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The Puffin, With it's Clown like face and huge multicolored bill they are loved for their comical appearance and quirky behavior, this one sits at the cliff edge on Skomer Island, just off the Pembrokeshire coast.
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Forget technology, this is a lot more reliable!
Seen outside the Chandlery at Burnham Overy Staithe in Norfolk, a few years ago.
This mob of kangaroos started to hop off after I had been watching them for quite a while. The huge male on the left of the picture must have been over 7 feet tall! Notice the female at the front with a joey's legs sticking out of her pouch - it looked very comical.
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Red List species.
Here is a capture of a Puffin coming into land and was taken on the Farne Islands. They are such comical characters and great to watch.
Little Egret, in Portugal. This bird was desperately trying to balance and feed from this wire, except it was too high above the water anyway. It made quite a comical sight at times.
This is Max ( Mad Max ) peering through our Kitchen door looking straight at me and the camera, love his expression !
By the side of the Leeds & Liverpool canal
The aged wooden gate with a comical sign.
Me, Tracey, and Herb had a walk along the Leeds & Liverpool canal yesterday. It was cold and damp. The ham salad sandwich and chips that we got from the cafe at Foulridge wharf made up for the cold.
Foulridge
Lancashire
OK Time for a bit of humour this is Jester he was trying to get under the gate because we were calling him but the comical side of this is he looks like he is escaping to freedom!
Geese are so comical when they land on ice. I watched these geese land and tried to hold my camera steady while I laughed at them slipping and sliding...
This was taken early January - mid-summer in NZ. I made the trip to the beach and, at sunset, a group of friends came down to play cricket on the beach, giving me a fantastic opportunity to take lots of silhouette shots.
I took photos with 2 cameras and quite a few came out really well.
So I'm ready to flood my stream with them. Feel free to swim for it if you get sick of them ;-)
(I know, more silhouette photos!, but they are my new passion after the great ones I got on that perfect winter day at the beach)
>> Here are more of my beach pics on flickr :-)
Tri-colored Heron - adult - Saint Augustine, Florida
Summer 2023 - In the Nest - Northern Florida U.S.A.
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - Treetop - July 4th, 2023
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - nesting area - profile]
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age. The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because
it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida. - A Very Elegant Bird - Fun to Observe
Durante el baño se producen posturas más o menos cómicas. Algunas posturas se reproducen en todas las especies y otras son propias de determinados individuos y de determinados baños.
"Patas flojas" es una postura clásica de limícolas medianos cuando, después del baño, se acercan a la orilla para acicalarse. Aquí el ejemplo de un archibebe común ( Tringa totanus).
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During the bath, more or less comical postures occur. Some postures are reproduced in all species and others are specific to certain individuals and certain baths.
"Weak legs" is a classic posture of medium-sized waders when, after bathing, they approach the shore to groom themselves. Here is the example of a common redshank (Tringa totanus).
Some shots of puffins taken on a beautiful day in June - hard to believe now! They are such cute birds and I have given them some daft titles!
Roseate Spoonbill ~ In The Wild
-Angel Wings in The Mangroves-
Tavernier, FL U.S.A. ~ Florida Keys
(bay-side @ 300 mm / hand-held)
*[Too close! - Too much lens! - Was hesitant to post this with the spoonbill-clip, the rose-blur, and the wing-clip...but what the hay!
Was a very nice day! Life is too short... I still like the fast moment]
*[My own personal take on the Roseate Spoonbill: After moving to South Florida in the early 70's I was pleasantly surprised to find this beautiful bird living here. Yes, they are comical and awkward, but I have grown to love and appreciate them. They are special, even delicate and graceful, and superbly stunning in-flight! Fast flyer!]
(three more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
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The Roseate Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family. This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the water, often in groups. The spoon-shaped bill allows it to sift easily through mud. It feeds on crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts and very small fish ignored by larger waders. The Roseate Spoonbill nests in shrubs or trees, often mangroves, laying 2 to 5 eggs, which are whitish with brown markings. Immature birds have white, feathered heads, and the pink of the plumage is paler. They are extremely agile high in the treetops. (They are often confused with the flamingo)
Een man in een ijsberenpak staat een beetje eentonig te dansen op foute Oekraïense muziek. Een komisch gezicht. Ja, je had er bij moeten zijn. Achter de ijsbeer staat de Фонтан Нептуна. Voor als je geen Oekraïens spreekt (zoals ik), de Fontein van Neptunes. Een god uit de Romeinse mythologie.
Lviv / Львів, Oekraïne
A man in a polar bear suit is dancing a little monotonously to cheap Ukrainian music. A comical sight. Yes, you should have been there. Behind the polar bear is the Фонтан Нептуна. For if you don't speak Ukrainian (like me), the Fountain of Neptune. A god from Roman mythology.
