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ADMIRED throughout history as a symbal of courage and strength, and yet I saw many, just sleeping and copulating, while the females hunt and raise young. Seen in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. Zoom in for more detail.
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Dunnock - Prunella Modularis
aka Hedge Sparrow
The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common names of the dunnock include the hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.
Dunnocks are native to large areas of Eurasia, inhabiting much of Europe including Lebanon, northern Iran, and the Caucasus. They are the only commonly found accentor in lowland areas, all the others inhabit upland areas
Dunnocks were successfully introduced into New Zealand during the 19th century, and are now widely distributed around the country and some offshore islands. Favourite habitats include woodlands, shrubs, gardens, and hedgerows where they typically feed on the ground often seeking out detritivores as food.
The dunnock possesses variable mating systems. Females are often polyandrous, breeding with two or more males at once, which is quite rare among birds. This multiple mating system leads to the development of sperm competition amongst the male suitors. DNA fingerprinting has shown that chicks within a brood often have different fathers, depending on the success of the males at monopolising the female.Males try to ensure their paternity by pecking at the cloaca of the female to stimulate ejection of rival males' sperm. Dunnocks take just one-tenth of a second to copulate and can mate more than 100 times a day. Males provide parental care in proportion to their mating success, so two males and a female can commonly be seen provisioning nestlings at one nest.
Population:
UK breeding:
2,300,000 territories
Dunnock - Prunella Modularis
aka Hedge Sparrow
The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common names of the dunnock include the hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.
Dunnocks are native to large areas of Eurasia, inhabiting much of Europe including Lebanon, northern Iran, and the Caucasus. They are the only commonly found accentor in lowland areas, all the others inhabit upland areas
Dunnocks were successfully introduced into New Zealand during the 19th century, and are now widely distributed around the country and some offshore islands. Favourite habitats include woodlands, shrubs, gardens, and hedgerows where they typically feed on the ground often seeking out detritivores as food.
The dunnock possesses variable mating systems. Females are often polyandrous, breeding with two or more males at once, which is quite rare among birds. This multiple mating system leads to the development of sperm competition amongst the male suitors. DNA fingerprinting has shown that chicks within a brood often have different fathers, depending on the success of the males at monopolising the female.Males try to ensure their paternity by pecking at the cloaca of the female to stimulate ejection of rival males' sperm. Dunnocks take just one-tenth of a second to copulate and can mate more than 100 times a day. Males provide parental care in proportion to their mating success, so two males and a female can commonly be seen provisioning nestlings at one nest.
Population:
UK breeding:
2,300,000 territories
Dunnock - Prunella Modularis
aka Hedge Sparrow
The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common names of the dunnock include the hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.
Dunnocks are native to large areas of Eurasia, inhabiting much of Europe including Lebanon, northern Iran, and the Caucasus. They are the only commonly found accentor in lowland areas, all the others inhabit upland areas
Dunnocks were successfully introduced into New Zealand during the 19th century, and are now widely distributed around the country and some offshore islands. Favourite habitats include woodlands, shrubs, gardens, and hedgerows where they typically feed on the ground often seeking out detritivores as food.
The dunnock possesses variable mating systems. Females are often polyandrous, breeding with two or more males at once, which is quite rare among birds. This multiple mating system leads to the development of sperm competition amongst the male suitors. DNA fingerprinting has shown that chicks within a brood often have different fathers, depending on the success of the males at monopolising the female.Males try to ensure their paternity by pecking at the cloaca of the female to stimulate ejection of rival males' sperm. Dunnocks take just one-tenth of a second to copulate and can mate more than 100 times a day. Males provide parental care in proportion to their mating success, so two males and a female can commonly be seen provisioning nestlings at one nest.
Population:
UK breeding:
2,300,000 territories
GAMBIA TOUR feb. 2020
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HAMERKOP is famous for vocal displays with bowing and wing-spreading ceremonies frequent copulation's with its large shaggy crest fully erect when alarmed or excited, have so many images of this courtship, but with a rather drab surroundings , they did not read my script ....lol. A joy to watch just the same.
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Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis aglaja
Copulating Pair...
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Courtship of (Common) Redshank; Tringa totanus. Male Shows pre copulation behavior with wing-lift display from male exposing silvery-white underside to female. Marken peninsula 2022. Netherlands
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Seidiger Glanzrüssler
[Polydrusus sericeus]
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The beginning of the next generation of Migrant Hawkers,
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Utrecht - Strosteeg
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Nest Building.....
