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The Incubation Exchange: Male D93 passes his mate Brown-eyed Girl as he departs the nest on his way to hunt after several hours of incubation duty.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
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Size: Approximately 10mm long.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK. Common.
Months seen: March to October.
Habitat: Grassland, wasteground, gardens and woodland edges.
Food: Small soft-bodied insects.
Special features: This is one of several similar looking beetles which go under the general name of Soldier Beetles or Sailor Beetles.
Soldier beetles have narrow bodies and long antennae. This particular species has brown wing casings with black tips.
Click for a better viewThey are often seen in large numbers in June and July on flower heads of cow parsley and hogweed. It's quite rare to see them singly. More often they are seen as mating pairs, earning them the nickname of 'bonking beetles'.
Their brown, maggot-like larvae live in soil and leaf litter. They feed on springtails and other tiny insects.
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Pair after copulation. He is on the left and holding a cedar branch in his talon. A few moments later, he flew to the nest which was out of photographic view. She is the bird on the right. Champion Mine Rd, Nevada Co, California on 5 March 2018.
Anteaters are amongst the strangest looking creatures on earth.
Its name is a hint to one of its favorite foods, and you can't miss its long snout, but there's more to the story of the Giant Anteater or Ant Bear (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).
This unique animal is the largest of the four species of anteaters, 180 to 215 cm in length, with weights of 25 to 41 kg.
The snout is long (up to 45 cm in length) and the skull is streamlined with small eyes and ears. The tail is large and bushy and is nearly as long as the body.
Giant anteaters have fur that is thick and coarse and longer towards the tail. Their coat is gray or brown with black and white stripes on the shoulders and a crest of hair along the middle of the back. The forelegs are white with black bands at the toes.
Anteaters eat ants. They also eat termites, consuming both in vast quantities, sometimes up to 35,000 insects in a single day. The anteater will rip open a termite hill with large front claws and work its tubular snout into the opening, sticking its long, worm-shaped tongue down into the heart of the colony and trapping the insects on the tongue's sticky coating. The tongue can be extended as much as 60 cm.
Giant anteaters are found in Central and South America, east of the Andes, from southern Belize and Guatemala to northern Argentina, where they prefer grasslands, savannas, and open tropical forests.
During courtship, a male consorts with an estrous female, following and sniffing her (See picture above). While mating, the female lies on her side as the male crouches over her. A couple may stay together for up to three days and mate several times during that period (See the pictures in the first comment).
This picture is taken in Zoo Duisburg, Germany.
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Miereneters behoren tot de meest vreemd uitziende wezens op aarde. Zijn naam is een hint naar zijn favoriete voedsel, en zijn lange snuit is niet te missen, maar er is meer te vertellen over de reuzenmiereneter (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).
Andere namen voor dit opvallende dier zijn grote miereneter, mierenbeer of yoeroemi. De reuzenmiereneter is de grootste van de vier soorten miereneters, 180 à 215 cm lang, en een gewicht van 25 à 41 kg. Op schouderhoogte is dit dier ongeveer 60 cm hoog.
De snuit is tot circa 45 cm lang en het hoofd is gestroomlijnd met kleine ogen en oren.
De ruig en lang behaarde staart is bijna even lang als het lichaam.
Het lichaam is kort en stevig grijs of bruin behaard. De kop is lichter van kleur dan de achterzijde. Een brede zwarte band, met een witte streep begrensd, begint op de borst, en loopt over de schouder naar zijn middel. Deze streep geeft een camouflage-effect.
De voorpoten zijn wit met zwarte banden bij de tenen.
Miereneters eten mieren, maar ook termieten en andere insecten, die ze in grote hoeveelheden, soms tot 35.000 insecten per dag consumeren. Hij gebruikt zijn scherpe klauwen om de mierennesten of holen open te scheuren, waarna hij z’n lange buisvormige snuit naar binnen steekt. Met zijn 60 cm lange wormvormige tong slurpt hij de mieren op. Door het kleverige speeksel blijven de insecten gemakkelijk op de tong kleven. Hij steekt zijn tong zo'n 150 keer per minuut naar buiten. Miereneters hebben geen tanden. Wel zijn de speekselklieren goed ontwikkeld. Ze kauwen hun prooi met harde delen van hun gehemelte. De taak van het gebit is overgenomen door wrijfplaten in een gedeelte van de maag.
Reuzenmiereneters komen voor in Midden- en in Zuid-Amerika ten oosten van het Andesgebergte; ongeveer vanaf het zuiden van Belize en Guatemala naar het noorden van Argentinië, waar ze leven in graslanden, savannes, en open tropische bossen.
