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This building is the work of two former students of Mies Van der Rohe. It shares the basic concepts put in practice by Mies in many of his buildings, but in this case the structrure is covered by a pronounced, curved skin.
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experiencing some behaviour that I have never seen before from young red squirrels. These kits were unafraid of the water and would enter without any fear
One of our most beautiful damselflies I think. I managed to catch this one in a striking pose as he was displaying. There was a number of males around this one and one female. I’m not sure if this behaviour was to appeal to the female or a threat display aimed at the other males.
Perhaps it was both -
He certainly looked impressive anyway.
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Lunchtime!
Trachinocephalus myops, also known as the blunt-nose lizardfish is a species of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in)
in my garden....a tiny Australian native bee, a honey bee and a few ants go about the business of living, on a Eucalypt (now Corymbia) flower.
Honey bee is about 15mm
Tetragonula carbonaria bee about 5mm
Ant about 3mm
The honey bee is headfirst into the nectar, looks as though the Tetragonula is after the pollen and the ants go for the nectar....sometimes drowning in it! There were a few more bees and ants in the other flowers.
It's an amazing world, - flowers, nectar, pollen, insects and so on and on and around again....
The insects... perhaps one could say that each one tolerates the others, I've never seen any aggressive behaviour no matter how crowded with insects some flowers can be.
The flower is a Hybrid Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus) that is flowering out of season, normally it flowers profusely around December/Christmas.
CANON SX50 HS
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Eared grebes have a variety of interesting bonding behaviours. I'm going to try to describe one of them. This images shows shows a single frame from a sequence (wish I had a video) where the male and female grebe face each other and are slightly puffed up. They vocalize, turn their heads, tilt their heads down and away from each other and do a quick bit of preening on their own neck area, face each other again, turn to the opposite side, and preen again. This is repeated a few times. Quite intriguing.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Pair'.
I generally prefer to tell a photographic story with Brian, in the context of his surroundings, but for this task (as 'Eyes' were specifically mentioned in the theme description) I wanted to get as close as possible to just Brian's eyes/eye stalks.
I made use of a small plastic ruler to act as a 'platform' for Brian. As snails are naturally curious about their surroundings, I placed him on the platform in the back light of the conservatory window, hoping he would stretch his neck and eye stalks down as this would give me the best shot at getting just his eyes. Attempts using my Raynox DCR-250 macro attachment proved to get too close, and with far too shallow a depth of field, so I had to go in as close as possible with only my macro lens. Brian moved surprisingly quickly, so I was lucky to capture both eye stalks in the frame and in good focus - this took a fair number of attempts!
There was no need to check the measurement of the photo to make sure it was within the the MM size limit - I would estimate the distance between the eyes as approximately 2cm, so this would qualify as a 'true' macro and only a slight crop was done to get symmetry of the eye stalks in the frame.
Those of you that find snails to be disgusting, slimy creatures will not care for this photo! But I have come to appreciate their behaviour, comic character and (yes!) grace and beauty. I am apparently in good company with the novelist Patricia Highsmith who bred hundreds of snails in her garden and famously took a handbag to a party filled with lettuce and snails.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied Grackle / Cacique candela)
La Ceja, Colombia
Some male birds will bring food to a female as part of courtship to show he can provide for any chicks she may produce. He may simply bring the food for her to eat or in some cases actually transfer it directly to her mouth just as he would to hungry nestlings.
www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/articles/courtship-behaviour-...
The robin is on high alert. There was another robin in the garden and he did not like that one bit. So after chasing him around and making him leave the garden he found himself a high perch to stand guard :-). You gotta love them
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I've never come across this before! These three Black-necked Grebes were circling close to the flamingo's legs as it shuffled it's feet in the shallow water, disturbing the invertebrates, and they were taking advantage of the freely available buffet. I’ve only ever seen them dive for food in deeper water, like the Little Grebes do.
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Radiohead - „There, There“
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA
In pitch dark
I go walking in your landscape
Broken branches
Trip me as I speak
Just ′cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
There′s always a siren
Singing you to shipwreck
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
Steer away from these rocks
We'd be a walking disaster
(Don′t reach out, don't reach out)
(Don't reach out, don′t reach out)
Just ′cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it′s there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn′t mean it's there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
There, there
Why so green
And lonely, and lonely
And lonely
Heaven sent you
To me, to me
To me
We are accidents
Waiting, waiting
To happen
We are accidents
Waiting, waiting
To happen
I know that hundreds of Northern Hawk Owl images have been posted, over the last couple of months, but I wanted to share this one as well. I hope that you don't mind.
It shows the behaviour of caching. If prey is abundant, Northern Hawk Owls will take advantage of this by caching food for later consumption.
