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Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), in the background, is a wader, a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australasia, usually on fresh water.
Common Greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. When in water, they can appear very similar to Marsh Sandpipers but are distinguished by the shape of the lower bill which gives it an upturned appearance to the bill. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base. They show a white wedge on the back in flight. They are somewhat larger than the related Common Redshank. The usual call is a rapid series of three short fluty notes syllabilized as teu-teu-teu.
Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates, but will also take small fish and amphibians. The Common Greenshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. (wikipedia)
This was taken at Blackrock, Dundalk Bay, Co. Louth.
Album Title: Exotic Behaviour
Model: 虹羚
Photographer: Edwin Setiawan
Place: 士林官邸
Date: 2009/07/12
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Risky Behaviour · Party Dozen
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Every day he came to have a sleep in the sun on the lower deck of my friend's house in northern NSW. But usually by the time I fetched my camera he had slithered away. A moving snake is very hard to photograph because the whole of his length (probably about 8 ft) is moving. Believe it or not he is harmless and not venomous! some people keep these as pets! Explore #442 Feb 27 2009!!!! But he didn't stay there long! (Explore I mean, but very typical snake behaviour!!!) He came back in, at #350 and kept climbing to #171......
Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis )
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This male posed so nicely to show his remarkable plumage and colour.
Watching and photographing the behaviours and actions of these stunning birds at close quarters was a dream come true.
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Best seen Large on black - Press L
Went to Warham Camp after the Chalk Hill Blues , managed to get this group shot of them on dog poo before some bad sport sat on it.
I saw this fantastic model of the Supermarine Spitfire, one of the most beautiful aeroplanes ever to grace the skies, at this year's Rye Dog and Horse Show!!!
Noticed this place on our drive up to Hardangervidda for going for walk on Wednesday. On our way back, we stopped and I managed to get some shots of this strange phenomenon.
This is a resting area at the road crossing the Hardangervidda, just on the edge of a water called Ørteren. Apparently numerous people who stopped here, have placed rocks on top of each other. (I think I remember this from other countries as well).
The result is that you can hardly walk between these rock "monuments" without touching them. This image only shows 1/4 of this area.
To me that's strange; I'm a strong believer in leaving nature as you found it.
There have been some post processing. In addition to the usual tweeks, I have used some LR4 filter to remove most of the colours leaving only a hint of blue sky, (I wanted a monochrome look but found that I still needed some colours).
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The Shark moth (Cucullia umbratica) and Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) nectaring on Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) at night. Composite image. West Sussex, UK.
The moths collect sticky 'pollinia' on their faces as they drink, which helps to pollinate the orchids.
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My first model shot..:P this is the only pose.. she would do.. :) A little skinny..:P
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This was interesting behaviour here, as the male was the one who displayed, but its the female that ended up encouraging this moment. I've never seen this behaviour in auks before, so it was interesting to see and observe.
The female was very picky on where she wanted to go, and she made a previous attempt to land here on the slipway, but I was in the way. So as soon as I moved back a little, they moved on, the female being the first on the slipway.
I am finding it impossible to decide on Hawk IDs!!! I have put two different photos of an individual on Google Lens. One photo is identified as a Swainson's and the other as a Red-tailed, sigh. Thanks to friends, Sandi and Jackie, it turned out to be a juvenile Swainson's Hawk. The hawk in the photo above is of the adult that I saw first, along this gravel road. She flew off after a short while and I didn't think anything of it. However, when I came back in the opposite direction on this road, I glanced at the spot I had seen her, and there, to my surprise, were two juvenile siblings tucked into the corner of the field by the fence.
Further on, another two siblings were seen and judging by their behaviour, they would seem to be Swainson's Hawks. While driving along a back road after another visit to the Saskatoon Farm (previous visit was on 13 September 2024), I spotted a hawk down on the gravel road way ahead of my car. Pulling forward very slowly and cautiously, I took a few ID shots. My first thought was that perhaps it was injured, as I never see a hawk down on the road and I definitely didn't want to risk making it fly. Then I looked through the windscreen and was surprised to see a second hawk on the road! Passing the first hawk, I pulled over to watch the second bird. After a little while, this second hawk 'flew' for a second, barely above the ground. Then it walked to my car and stayed there. It did give one quick call to an unseen adult, but I didn't hear any answer. I can't imagine Red-tailed hawks doing this, as they tend to fly away almost as soon as they see my car.
Shortly before this experience, I had seen an adult hawk on a fence post but only managed a few quick ID shots before it flew. This was about an 11 minutes' slow drive further south on the same road. Driving past the spot in the other direction some time later, i glanced at the corner of the field where I had seen the adult hawk fly from, and there, down on the ground, were two young hawks. I don't know if these youngsters could be the same ones I saw further north or not. I wonder if their flying skills would be good enough to fly that distance.
"Breeding densities may vary from one area to the next but averages one pair per 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2). The average home range estimate for this hawk is 1 to 2 sq mi (2.6 to 5.2 km2)."
From Wikipedia.
First thing in the morning on this day, 16 September 2024, I made a return visit to the Saskatoon Farm. They had just had a busy, special weekend at the Farm and I wanted to see and take photos of some of the pumpkin displays that were not out on 13 September. I always like to support the Farm, so I enjoyed a breakfast that I knew would keep me going for a few hours.
Very little in the way of birds to be seen on this drive, though I did see several other hawks. Birding has definitely slowed down - can't wait for next spring!
Juvenile
Lewis's Woodpecker LEWO (Melanerpes lewis)
Ocean Grove
Esquimalt Lagoon
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Taken on September 29, 2019
THis fella flew back with bug and seemed to be using the hole in top of snag branch as a mortar (as in mortar & pestle) to arrange & pound away at to make ready to consume.
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We in Greater Victoria had a nice "spell" of Lewis's with 2 individuals being observed ...and at least one present at location from Sept 20th thru Oct 4th 2019
This nice prolonged stay over is not at all typical for Greater Victoria in my experience
Two metallic pony ants struggle for the prize of half a bee.
I watched this little fast moving scenario play out, at first assuming they were working together to take a large size haul back to the nest. But as I watched, I saw that they were both very much working against each other and it seemed that they were in competition or just couldn't agree as to the best path back to the nest.
Whether from the same nest or not, there was no partnership and harmony over this prize, it was a veritable tug of war. After 15 minutes, one of them finally gave up its quest.
Ants 7 mm length
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Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii) with Acleris hyemana moth prey at nest burrow entrance. Dorset, UK.
Gordon (my hubby) purchased a new lens last week (Sigma 135-400mm f4.5-5.6) so I thought I would sneak out while he was at work and take it out for a spin ...;)
I would have liked more light, but as I was just trying it out, I'm not too displeased with this result. (This is a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater)
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Wood ant queen (Formica rufa) newly emerged. Surrey, UK.
Sexual pandemonium at the wood ant colony today as winged males scurried about in search of newly emerged queens.
If you ever get close to a human
And human behaviour
Be ready, be ready to get confused
And me and my hereafter
There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic
To human behaviour
But yet so, yet so irresistible
And me and my fear cannot
And there is no map uncertain
They're terribly, terribly, terribly moody
Of human behaviour
Then all of a sudden turn happy
And they and my here after
But, oh, to get involved in the exchange
Of human emotions
Is ever so, ever so satisfying
And they and my hero
And there is no map uncertain
Human behaviour, human behaviour
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