Zijn natuurlijke vijanden zijn de jaguar en de poema. Ze kunnen zich tegen deze dieren met hun scherpe klauwen verdedigen.
Tijdens de paringstijd van drie dagen volgt het mannetje steeds het vrouwtje en wordt er meerdere keren gepaard. Bij de paring staat het mannetje over het vrouwtje die op haar buurt op haar zij ligt.
Zie de foto's van een paring in het eerste commentaar.
Deze foto is gemaakt in Zoo Duisburg in Duitsland.
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The emerald swallowtail (Papilio palinurus), also known as the banded peacock, green-banded peacock or emerald peacock, is native to the primary forests of southeast Asia.
This species gets its name from the bright emerald green metalic band that runs across each of its dark greenish-black upperwings.
The underside is black with orange, white and blue spots along the hindwing edges. The hind wings of both sexes have a pair of protruding tails like the tail of some swallows.
The wingspan of about 8 - 10 cm classifies the emerald swallowtail as a medium to large sized butterfly.
This picture was taken in the tropical butterfly house of the botanical garden of the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Papilio palinurus is een dagvlinder uit het geslacht Papilio, de grote pages. Er is geen Nederlandse naam voor deze uit zuidoost Azië (Myanmar, Maleisië, Indonesië en de Filipijnen) afkomstige vlinder. De vlinder leeft daar vooral op de beboste berghellingen.
De bovenzijde van de vleugels is goenzwart met een licht groene metalic band dwars over de vleugels. Opvallend is ook de iriserende groene weerschijn op de vleugels.
De onderzijde van de vleugels is onopvallend grijszwart met kleine oranje, witte en blauwe eye-spots langs de achterste vleugelrand.
De vlinders hebben kleine staartje aan de achtervleugels.
Dit staartje is een kenmerk van de grote pages
De vleugelspanwijdte van deze middelgrote vlinder is 8 à 10 cm.
Deze foto is gemaakt in het vlinderhuis van de Botanische Tuinen van de Utrechtse Universiteit.
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A pair of small blue butterflies caught copulating on the lower slopes of the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire. This was taken on the day I met up with flickr member "Davolly", but David had already gone home when I found these!
A pair of copulating Black -backed woodpecker. St John's, Newfoundland. May 17, 2021 .Kenmount Terrace, St John's, N ewfoundland
A pair of Hairy Dragonflies, "Brachytron pratense" mate for 35 minutes at the Ouse Washes in Cambridgeshire, UK.
I have been monitoring a pair of Kingfishers lately and although I have seen them copulating this is the first occasion where I was able to fire off a few shots. with my camera.Not long after this one of the birds took off low to the ground heading towards a patch of bush around 80 metres away. As I scanned ahead to see what it was after I saw a Stoat running towards the bush. To my surprise the Kingfisher had a go at it!!
Girl please me
Be my soul bride
Every women
Has a piece of aphrodite
Copulate to create
A state of sexual light
Kissing her virginity
My affinity
Glorious euphoria
Is my must
Erotic shock
Is a function of lust
Temporarily blind
Dimensions to discover
In time
Each into the other
Uncontrollable notes
From her snowwhite throat
Fill a space
In which two bodies float
Operatic by voice
A fanatic by choice
Aromatic is the flower
The female Marbled White was freshly emerged, and was in the process of drying out her wings after eclosion. At this stage she is unable to fly. The keen male spotted her hanging upside down, and they were instantly in copulation. However, the process of manoeuvring her in to position made her lose her grip and they both fell to the ground. Her soft wings crumpled and folded, meaning she had to crawl to the nearest blade of grass as quickly as possible, or she would never have been able to fly. She managed to do this, carrying the attached male as she climbed, and as shown in the photo, her wings unfolded perfectly.
Taken in Northwest Leicesterhsire on a reclaimed site of a former Colliery, near the Derbyshire border.
The mating season is from mid-May to early July, shifting later the further north the bears are found. Being serially monogamous, brown bears remain with the same mate from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. Outside of this narrow time frame, adult male and female brown bears show no sexual interest in each other. Females mature sexually between the age of 4 and 8 years of age, with an average age at sexual maturity of 5.2-5.5 years old, while males first mate about a year later on average, when they are large and strong enough to successfully compete with other males for mating rights. Males will try to mate with as many females as they can, usually a successful one mates with two females in a span of one to three weeks. The adult female brown bear is similarly promiscuous, mating with up to four, rarely even eight, males while in heat and potentially breeding with two males in a single day. Females come into oestrus on average every three to four years, with a full range of 2.4 to 5.7 years. The urine markings of a female in oestrus can attract several males via scent. Paternity DNA tests have shown that up to 29% of cubs in a litter will be from two to three different males. Dominant males may try to sequester a female for her entire oestrus period of approximately two weeks but usually are unable to retain her for the entire time. Copulation is vigorous and prolonged and can last up to an hour, although the mean time is about 23–24 minutes.
