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Marsh Harrier attacking Buzzard which was sitting too close to the Harrier's nest site. Fascinating to watch. The Buzzard eventually gave up and left..
An adult male (foreground) and his male offspring practice hunting for ants on the ground in a wooded area. Adults teach basic hunting and nesting skills to the young in the season after they fledge, and then in the fall the young go their separate ways. Because ants are the primary food for Pileated Woodpeckers, fallen and rotting logs are easy ways to find them low to the ground. Or they might just wander through the grass in search of ants! In this case, I assume the adult either had found ants on the forest floor in this area or saw them when out with his young son. They hunted the ground around some Red Pines for about a half hour.
I was getting ready to head home when I saw them in the late afternoon. Having seen them, I began cautiously dropping down on my stomach - trying to avoid looking like a predator for the Woodpeckers, and frankly trying to look a bit less like an old man who will worry about getting up later. The birds noticed me but weren’t concerned enough to change their behaviours.
Reasons for this behaviour include:
Reviving the ant: Ants have a chemical called “pheromone” that they use to communicate with each other. When an ant dies, it releases a pheromone that signals to other ants that something is wrong. The other ants may then try to revive the dead ant by removing it from danger, feeding it, or even grooming it.
Carrying the dead ant away: Ants are very good at detecting danger. When they see a dead ant, they may recognize that it is a potential source of disease or pests. To protect the colony, they will then carry the dead ant away from the nest.
Funeral ritual: Some species of ants perform elaborate funeral rituals for their dead. This may involve carrying the body to a special location, cleaning it, or even feeding it. The exact purpose of these rituals is not fully understood, but they may be a way for the ants to pay their respects to the dead or to help them transition to the next life.
Helios 58mm f2 and extension tubes
I only managed a snapshot of this interesting behaviour. I wasn't sure if these were two males, facing off, or a courting couple?
I had an amazing experience going out much later than I normally do: this turtle creating the site and then laying eggs. I saw it digging with its back legs from a distance, and then came back a little while later - I kept my distance and didn’t disturb her - to see her laying the eggs. I have never seen this behaviour before. Simply amazing.
If a mate can't walk on water he will be out of luck.
A combination of up to 20 steps per second, forceful slaps on the water’s surface with splayed feet, and an unusual stride help these grebes defy gravity
Isle Lake
Mittens on the cat tree with eyes wide open staring at me ever so intently as I take her photo. Whenever I look at her she always has this highly aroused look with her big round eyes looking like a "deer in headlights". She's got the look!
Posted for the Happy Caturday theme: "Behaviour"
Things are changing within the pride. The girls are growing up and because they are remaining at the zoo and not being moved to another zoo, they needed to be implanted so no inbreeding would occur.
This was the day that happened and Milo was far more concerned about his girls than Misty was.
Both Milo & Kiros walked by the den doors doing their low lion grunts.
It surprised me that the boys were more concerned than Misty the mum.
After so much city it's now time for a bit more nature. How about a walk at the beautiful and almost unpeopled beach of Praia do Areão ?
I have a special connection to that photo, because during the last ten minutes this small dog, what is now in dialogue with it's pack leader did not leave my side. I had the impression, that he wanted to go with me absolutely. We were already a fair way off the others and I just brought him back to his pack. Now they seem to talk out that behaviour.
I just realised, that today is wild dog day. What a coincidence, that I decided for that post this morning.
Nach so viel Stadt ist es nun Zeit für etwas Natur. Wie wäre es mit einem Spaziergang am wunderschönen und fast menschenleeren Strand von Praia do Areão ?
Mit diesem Bild habe ich eine besondere Verbindung, da mir der kleine Hund, hier gerade im Gespräch mit seinem Rudelführer, die letzten 10 Minuten kaum von meiner Seite gewichen ist. Ich hatte den Eindruck, er wolle unbedingt mit mir mitkommen. Wir hatten uns schon ziemlich weit von den anderen entfernt und gerade hab ich ihn zurück zum Rudel gebracht. Jetzt wird das Verhalten wohl gerade ausdiskutiert.
Ich habe gerade realisiert, dass heute Welt Hunde Tag ist. Was für ein Zufall, dass ich mich heute früh gerade für dieses Foto entschieden habe.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
Le flamant rose dort debout sur une ou deux pattes, la tête cachée sous une aile. Contrairement à la plupart des oiseaux, à cause de leur taille, les flamants doivent prendre quelques mètres d'élan pour décoller des eaux. Migrateurs, ils volent en formation, en gardant cou et pattes étirés. Les battements d'ailes, puissants et réguliers, les propulsent à 60 km/h sur des étapes de plusieurs centaines de kilomètres.
Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behaviour is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
To me zoo photography or any sort of animal photography is about knowing animal behaviour and if you know and preempt their behaviour you can ready yourself to what may unfold.
Most animals after they wake will yawn, (like Khumbu here )stretch and maybe shake or they will simply change position. Around their feed times they usually are a lot more active and will often move about their enclosure waiting for their meal, which is another opportunity to get different shots.
Knowing these behaviours and waiting for them pays off.
That plumage takes work............
The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia (particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent), New Zealand and New Guinea. It spends most of its time on the ground searching for food such as insects and worms, and has several distinctive calls. It is common in Australian fields and open land, and is known for its defensive swooping behaviour during the nesting season.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
Happy Caturday!!
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behaviour, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph).- Source Wikipedia
School Discipline
1. Bad behaviour - Before you read
Look at these examples of bad behaviour in school. How would you classify them?
Very serious / serious / quite bad / not bad behaviour
• Chewing gum or eating sweets in class
• Playing truant (not coming to school/not telling parents)
• Smoking in the school building (in the toilets?)
• Swearing (using bad language)
• Swearing at a teacher or insulting a teacher
• Not doing homework
• Cheating in exams (copying from secret notes or another pupil)
• Shouting and making noise during lessons
• Running in the corridors
• Writing on walls, desks and other school property
• Stealing from other pupils pockets or bags
• Calling a teacher or another pupil bad names (bullying)
• Carrying a dangerous weapon (gun, knife, penknife)
• Hitting other pupils or teachers
• Not listening/paying attention in lessons
• Wearing unsuitable clothes for school
• Kissing boys/girls during the lesson or in the corridor
• Leaving the classroom without permission
• Have you ever broken a school rule or been badly behaved in school?
What happened? haha
i remember one time we hid the school
pose by la
Two polar bears up on their hind legs with their paws on each other's shoulders, posted for Valentine's day. Re-edited from an older photo taken out on foot at Seal River, Manitoba. This type of behaviour is called sparring and is actually play fighting, which plays a part in establishing the strongest bears, practicing for hunting and developing a hierarchy.
14/02/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
These huge boulders are called glacial erratics ... dropped here like this eons ago when the glaciers that covered the island during the last ice age melted.
This is not really erratic behaviour for erratics, since it is not uncommon to find them perched in precarious places such as this. These are up on top of the Annieopsquotch Mountains. I have a photo on my photostream taken from the other side. A photo that really is an optical illusion. This one is a straight on photo taken just today.
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