Dunnock - Prunella Modularis
aka Hedge Sparrow
The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common names of the dunnock include the hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.
Dunnocks are native to large areas of Eurasia, inhabiting much of Europe including Lebanon, northern Iran, and the Caucasus. They are the only commonly found accentor in lowland areas, all the others inhabit upland areas
Dunnocks were successfully introduced into New Zealand during the 19th century, and are now widely distributed around the country and some offshore islands. Favourite habitats include woodlands, shrubs, gardens, and hedgerows where they typically feed on the ground often seeking out detritivores as food.
The dunnock possesses variable mating systems. Females are often polyandrous, breeding with two or more males at once, which is quite rare among birds. This multiple mating system leads to the development of sperm competition amongst the male suitors. DNA fingerprinting has shown that chicks within a brood often have different fathers, depending on the success of the males at monopolising the female.Males try to ensure their paternity by pecking at the cloaca of the female to stimulate ejection of rival males' sperm. Dunnocks take just one-tenth of a second to copulate and can mate more than 100 times a day. Males provide parental care in proportion to their mating success, so two males and a female can commonly be seen provisioning nestlings at one nest.
Population:
UK breeding:
2,300,000 territories
A spectacular and distinctive flycatcher, the bright red Vermilion Flycatcher inhabits riparian areas and scrub in the southwestern United States and southward. It perches conspicuously, making periodic flights to nab insect prey.
The male Vermilion Flycatcher often seeks to initiate copulation by delivering a butterfly or other showy insect to the female.
The oldest recorded Vermillion Flycatcher was a male, and at least 4 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mexico in 1972, the same country where he had been banded.
(Nikon 300mm + TC 1.7, 1/500 @ f8, ISO 200)
Thank You, Dianne and Julia, for Identifying this Bird !!
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southern festoon copula on birthwort
Heute ist es mir bereits zum zweiten mal im heurigen Jahr gelungen ein Kopulation von 2 Osterluzeifaltern zu beobachten und auch zu fotografieren. Die beiden Falter vergnügen sich auf einer Gewöhnlicher Osterluzei Pflanze, der Futterpflanze der Raupen.
Today, for the second time this year, I managed to observe a copulation of 2 southern festoon and also to take photos. The two butterflies enjoy themselves on a birthwort plant, the forage plant of the caterpillars.
common moorhen
Teichralle
[Gallinula chloropus]
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A pair of common blue butterflies mating on a dead hawksbeard flower on the lower slopes of the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve yesterday morning. The female is the smaller butterfly of the two.
Amsterdam - NDSM-Straat
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When we arrived at our birding destination there was just one osprey on the nest, calling and scanning the sky.
Shortly after, a female arrived (bird on left) and invited the original bird, a male, to copulate. He did not respond and gazed off into the sky. She looked around at him as if to say "Dude! What's up?". He did not respond and instead continued to call for his preferred mate. He didn't even look at her.
She left shortly after, leaving him to scan the skies. We saw her later about a kilometer up the road. There are lots of other osprey nests in the area so hopefully she will find a more willing partner.
Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 2022.
Courtship of (Common) Redshank; Tringa totanus. Male Shows pre copulation behavior with wing-lift display exposing silvery-white underside to female. Marken peninsula 2022. Netherlands
southern festoon copula on birthwort
Heute ist es mir bereits zum zweiten mal im heurigen Jahr gelungen ein Kopulation von 2 Osterluzeifaltern zu beobachten und auch zu fotografieren. Die beiden Falter vergnügen sich auf einer Gewöhnlicher Osterluzei Pflanze, der Futterpflanze der Raupen.
Today, for the second time this year, I managed to observe a copulation of 2 southern festoon and also to take photos. The two butterflies enjoy themselves on a birthwort plant, the forage plant of the caterpillars.
southern festoon copula on birthwort
Heute ist es mir bereits zum zweiten mal im heurigen Jahr gelungen ein Kopulation von 2 Osterluzeifaltern zu beobachten und auch zu fotografieren. Die beiden Falter vergnügen sich auf einer Gewöhnlicher Osterluzei Pflanze, der Futterpflanze der Raupen.
Today, for the second time this year, I managed to observe a copulation of 2 southern festoon and also to take photos. The two butterflies enjoy themselves on a birthwort plant, the forage plant of the caterpillars.
See this Copulation Sculpt.
The Yoga Teacher - the Tantric Shiva Muni is sporting a beard.