Males take no part in raising their cubs – parenting is left entirely to the females. Through the process of delayed implantation, a female's fertilized egg divides and floats freely in the uterus for six months. During winter dormancy, the fetus attaches to the uterine wall. The cubs are born eight weeks later, while the mother sleeps. If the mother does not gain enough weight to survive through the winter, the embryo does not implant and is reabsorbed into the body. There have been cases of bears with as many as six cubs, although the average litter size is 1-3, with more than four being considered uncommon . There are records of females sometimes adopting stray cubs or even trading or kidnapping cubs when they emerge from hibernation (a larger female may claim cubs away from a smaller one). Older and larger females within a population tend to give birth to larger litters.The size of a litter also depends on factors such as geographic location and food supply. At birth, the cubs are blind, toothless, hairless, and may weigh from 350 to 510 g (0.77 to 1.12 lb), again reportedly based on the age and condition of the mother. They feed on their mother's milk until spring or even early summer, depending on climate conditions. At this time, the cubs weigh 7 to 9 kg (15 to 20 lb) and have developed enough to follow her over long distances and begin to forage for solid food.
Celery Leaf beetles "Phaedon tumidulus" busy making baby beetles. These are much smaller than the Green Dock beetles which I'm familiar with. This pair were on Hogweed which apparently the adults & larvae love to eat. HIHD & HHD!
I noticed these beetles in Curiosity thrills. photostream at the time I took this photo so have referred back for the correct ID. Thanks Buzz!
This is their 6th year together...this mating dance took place about 25 yards from the nest on a dead tree top about 30 feet up... I was going to title this one "Pole Dance" but that doesn't do the moment justice. It was an incredible privilege to witness these two in the air, in the nest and on the tree.
A pair of Red Shouldered Hawks mating at the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, located in Collier County, Naples, Florida, USA.
House geckoes in passionate embrace. Captured through the glass from inside my house window, illuminated by internal lighting. Sometimes the old biology teacher in me is awakened.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
A pair of Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetles, making more beetles. This isn't an insect I usually see, so I was happy to find three of them today at Hyper-Humus in Lafayette, NJ
Spent the day with a group of young wildlife photographers up at Godrevy and Bissoe, highlight was once again the Ivy bee's. I have thousands of pictures of these bee's and i'll be doing a blog on them in due course.
Here folks is a young brash male showing off immediately his prowess soon after the copulation was complete, and this was his behavior as he swam all around the pond, the female in question was directly behind him. But still image #-1 was the sweetest and most tender moment of all, for me anyway. Have a great Saturday, a great weekend, and thank you for visiting.
Photographed in Southern France a few years ago.. This is a pregnant female with the sphragis in place. The sphragis is a form of chastity belt and is secreted by the male during copulation. After copulation the secretion hardens to form a horny structure which prevents any other males from copulating with the female.
Il n'est pas fréquent de tomber sur un tandem de libellule ! Ce duo m'a fait galoper mais j'ai réussi à l'approcher au 85 mm macro pour lui tirer le portrait. Malgré l'utilisation de faibles ouvertures, il m'a été difficile d'avoir le mâle et la femelle nets sur le même cliché.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
The green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a widespread and common butterfly of the Pieridae family occurring throughout Europe, temperate Asia, and at high altitudes in the Atlas mountains of north Africa. It also occurs in North America where it is known as the Mustard White. Other less frequently used names for this butterfly are Green-veined White, Margin White, Microstriata White and Sharp-veined White.
At first glance this looks like a small white butterfly. On closer inspection, when it is resting, you can see the gray-green lines on the underside of the wings which give this butterfly its name. In both sexes, the upper surfaces of the wings are yellowish white and the forewings have blackish tips. Males have a central dark spot on the forewings, whereas females have two. The wingspan is approximately 45 mm.
The Green-veined White is found in damp, grassy places with some shade, forest edges, hedgerows, meadows and wooded river valleys. It is found from sea level to high elevations (3500 m).
This picture was taken in "De Passiflorahoeve" (Passiflorafarm) in Harskamp, the Netherlands.
Het klein geaderd witje (Pieris napi) is een dagvlinder uit de familie Pieridae, de witjes.
De vleugelspanwijdte is 4 tot 5,3 cm (gemiddeld 4,5 cm).
