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Sheila on my belly supervising my after-lunch-powernap, the
camera is under my chin
Repost for
Happy Caturday 22.10.2022 "Behaviour"
In loving memory of Sheila (2004 - May 2nd, 2019)
The Sheila story: www.wolfgang-kynast.de/hst-sheila.htm
The Sheila album: www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgang-kynast/albums/721576512156...
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World and the Atlantic coast of North America. In European waters it can be distinguished from the Common Shag by its larger size, heavier build, thicker bill, lack of a crest and plumage without any green tinge. In eastern North America, it is similarly larger and bulkier than Double-crested Cormorant, and the latter species has more yellow on the throat and bill. Great Cormorants are mostly silent, but they make various guttural noises at their breeding colonies.
Many fishermen see in the Great Cormorant a competitor for fish. Because of this it was nearly hunted to extinction in the past. Thanks to conservation efforts its numbers increased.
Cormorant fishing is practiced in China, Japan, and elsewhere around the globe. In it, fishermen tie a line around the throats of cormorants, tight enough to prevent swallowing, and deploy them from small boats. The cormorants catch fish without being able to fully swallow them, and the fishermen are able to retrieve the fish simply by forcing open the cormorants' mouths, apparently engaging the regurgitation reflex.
In North Norway, cormorants are traditionally seen as semi-sacred. (wikipedia)
There are many Cormorants that fish along the shoreline of Dublin Bay. This adult was coming into the base of the east pier, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
These guys were not playing, the dust they were kicking up , the heat haze off the path, plus a large crop, messed with things here, as did having to quickly drop to one knee and hand hold., these excuses aside, worth sharing I thought.
Taken at RSPB Titchwell, on the main path, MORE IN THE SERIES BELOW IN COMMENTS
Canon EOS-1D X
Æ’/10.0
700.0 mm
1/5000
iso 1250
This Robin swayed and rocked from side to side for quite a while (minutes at least) with puffed feathers and beak slightly opened, displaying to another one sitting just above it. Amazing behaviour to witness. Had never seen this before.
Last year I had some lovely encounters with cows.
In this scene I was walking in Schinnen where we encountered a herd of Scottish highlanders in a small forest.
When we were sitting there for a while observing them, this calf approached, and came closer and closer, curious to know who we were but also a little bit afraid. Here it seeks comfort with its mother.
Clearly it wanted to get to know me, and sniff my feet, So when it had found courage it stepped towards me.
Rhinoceros Auklet RHAU (Cerorhinca monocerata)
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Salish Sea
BC
DSC_5084 - Copy
DSC_5086 etc Publication1 RHAU power dive
Prey appears to be
Pacific Sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) aka Needle Fish
Initially i thought this bird was working on taking off.
It was not stressed by being too close to boat or anything like that ... just seemed to want momentum for a deep dive.
1st time i have seen that behaviour
Plum and Rizzo's pic is based on Douglas Sirk's 1955 Christmas melodrama "All That Heaven Allows." From mubi: "Attractive widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is considerably older than handsome gardener-landscaper Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson). Throwing conventional behaviour to the winds and facing social ostracism, Cary pursues her romance with Ron, who is unjustly perceived as a fortune-hunter by Cary’s friends and family."
Sirk used Superscope, saturated colors, and densely decorated environments to express forbidden desires. Could think of no better "vintage film inspo" than Sirk for the meticulous, expressive building behind
Witherwood Thicket:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caracus%20Island/12/14/22
Models: Margot Rizzo, Rich Mordencash, and Sirk's trademark deer!
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Eurasian Wigeon is a medium-sized duck with large rounded head, small bill and pointed tail. The males has a russet head and neck with a creamy yellow crown and forehead. The breast is pinkish-grey, and the rest of the body is grey and white with a black stern. The female is a greyish brown colour with various mottled patterns. Speculum dull, dark.
This species grazes on coastal seagrass and algae, particularly on Zostera spp. and Enteromorpha spp., and also feeds regularly on grasslands and cereal crops.
The species is widespread in Ireland in winter where they occur on coastal marshes, freshwater and brackish lagoons, estuaries, bays. Many are found on inland wetlands, lakes, rivers and turloughs. The Icelandic breeding component of this population winters mostly in Ireland and western Britain, though some continue on to parts of continental Europe. (Birdwatch Ireland)
The species can be found in small numbers at the outflow to the water treatment facility in Poolbeg, Dublin Bay, during the winter months. This is a male bird in flight showing the dark speculum. There are Black-tailed Godwits in the background.
This group of Brent geese (Branta bernicla) were showing communication behaviour. The one on the bottom right, in particular, extended its neck toward the other in front, who actually ran away. Always interesting to observe animal behaviour.
A little artistic licence for this one.
The Red Kites were circling together at one stage but I photographed them separately before combining them in Photoshop for this shot.
Behavioral Picture 1 of 2
This bird did an unsuccessful full immersion snow dive for a vole and then sat up in the snow. But it seemed to hear a vole again under the snow and emulated the human behaviour of putting one's ear to the wall despite its highly sophisticated hearing.
I liked the owl's expression here and what one can see of the expression in picture 2.
I wen't down to check out the birdbath after and a few feathers remained. So sad really but that is nature right?
Psychologist Timothy Leary developed an interaction behaviour theory which demonstrated a strong and consistent interdependency of behaviour between people.
Based on his research Leary arranged a set of interpersonal variables into a circle and which lead to an interpersonal circumplex model for assessing interpersonal behaviour, motives and traits. The construct of the model is formed by two main dimensions:
-1 - the degree of dominance / submission and
- 2 - the degree of friendliness / unfriendliness.
The first set of behaviour is located on the orthogonal y-axe of the model; the latter set of behaviour is located on the orthogonal x-axe of the model. Interpersonal behaviour plotted in the model reflects the degree of friendliness and dominance of that specific person at a given moment in time.
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