While a Buddhist or a man who sports a Buddha type head gear and Chest Symbol - [See the symbol there]
Is this NIRVANA?
The Chest Symbol indicated that the person attained Nirvana.
This symbol is used in Buddha Statues, Mahavira Statues
Even in Jesus Pictures also
Anyone, please explain?
azure damselfly or azure bluet
Hufeisen-Azurjungfer
[Coenagrion puella]
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0625.16.11.2022
Common Kestrel mating. Ivan Ellison (Flickr member) www.flickr.com/photos/ivanellison and I have been watching a pair of Common Kestrels for a while and over the course of several days we have seen them mating....in the middle of November! No doubt the warmer weather and possibly artificial lighting (if they have been subject to it), have got their hormones racing. If they lay eggs I don't hold out much hope for their hatching or the survival of chicks if hatching occurs...but nature can surprise us. In any event, I hope it does not affect the long term condition of the birds. When I created this image, I was not ready for action and was using a very slow shutter speed at 1000mm fl in very dull light. Not a good recipe for sharp images. Out of many images taken only two ended up bordering acceptable. Ivan ran a couple of my images through Topaz which improved the sharpness substantially. This image is processed by using Adobe Elements 2 only, as are all my images, even though I have Elements 13. If an image takes more than a minute to process I tend to lose interest.
The appropriate title is a nod to a record title by Sade...a song I like very much....so cool and relaxing. I guess I could have used 'Smooth Operator too'!
Common Kestrels Mating (Full frame)
0633.21.11.2022
I only managed a couple of sharp shots of this pair of Common Kestrels mating...In the middle of November! This is a full frame image taken at 1000mm with a shutter speed of only 1/125 Sec ISO 2000.
southern festoon copula on birthwort
Heute ist es mir bereits zum zweiten mal im heurigen Jahr gelungen ein Kopulation von 2 Osterluzeifaltern zu beobachten und auch zu fotografieren. Die beiden Falter vergnügen sich auf einer Gewöhnlicher Osterluzei Pflanze, der Futterpflanze der Raupen.
Today, for the second time this year, I managed to observe a copulation of 2 southern festoon and also to take photos. The two butterflies enjoy themselves on a birthwort plant, the forage plant of the caterpillars.
It's admirable to see how hard the male Greater Sage-Grouse works to please the female. They are mesmerizing to watch on the lek. I was lucky enough to see a few copulating right on the lek as well.
Near The Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from North Carolina via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. Males are larger and have longer bills than females.
The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela. Populations in central Venezuela overlap and interbreed with the scarlet ibis. The two have been classified by some authorities as a single species.
Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.
During the breeding season, the American white ibis gathers in huge colonies near water. Pairs are predominantly monogamous and both parents care for the young, although males tend to engage in extra-pair copulation with other females to increase their reproductive success. Males have also been found to pirate food from unmated females and juveniles during the breeding season. – Wikipedia
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from North Carolina via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. Males are larger and have longer bills than females.
The breeding range runs along the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, and the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Outside the breeding period, the range extends further inland in North America and also includes the Caribbean. It is also found along the northwestern South American coastline in Colombia and Venezuela.
Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.
During the breeding season, the American white ibis gathers in huge colonies near water. Pairs are predominantly monogamous and both parents care for the young, although males tend to engage in extra-pair copulation with other females to increase their reproductive success. Males have also been found to pirate food from unmated females and juveniles during the breeding season. - Wikipedia
when immature). The abdomen is very stout at segment 2 and tapers to a narrow segment 10. The sides are yellow from segment 4-8 and the tip of the abdomen is black. The wing markings are diagnostic with 4 spots clearly visible at the nodes (mid points) of the wings. These are in addition to the dark pterostigma. The hind wings also have dark patches at the base – a feature characteristic of all chasers. An area of yellow also spreads across the front of the wing. Another form of this species called praenubila is quite commonly seen. Shown in the additional photographs below and in the female photograph, this form has more black at the nodes and an area of black extending from the pterostigma. The eyes are brown and the legs are black.Males are fast and aggressive and will view their territory from a selected perch and fly out to chase off other males or to seek a female. Females are grabbed in mid- air and copulation takes place in flight in a matter of seconds. Females then oviposit alone but with the male in attendance to chase off intruding males. The female hovers over the water, usually where there is submerged aquatic vegetation and either dips her abdomen into the water or sometimes flicks the eggs into the water.