Lviv / Львів, Ukraine
This is the right of commoners to turn out their pigs every autumn into the New Forest to feed on acorns and nuts etc. As well as fattening the pigs it helps the soil but also keeps the cows and horses safer because they cannot eat large amounts of acorns without getting ill.
The pigs are comical to watch. I arrived in Fritham yesterday just after they had been let out for the day. The younger ones had already scuttled off before I got out of the car but this older one was left on the green looking in their direction before snorting and wandering off in the opposite direction as if to say, 'Youth of today, always dashing off and leaving me behind', a sentiment I could agree with!
119 in 2019 #26
An atlantic seal waving at the camera on the Farne Islands. Photographed in November 2011.
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Chipmunks are quite fastidious about grooming and it can make for some very comical shots. Andover, NJ, in our garden.
Charismatic and sometimes comical, these burrowing owls just seemed annoyed when I visited them in Lubbock and at Caprock Canyons State Park. :)
By the way, the flowering yellow bush you can see in this shot is full of wicked thorns!
Carismático y a veces cómico, estos tecolotes llaneros sólo parecían molestos e irritados cuando los visité en Lubbock y en el Parque Estatal Caprock Canyons.
A propósito, el arbusto que se ve con las flores amarillas tiene unas espinas horripilantes.
The common tsessebe is a close relative of the bontebok. It is somewhat comical in appearance; with high, sloped shoulders that descend to a small rump that does not look particularly strong. In fact, its entire body looks more clumsy than agile. However, when threatened, this has proven to be one of the fastest antelope in the bushveld of Africa. They can reach a running speed of up to 80 kilometres per hour. This is no mean feat when one considers that its peers are the mighty wildebeest and the elegant springbok. The common tsessebe is brown (adult males are darker than juveniles and female adults) with white or darker brown markings. The long, slender legs and chest are black, and there is a black line running from their forehead to the tip of their nose. The belly is white, and their muzzles are narrow and elongated. For the tsessebe, the horns play an important role in determining their age and in establishing dominance (by means of horning the ground). These horns are S-shaped and ringed. They wear down over the years, so older animals can be distinguished by their well-worn horns.
Info source: www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/wildlife_tsessebe.php
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The photo was taken during February 2019 at Mabula Private Game Reserve, Rooiberg, Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa.
Polioptila californica
One of the birds our group really wanted to see during our recent California trip was the California Gnatcatcher. We encountered this one at a county park near Los Angeles. While we worked on getting photos of this tiny bird as it moved through the brush we were confronted by what must have been the most curious little boy I have ever encountered. It certainly was a test of our self control to be patient with the little boy and his questions. It felt like I was Mr Wilson in an episode of Dennis the Menace. Looking back on it I can’t help but to smile, it really was comical and in the end everyone ended up with pleasing photos.
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Robber flies are so comical viewed up close. The eyes get me every time.
From various online sources: Robber flies are generally considered beneficial insects in Pennsylvania. They are predatory insects, meaning they eat other insects, which can help control populations of pest insects in gardens and other environments.
Robber flies are voracious predators, both as adults and larvae. They eat a wide variety of other insects, including pest insects like aphids, grasshopper eggs, grubs, and beetle pupae.
Robber flies are generalist predators, meaning they don't specialize in eating just one type of insect. This makes them effective at controlling different types of pests.
While they can bite if mishandled, robber flies are not pests in the way that some other insects are. They don't damage plants or crops.
By preying on other insects, robber flies help to naturally regulate insect populations, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Their predatory behavior makes them a valuable addition to gardens, where they can help keep pest populations under control.
Pennsylvania, US, July 18, 2025, IMGP0228
One of a set of three distorted lamp posts located on the Halifax, Nova Scotia wharf-front area. Collectively, they compose the street art installation known colloquially as "The Drunken Lamp Posts".
I thought I'd end the week with a bit of fun. I always try and get different sort of cat images away from the norm and this is Max laying in the sink looking quite comical in my eyes! ( A usual occurrence when someone is in the bath!)
The comical Ruddy Duck is always a joy to photograph. On this day he only wanted to do his bubble display facing away so I had to settle on this portrait. My Manitoba album has a nice example of the display.
Such comical little birds, not much else on the beach today, there always seems to be enough light on the beach even when it seems not !
Among the most comical and mischievous citizens of dogdom, the Bull Terrier is playful and endearing, sometimes stubborn, but always devoted. These unique 'eggheads' are exuberant, muscular companions who thrive on affection and exercise. Bull Terriers are robust, big-boned terriers who move with a jaunty stride suggesting agility and power. The breed's hallmark is a long, egg-shaped head with erect and pointed ears, and small, triangular eyes that glisten with good humor.