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The hole in the soil was made by voles intent on stripping the covering from my car's central controller (allows the roof to fold down and rise, also the windows to go up and down!). Only cost me £500 to replace ;'-0
Anyway ... the wasp appeared to be digging in a new direction ... wonder if it was nesting? Strange!
Museum of Modern Art De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
More of the Museum Behaviour series bit.ly/H0skbp
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) fledglings eat corvid prey. Sussex, UK.
After snagging this jackdaw from its parent the dominant fledgling dragged it up the cliff face, keenly observed by its siblings, before devouring it near the top.
A little video I knocked up of a female Goosander displaying to her male to strengthen their bond readying for the breeding season in the Spring.
At first I thought the female was dead as she was not moving and lying low in the water, just floating but as I zoomed in I realised there was plenty of life in her and she was showing receptive behaviour to the male.
The scene was a long distance away so I apologise for the quality of the film but it was fascinating to watch so I thought I'd share it with you.
Westhay Moor Nature Reserve, Somerset UK
I've also uploaded it to my Youtube channel:
Greater Manchester Police has praised the behaviour of visitors to Manchester during a weekend of sport in the city.
On Friday 20 May 2016, the Great City Games saw a number of athletes compete in various events on a purpose-built athletics arena in Albert Square and track on Deansgate.
The following day (21 May 2016) saw Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to win the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium, with a number of fans watching the match in public venues throughout Greater Manchester.
The weekend extravaganza concluded on Sunday 22 May 2016 with over 30,000 lining up to take part in the Great Manchester Run before England defeated Turkey 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium in a UEFA Euro 2016 warm-up match in the evening.
The events saw tens of thousands of visitors to the city centre, creating a buzzing and carnival-like atmosphere.
Assistant Chief Constable John O’Hare said: “This has been a fantastic weekend for Manchester and the atmosphere in the city has been superb from start to finish.
“It was great to see so many pictures of smiling faces and people having a good time and I hope everyone who has visited the city this weekend will be going away with some great memories.
“I would like to thank everyone who has played a key role in ensuring that the weekend has been successful.”
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From dusk until late, Bourke Street’s Royal Mail House will be re-animated by the dazzling, kinetic light installation – maxims of behaviour – by artist, Alexander Knox.
There were lots of bees and wasps on the sunny side of a fountain. I presume they were eating the algae that was growing at the edge of the water rather than drinking the water. Thanks for your comments - so they are drinking the water then.
August 2016
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Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) with paralysed weevil prey at nest burrow entrance. Dorset, UK.
squirrel seems to be using a stick to jab at the earth, perhaps loosing the dirt so he can dig easier (to bury nuts)
Fair question! I suppose I'm looking at a ruddy turnstone. Sure, I've seen them before. They were all wild, living off their wits, spread out.
Here there are flocks. Not just flocks. Flocks of habituated urban birds scrabbling for crumbs; scraps of a livelihood. I'm cautious of them about my feet they are so ingenuous.
I can't say I like this experience. I don't suppose these birds were trained for this lifestyle. Instead they've likely evolved behaviours; adapting to the economy of scrounging in a tourist-popular fishing port. They don't add to the scene in the way they do on a wild coast.
Oh well, this is another thing to note down and move on. I have St Ives for a short while and I'm not keen to waste it on what were once shorebirds.
I was fascinated by these two. For as long as I could keep them in sight, one fed and the other hovered just above as if on lookout!
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
It's waiting for you across the street. Keep it fresh.
Minolta Autocord
Chiyoko Rokkor 75mm f/2.8
Kodak Ektar
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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
Guinea baboons (Papio papio) display a wide range of social behaviours. They sometimes chase and aggress each other.
Here, this young male is being intimidated by another. He displays a typical expression of fear toward his aggressor: baring his teeth and emitting loud, high-pitched screams. He is also preparing to run, as the intimidation is usually followed by a chase.
This picture was taken in the wild, in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, where the researchers of the Centre de Recherche de Primatologie Simenti have been following and studying Guinea baboons since 2007.
More information: www.dpz.eu/en/cognitive-ethology
While in Ohio at the Midwest Birding Symposium we saw ring-billed gulls landing in dog wood trees and eating the berries.
Gulls are scavengers but I didn't know they would eat fruit.
It may be possible they were eating insects and not the berries but that isn't what it looked like.
Scientific stuff
Larus delawarensis
From Cornell Lab of OrnithologyFamiliar acrobats of the air, Ring-billed Gulls nimbly pluck tossed tidbits from on high. Comfortable around humans, they frequent parking lots, garbage dumps, beaches, and fields, sometimes by the hundreds. These are the gulls you're most likely to see far away from coastal areas—in fact, most Ring-billed Gulls nest in the interior of the continent, near freshwater. A black band encircling the yellow bill helps distinguish adults from other gulls—but look closely, as some other species have black or red spots on the bill
Many, if not most, Ring-billed Gulls return to breed at the colony where they hatched. Once they have bred, they are likely to return to the same breeding spot each year, often nesting within a few meters of the last year's nest site. Many individuals return to the same wintering sites each winter too.
My new girl, a Nu Face Perk Colette. I was going to re-root her but I'm in love with her as is. She's just stunning, and was my favourite FR girl before I got her, and remains so, if not even more enjoyable now.
She's going to be either Native American (I'm not sure where in America but bleh) or maybe even Hawaiian/Japanese. Not sure. Feel free to suggest names, you guys have lots of practice of naming girl dolls, I totally don't XD
While watching what I now understand are Wall Lizards on Portland, I noticed this sequence. The larger lizard on the right, as quick as flash, raced across the stones and grabbed the smaller one. It then disappeared down under the stones, only to reappear quite quickly without its prize. I have no idea what happened to the smaller lizard. It might well be part of the breeding pattern but can you help with this behaviour?