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Guides in the Kwara Concession call this resident male cheetah Mr Special because of his special behaviour of climbing tall trees like a leopard.
The Cheetah is the fastest land mammal and one of the most endangered species in the world! Although cheetahs can swim they usually avoid water. When we spotted him in the golden afternoon light he had obviously been in the water as his fur was wet.
Okavango Delta, Botswana
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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.
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
These two Hyena's may well have been outcasts.If you look at the one on the left his right eye appears to be milky suggesting he could be blind in that eye. Hiis 'companion' is missing his right ear.So they could well be looking out for each other(don't know if Hyena's do that kind of thing).They were most definitely alone though.The place is a waterhole in Etosha NP.
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.
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
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-...
Inspired by the wonderful street photography of my good friends grizzleur and judydeanclasen I have decided to try making some myself. The first group have the theme 'Separation' - people divided by glass, behaviour or circumstance. These were taken in Cambridge in the UK.
Every once in a while you are surprised by the behaviour of the critter you are photographing. In this case, the great grey owl kept flying down the fence line, from one post to another, towards me. It would pause and check for voles, then move yet closer again. It then flew right past me, went across the road, and perched again to continue hunting.
This image was taken in the fall of 2024. I posted a shot of the same owl flying previously (www.flickr.com/photos/40724294@N04/54144281190).
hello my friends,nice to see you again.
here a very young yellow baboon (papio cynocephalus) showing us a tipical human behaviour.
there isnt any doubt we share a lot with them.
"almost human"
luangwa valley ,Zambia.
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Late evening view of Tintern Abbey taken at 21:53 on July 14, 2021 just as the last rays of sunlight are fading.
Probably one of Wales' most photographed ruins but who can resist yet another shot of this wonderful ruined Cistercian Abbey and curse Henry VIII for his destructive behaviour?
Click here for many more photographs of Tintern Abbey: www.jhluxton.com/Wales/Monmouthshire/Tintern-Abbey/
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.
De Brazza's monkey is an Old World monkey endemic to the riverine and swamp forests of central Africa. The largest species in the guenon family, it has an orange band above the eyes and a white beard extending from its nose. Due to its cryptic nature, the species is not well documented in all of its habitats but has shown unique traits such as pair-bonding and aggressive behaviour towards other guenons.
I think this Robin and its companion (there were two) were annoyed and particularly at Snugs, my cat. They were making a racket and flying and flitting around and getting very close to me and Snugs. I filled the feeders, shooed Snugs away, got myself a few photos and then left. All this time, they kept up this behaviour and they were brave and seemingly fearless. Still I could not risk my Snugs making a snack out of one of them. I suspect there is a nest nearby and the parents are doing their best despite their obvious lack of self defence against such creatures such as humans and felines.
A lovely female white-breasted nuthatch, perched on a stump, calls out about something. It would be nice to be able to decipher their vocalizations.
This beautiful perch exists no more. I took quite a few nice photos of birds and squirrels sitting on it, but it looks like someone kicked it over, even though it was off the trail in the park.
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
This moment frozen in time now, seems to depict the gorgeous little Long-tailed Tit saying exactly that with the head tilted sideways and the whole body leaning toward me. I have to say, the little group of the Long-tailed Tits are not as nervous as the other birds and often continue feeding even when I make a movement or move closer to them.
One of the behaviours of Atlantic puffins to to flick their heads upwards and vocalize. They will repeat this a few times in succession. I've tried to photograph this previously and on this trip to the colony, I was rewarded with a nice view of it happening.
Here is what Ms. Google has to say about the behaviour when I searched for it.
"The Action: Males flick or snap their heads backward repeatedly so that their large, colorful, triangular beaks point straight up into the air.
The Sound: With each flick, the male emits a low, rhythmic grunt (often described as sounding somewhat pig-like).
The Goal: This enthusiastic combination of body language and vocalization advertises the male's health, vigor, and his availability for mating."
The 'male only' part was new information for me. But, I wouldn't call the action enthusiastic. It is relatively low key, both in intensity and sound levels.
The behaviour of many species of fantail has not been studied, but overall the family is highly uniform in its habits. Anecdotal observations of less studied species suggest a high degree of similarity with the better studied species. Fantails are highly active birds, with several of the smaller species continuously on the move; even when perched they continue to rock back and forth, spin 180° on the spot, wag their tail from side to side or fan and unfan it. In flight they are highly agile and undertake highly aerobatic and intricate looping flights while using their fanned tail to catch insects in flight.
One cooperative behaviour you may see honey bees do is clump together at the entrance to a hive in an attempt to regulate the temperature or humidity within the hive. That is typically done on hot and/or humid days. The clumping is called bearding in the bee-keeping parlance.
This image was taken on a very cool morning, so heat wasn't an issue. There was lots of dew, so maybe humidity was a problem.
In trying to figure out what I was seeing, I checked out a few websites. The Honey Bee Suite site seemed to offer the best explanation: "Once the bees begin to finish their work in late summer, you are more apt to see bearding, especially in large colonies. This occurs because the cells are already full of nectar, but summer dearth means flowers are scarce, so no new cells are needed. Simply put, the bees are left with nothing to do.
Too many bees in the hive block air flow, which slows down the drying of nectar, so the bees hang around outside. New beekeepers often misread this behavior as preparation for swarming, but it has nothing to do with swarming. In fact, many of these bees will die at the ends of their natural adult lives of four-to-six weeks, and most will not be replaced in order to bring the colony down to a manageable winter population.
Then too, bearding often increases after the beekeeper removes honey supers, thus forcing the bees into a smaller space. Since there isn’t enough room indoors, the bees stay outside, just doing their thing."
In this case, two hives were exhibiting the behaviour, and both looked to have been downsized recently, meaning the extra summer storage areas for honey and pollen (supers) have been removed by the bee keeper. So, perhaps I happened to show up when there was simply no room in the hive and all these bees were just hanging out at the entrance.
If anyone knows of other explanations for this behaviour, please share your knowledge.
Bird behaviour is my theme for today, and some bird behaviour is more transparent than others'. Having seen the fisherman, this Pelican has taken up a strategic position close to the fisherman, now has just to wait for him to start reeling in the fish, and the easy meals will begin.
Walking through the busy streets in Chichester town centre, I came across this canine character. A good tip on dog behaviour, don't stare at them unless you want them to bark and scare the living day lights out of you.
Think it was a Hungarian Vizsla. Gorgeous dog which had to be photographed.