De grondkleur van de vleugels is wit. Op de onderzijde is de ondervleugel en de vleugelpunt van de voorvleugel soms geel. De aders zijn aan de onderkant van de vleugels groengrijs bestoven. Dit is echter in de zomer aanzienlijk minder duidelijk dan in het voorjaar. De soort is dan niet makkelijk te onderscheiden van het klein koolwitje, die ook net zo groot is. Aan de bovenzijde van de voorvleugel heeft het mannetje een zwartige stip, het vrouwtje twee. De vlek aan de vleugelpunt (apex) is gelobd, en loopt naar beneden toe druppelsgewijs af.
Het klein geaderd witje komt grofweg op heel het noordelijk halfrond voor; Europa, Azië, Noord-Amerika en noordelijk Afrika.
De vlinder vliegt van zeeniveau tot 3500 meter in berggebieden. Dit witje komt voor in veel habitattypen en landschappen. Het kan worden aangetroffen in open en meer gesloten landschappen op allerlei typen van graslanden en heiden. Het mag echter niet te droog zijn. In Nederland en België is de soort zeer algemeen.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de vlindervolière voor Europese vlindersoorten (kwekerij Europese vlinders) van zorgboerderij De Passiflorahoeve bij Harskamp op de Veluwe tussen Ede en Apeldoorn. Info: www.passiflorahoeve.nl/
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De Passiflorahoeve is onlangs door het wereldwijd opererende samenwerkingsverband van vlindertuinen, the International Association of Butterfly Exhibitors and Suppliers (I.A.B.E.S.) uitgeroepen tot de meest complete vlinderuin van de wereld. I.A.B.E.S., waar bijna alle Nederlandse vlindertuinen bij zijn aangesloten, heeft als doel de promotie en bescherming van vlinders wereldwijd.
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Les cas d'hybridation existent chez l'Oie à tête barrée. Dans la nature, l'hybridation avec l'Oie cendrée est occasionnelle. Quelques cas avec la Bernache cravant et éventuellement avec le Tadorne de Belon. En Europe, où l'Oie à tête barrée a été introduite, les hybridations se multiplient avec les Bernaches du Canada, la Bernache nonnette, l'Oie cygnoïde, l'Oie naine et l'Oie rieuse. En captivité elle peut s'hybrider avec toute sorte d'oie.
Highly social and intelligent, the grey wolf is an efficient predator, capable of working together with other individuals to bring down large prey, ten times the size of an individual wolf . This species is most commonly found in packs, particularly in winter, usually numbering around 5 to 12 related individuals, although pairs and lone wolves also frequently occur . Within the pack there is a clear dominance hierarchy, with the breeding pair possessing a strong, year-round pair bond. The breeding pair dominates the rest of the pack, which are usually the offspring. Packs may range over territories spanning 75 to 2,500 square kilometres depending on prey density. In order to advertise territorial boundaries and avoid encounters with other packs, grey wolf packs employ scent-marking and howling . On occasions when packs meet violent fights occur, often resulting in fatalities.
While grey wolves have a varied diet, prey mostly comprises large ungulates, such as moose, caribou, deer, elk and wild boar (1). Smaller animals, livestock, carrion, berries and refuse may also be taken . Prey is hunted down and often pursued in a chase which can last between 100 metres and 5 kilometers . The grey wolf’s keen observational skills enable packs to identify and single out individuals that are young, old or in poor condition . Attacks usually focus on the rump of larger prey and on the head, shoulders, flanks and rump of smaller animals. On average, the grey wolf consumes 2.5 to 6.3 kilograms of food per day, and will cache surplus food in the form of prey parts or regurgitated chunks .
The grey wolf breeds between January and April, with the exact timing depending on latitude . Unless food is particularly abundant, only the dominant pair will breed, with the reproduction of other mature females suppressed by aggression and direct interference with copulation attempts by the dominant individuals . The dominant female bears a litter of 1 to 11 offspring (typically in the spring after a gestation period of 9 weeks . The cubs are raised in a den located in a hole, cave, pit or hollow log, and are weaned at 8 to 10 weeks old. Starting at about three weeks of age, prey parts and regurgitated scraps are provided . If food is plentiful, the cubs are ready to travel with the pack at five months old, and by the next breeding season most juveniles leave the pack and disperse . Reproductive maturity generally is reached at 22 to 46 months, and lifespan in the wild can reach up to 13 years.
A couple of beetles have chosen the center of a beautiful flower for the most important moment that a living being can have: ensure their offspring and continue the cycle of life (see large)
Una pareja de escarabajos han escogido el centro de una hermosa flor para el momento más importante que puede tener un ser vivo: asegurar su descendencia y continuar el ciclo de la vida (ver en grande)
100 mm macro, 1/200, F/8, ISO 200, home made softbox flash at -3 stops