This owl had caught a vole and flew to this branch. It spent nearly 5 minutes attempting to stuff the vole into the crack of this broken limb. It rotated the vole several times trying to make it fit. Ultimately it was unsuccessful and finally flew off to try another location.
Image created on Jan 8, 2020 west of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Image cropped slightly for composition.
Birds are starting to disperse and there's lots of fighting going on, typical breeding season behaviour - the Bramblings are hanging on but if the weather stays warm they'll soon be off.
Behaviour:
White-tailed eagles spend much of their day perched on trees or crags, and may often not move for hours. Perhaps up to 90% of a day may be spent perched, especially if weather is poor. Also, they will alternate periods of soaring with perching, especially flying over water or well-watered areas, but do considerably less soaring on average than do golden eagles. Pairs regularly roost together, often near to their nest, either on a crag or tree or crevices, overhung ledges or small isolated trees on a crag.
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Apetlon, Burgenland Austria_7512
"At not one point did I say I was innocent darling...."
Model: Stella Fiorani
Photographer: Stella Fiorani
Location: Sunny's Photo Studio
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Backdrop "Devilish in Black"
Pose customized in Black Dragon
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) chicks when they are little take every opportunity to get a lift rather than get wet, occasionally getting dumped in the water when the parent dives.
One of the pairs at Killingworth Lake have much younger chicks than the others so I finally managed to catch a shot or two of this behaviour. There are two on-board but one tucked in so well you can’t even see it.
Snapped this fella ( a polecat ) in a bit of autumnal sunshine, coming out of his home in a drystone wall, he gave me the look; good job he wasn't the size of a dog or I might have been in trouble, lol. Taken in Wales a while back. Polecat - Mustella putorius
I photographed this Bald Eagle as the Male & Female were exchanging turns on the nest. The Eagle on the nest called for relief and the other Eagle circled several times before landing on the nest. Very interesting to watch this behaviour.
An adult Eared Grebe feeds its offspring. The young of this species are precocious [they are independent at an early age and mature quickly], and although they often ride on the back of an adult at first, they soon graduate to swimming about on their own (as here) and quickly figure out how to find food on their own. A small group of families of this species at Francis Lake, north of the village of Herbert in southcentral Saskatchewan, Canada, provided opportunity for observation and photographs of behaviour such as territorial interactions, feeding of young, and the abilities of young of slightly different ages.
For the Crazy Tuesday challenge: "childhood memories"
One of the few things I have from my Grandma is this "Sunday best" afternoon tea set.
Tea with her was quite an ordeal for us children! We had to be on our best behaviour, to be seen but not heard, and ask very softly for a sugar cube!
Grandma rarely spoke of her own life, but she was 'in service' at 'the big house' when she was about 12. She and Grandad must have met there, as he was a joiner/woodworker. And I guess grandma worked in the laundry, as she was meticulous when ironing!
Shot with the Canon EOS 70D and the Helios 44-2 lens.
Texture by MixPixBox
Crazy Tuesday: Here
Still Life Compositions: Here
Canon 70D set: Here
Helios 44-2and 44-M set: Here
...after you smell your own bottom.
Little Africa was grooming herself and was at the bathroom end when she got a whiff of, well herself.
"The flehmen response is an animal behavior in which the animal curls back the upper lip. This exposes the front teeth and gums of the animal. This is actually a means through which the pheromones and certain scents are transferred into the vomeronasal organ."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or just siskin. Other (archaic) names include black-headed goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Eurosiberia. It is found in forested areas, both coniferous and mixed woodland where it feeds on seeds of all kinds, especially of alder and conifers.
It can be distinguished from other similar finches by the colour of the plumage. The upper parts are greyish green and the under parts grey-streaked white. Its wings are black with a conspicuous yellow wing bar, and the tail is black with yellow sides. The male has a mainly yellow face and breast, with a neat black cap. Female and young birds have a greyish green head and no cap. It is a trusting, sociable and active bird. The song of this bird is a pleasant mix of twitters and trills. For these reasons it is often raised in captivity.
These birds have an unusual migration pattern as every few years in winter they migrate southwards in large numbers. The reasons for this behaviour are not known but may be related to climatic factors and above all the availability of food. In this way overwintering populations can thrive where food is abundant. This small finch is an acrobatic feeder, often hanging upside-down like a tit. It will visit garden bird feeding stations.
Several families on the steep rock cliffs today: lesson today was finding safe passage.
Here mom let baby kid take the lead and follow closely behind. Baby kid doing so well mum decided baby kid deserved a gentle kiss and head hug. It was a heartfelt moment I was so happy to capture.
The mom had been standing firm on a rock ledge previously while baby kid explored and when baby kid went wrong way she did not follow .. so baby kid turned around. It was a wonderful moment to watch and a study in mountain goat upbringing and behaviour in real time. The fact that 3 families with kids were all participating in the same area told me this was school time.