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Egretta ardesiaca, Black Heron, Sare Yoba, Casamance, Senegal
@ How to explain the Black Heron's hunting behaviour? @
The bird is mostly seen wading forward rather quickly in an upright position, stopping abruptly and, at the same time, stretching its wings forward over its head to form a canopy, a few centimetres above or sometimes touching the water surface. During this posture, which is only held for two or three seconds, foot-stirring under the canopy can clearly be seen in the majority of occasions. After folding back its wings, the egret again wades with agile steps before resuming the canopy posture.
The canopy-formation may eliminate reflections from the water surface, enabling the egret to see more easily into the water. But is this the sole advantage?
(see further comment at photos 3235616795 and 3235617881)
(from The Bokmakierie, periodical magazine, Southern African Ornithological Society, Volume 37, No 3, September 1985, pages 73-75)
Leica R-E analogue camera & Leica-Telyt lens 560mm f/5.6
A similar hunting sequence (February, 2010) can be seen on the set "Birds of The Gambia" from www.flickr.com/photos/snarfel/4413354301/in/set-721576234... onwards (digital pictures).
Aigrette ardoisée - Garceta azabache - Garça preta - Glockenreiher - Swartreier - Black Egret
This Air Jamaica plane was about 30 degrees off course. It made a dramatic dip and turn and bank - I swear, those passengers had to be frightened as hell. I was... since it headed right at me after turning! Act of terrorism and I have my camera, lovely... er, not.
Sept. 18, CR3, 11:00am. Brian Cugelman presents "The Psychology of Mass-Interpersonal Behavioural Change Websites"
An ad from Lincolnshire Crimestoppers' Gauge your behaviour campaign in a taxi in Lincoln.
The campaign urges people to give information anonymously to Crimestoppers about anyone they know or have seen who has committed criminal damage or other crimes.
Images from Researchers Dr Kimberley Hockings and Dr Matthew McLennan Research into eating behaviours of chimpanzees. For more information on primate conservation at Oxford Brookes, go to www.social-sciences.brookes.ac.uk/more/primates/
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Based on the white tips on the tail, the small erectile crest and the general colouring, I think this is an immature Eastern Whipbird. It is extracting insects from rolled up, fallen bark at the top of the Golden Stairs on Narrow Neck.
The Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia, its whip-crack call a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Heard much more often than seen, it is a dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white cheek patch and crest. The male and female are similar in plumage. Juveniles are a duller olive-brown and lack the white cheek stripes and dark throat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Whipbird
Conversing with Keas:2
Kea have been studying humans from many angles for more than four centuries yet many questions remain unanswered. Most individuals are approachable with care but it is important to remember they are not pets or a tame species and are capable of unpredicably destructive behaviour.
This baby seal (Phoca vitulina) rubbed itself vigorously in kelp.
Dieser Baby-Seehund (Phoca vitulina) rieb sich lange in Tang.
Thought I'm lacking a bit in behavioural shots lately but the waders at Rhos provided plenty of that and I caught many frames of the oysties searching for food, this one Probing for a nice fresh mollusc. The waves at times soaking the birds and a fresh wash of sea water can be seen on the birds feathers.
This shot is near as full frame! Best viewed large on black.
Canon 7D | 400mm F5.6 L | iso 400 | Cropped to 16.7Mpx
Governments around the world are drawing on behavioural insights to improve public policy outcomes: from automatic enrolment for pensions, to better tax compliance, to increasing the supply of organ donation.
But those very same policy makers are also subject to biases that can distort decision making. The Behavioural Insights Team has been studying those biases and what can be done to counter them, in collaboration with Jill Rutter and Julian McCrae of the Institute for Government.
The report was launched with remarks from Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.
Dr Michael Hallsworth, Director of the Behavioural Insights Team in North America presented the key findings.
The findings, their relevance to policy making today, and what they mean for the way governments make decisions were discussed by:
Polly Mackenzie, Director of Policy for the Deputy Prime Minister, 2010–15 and now Director of Demos
Dr Tony Curzon Price, Economic Advisor to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
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Photos by Candice McKenzie