsbane and it seems like the name stuck."
Both men joined Queen Talissa on her diplomatic mission to the North and were guests there when the Stormhold fell in 728AV. After this, they and their party fled to the Western cities and were mercenaries until 737AV when Dendrick's nephew returned to the throne.