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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
House Finches
April 8, 2025, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
In the hedge in the yard a pair of house finches displaying courting behaviour with the male giving seeds to the female.
Haemorhous mexicanus
The red of a male House Finch comes from pigments contained in its food during molt (birds can’t make bright red or yellow colors directly). So the more pigment in the food, the redder the male. This is why people sometimes see orange or yellowish male House Finches. Females prefer to mate with the reddest male they can find, perhaps raising the chances they get a capable mate who can do his part in feeding the nestlings.
House Finches feed their nestlings exclusively plant foods, a fairly rare occurrence in the bird world. Many birds that are vegetarians as adults still find animal foods to keep their fast-growing young supplied with protein.
A few photos about an interesting scene my husband and I witnessed last night when returning from Beaver Lake. We never previously witnessed a group of young creepers hanging to the bark of a tree and waiting to be fed by the parents. It caught our attention when we heard their typical high-pitched vocalizations. I had to crank up the ISO to over 6000 to barely obtain 1/60 second for some of the images. The images are not of great esthetic quality but rather a record of the 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.
I'm pleased to report that Poppy is doing well after yet more `torture'---here she is watching a fly while taking a break from her gentle stroll at Dunlop Millennium Woodland Nature Park today.
On Thursday she had a specialist dental appointment, during which each tooth was individually x-rayed, and scaled/cleaned. Unfortunately the x-rays showed that further monitoring of one tooth root is required, and she's likely to require quite a major extraction in a few months!
I wen't down to check out the birdbath after and a few feathers remained. So sad really but that is nature right?
Research on the psychology of colour consistently demonstrates that colors evoke emotional, behavioural and physical responses. Advertising executives know that a product can have a completely different impact if the packaging colour is changed. Psychologists have found that certain colours in our environment help or hinder performance of certain tasks. Mental concentration is best in cool environments while exercise is best performed in warm environments.
Generally, warm colours such as red and its neighbouring hues on the colour spectrum are active, exciting. Cool colours such as light green, blue and violet are passive, calming. Reds tend to stimulate the central nervous system and increase bodily tension, while cool colours release tension. Meanings change with lighter or darker shades of colours, and different cultures have differing views.
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.
7 Days of shooting
Week #39
Flowers
Shoot anything saterday
Matti-Jay asked for photos of her playing with the lock to the tools shed at Memorial park back in December. Bit cheeky really, I'm not sure she would have had such a grin if park maintenance turned up :)
I was delighted to note that she's wearing the flower earrings I made many moons ago that I gave her for Christmas. Boxing Day 2017.
Doing what cockatoos like to do best, Little Corella ripping cones to pieces in pine trees. Adelaide Botanic Garden.
The parent seemed to be teaching the juvenile to scavenge for food.
The adult (female I think?) Great Spotted Woodpecker appeared to
1) collect food from a feeder
2) stash the food in a crevice on the wooden pole
3) feed it to the juvenile
I watched (and photographed) this behaviour several times. (I selected the photos from different bursts)
At one point I photographed two juveniles at the site.
Taken late evenng. The fish is about to eat a worm which is a little strange as I understand this type of parrotfish browses on algae.
Purple Gallinule { Porphyrio martinicus }
This is just three of several images showing some of the bird's behaviour.as it walks up and along the plant .
As the opportunity to see and photograph various birds lessens as we head into Fall and Winter - we spend more time with the ones still here. Hence more images of this wayward bird that perhaps does not know how to find its way south. We watched across the water as the Gallinule appeared in the bull rushes and proceed up ad up to go down to the water's edge before flying towards us and into the bank behind us in the shade
Weaver ant, Oecphylla smaragdina
Weaver ants or green ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae. Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.
Taken in my backyard. These are the weeds coming out of my lawn, the mowing of which is long overdued, but let's take this chance to record it... I was lying flat on my tummy and Nicole got a bit mad with my strange behaviour and she also thinks that I am not helping with housework :p
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Being the same breed, Flynn has many behavioural similarities with "big brother" Barney. However, they also have a lot of differences. Let Barney loose in a wood like this & he'd just run & run for the sheer joy of it - no need for an incentive like a toy to chase, or even much in the way of interaction from me - Barney just likes to RUN. Even at nearly 10 years old & a bit arthritic, given the opportunity, Barney will race off for an adventure. Oh, he checks in on me from time to time but when loose, Barney likes to range far & wide - & do so at speed.
Flynn is very energetic as well but he usually needs some kind of participation from me, or another human, before he'll start running around. If I'm ignoring him, or at least, not actively playing, Flynn will most often just potter quietly along nearby, sniffing about at interesting scents & keeping an eye on me - checking whether I might be about to play with him. Sometimes, he'll half-heartedly chase after a pheasant, or rush a short way ahead to see what's round the next bend of a path but he comes back fast & generally, he just stays close & wanders along.
In a lot of ways, Flynn's behaviour on walks is a lot more relaxing than Barney's! I'm certainly far more confident Flynn won't get lost or get into some kind of trouble while going for a solo-adventure somewhere. However, it does mean I have to be more focussed as we walk - making sure Flynn actually burns off his physical energy... & doesn't just meander about & get home as bouncy as when we set out!