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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
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.
Lu, the neighbour is sitting in the grass, being very alert as she has just displayed annoyance to Snugs (and me) for being in the same space. She is actually growling here but you would not think it as she has such an innocent look. Despite her behaviour I cannot resist her except I do not allow her to physically attack as she is prone to do.
I really like her and despite my annoyance with her and our sometime rocky relationship, she consistently comes to visit for the rubs and treats as well as purring and growling at the same time. I suppose you could say, she is a well known character in the Village.
So Happy Caturday 💕
Having already made some standard gannet shots, I then went in search of something that showed their behaviour. I think that the gannet on the right had just landed in the other's territory and it was now on the receiving end of its wrath. Needless to say it didn't hang around any longer than two seconds. I managed to fire off two shots and this was arguably the strongest version.
Best viewed large as you can see the dust being kicked up by the bird on the left.
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 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.
Happy Pride Month kitty cats!
Even though we celebrate with you and celebrate you every single day of our whole lives, this is YOUR month.
I am an Ally.
I am a safe person.
For you.
Any one of you, no matter what.
I see you. I support you. I love you.
In primary school, my best friend was gay (we didn’t know at the time, we were like 10.) but I knew he was so special and he was very special to me.
To be confused about your orientation at 10 years old in the 90s is hard.
He was a Māori boy too, and as much as I love this beautiful country we live in, Māoris are so unnecessarily targeted just for being brown. Even now.
It’s embarrassing.
So to be gay, and a Maori, people were fucking ruthless.
Such gross behaviour.
I loved him as my best friend nonetheless.
I’ve always gravitated towards the queer community, they are so …. free.
Kind.
Non judgmental.
Some of them are bitches in the very best way!
I have gay friends, bi friends, trans friends.
And I would go to the ends of the earth for them. And for you, reading this.
This June, as is every June, is our way to support the LGBQT+ community and to celebrate them.
But this June, more than any other June, your friends in this community need to feel especially celebrated, supported and to feel safe.
So please, please, do that.
My lil rambling over, let’s talk about Miss Chelsea.
Miss Chelsea is an absolute powerhouse in SL fashion.
She also is part of the Pride at Home team, who bring us an amazing month long Pride party, and Shop n Hop, plus all the incredible designers who have worked to create the most amazing gifts for us.
Miss Chelsea has the Bela Pride Set out for the Pride at Home Shop n Hop this year.
It’s available at the Miss Chelsea mainstore, and as if the tee and shorts weren’t cute enough, she has updated the Bela Gators to include male sizes, AND, a new pack of Pride Charms (jibbits)
To fit
- Lara X
- Petite X
- Legacy
- Legacy Perky
- Reborn
- Waifu
Honourable Mentions
- Hair Doux Cookie
- Pride backdrop Australia
- Gum LaGyo
- Cheek Blush Rainbow Coconut
This image shows an intriguing behaviour in American Crow, with an adult (on left) preening one of its young — which it was still feeding. This unusual interaction took place at the Amphitrite Point Lighthouse near Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Radiohead - „There, There“
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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
Here is a closeup image of a king penguin, showing a bit of detail in the plumage, beak and eye. The penguin's nictitating membrane is covering half the eye. The membrane is used to protect the eye while still allowing it to see.
"At not one point did I say I was innocent darling...."
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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
An uncommon bird that is endemic to the forests on the Western coast of India. It has a remarkable migratory behaviour - the bird migrates from the lush forests of the western coast to other woody areas of South India during winters. In many ways, this behaviour is very uncommon, but not rare - there are few more birds that demonstrate such a behaviour.
It is resident of the Malabar region (western coast of India), is of the thrush family, and known for its whistling calls. The whistles are like that of a young boy whistling - they are so easy to miss and could be thought of as catcalls if the bird is not known. The colors are quite interesting too. The bird is found in thick woody areas often foraging on the wet soggy ground where it hunts insects. I had seen and shot this a few times now, but the shots were not satisfactory. This sighting was quite a surprise sighting.
Thank you very much in advance for all your lovely feedback, views and faves.
"Shout it from the rooftops" A pair of puffins, the male letting all around know, the female looking proudly on, at least that's how I saw it, lol.
Puffins mate for life, 20 years and exceptionally up to 30 years, each year returning to the same burrow to reunite with each other.
Love these colourful little seabirds.
Mallotus villosus, know in eastern Canada as capelin, breed on the stony beaches of Newfoundland each summer. They 'roll' up onto the beaches on the incoming waves in massive numbers to lay their eggs, after which they catch the next wave back into the ocean.
However, some do get stranded too high on the beach. The fish will then flip and flop to try getting back down to where the water is. Some fail. There are three basic techniques they seem to use. Some will twist/roll. Others employ a 'moonwalk' technique where they undulate their bodies, tail first, down the beach. They will also pivot on their nose, as shown in this image.
The fish prefer to breed on beaches with smaller gravel, like this one. All the little whitish/brownish balls you see, that looks almost like sand, are eggs, but the individual in the photo is a male so it only contributed the milk that contains the spermatozoa that fertilizes the eggs. The males develop stronger colours on their back and enlarged pelvic fins. Females are more silver/white on the sides and will have a swollen abdomen due to all the eggs. If conditions are not right, they will also breed off-shore.
The photo isn't the best, but does illustrate most of the points noted above.
The most common resident shrike found throughout the year in our region. They are aggressive birds and we often sight them chasing the pesky drongoes which spare no effort to trouble other birds including the raptors.
The birds prefer to perch on dry trees with thorns or fence posts around 3 m high and survey the area around for insects. Usually beetles, crickets, small lizards, skinks, dragonflies etc... Once the prey is sighted they dive and get back to the perch for eating - maybe about 50% of the time. If the perch is a thorny perch, the chances of them coming back are much higher since they pierce the prey onto the thorn and then tear them to consume it. This is a behaviour to compensate for the weak legs that cannot hold the prey to tear.
Appreciate all your views and feedback. Many thanks in advance.
Snapped this acrobatic grey squirrel getting a drink the hard way, dangling from a fallen tree over a stream that runs into one of my local parks, Sussex, UK