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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
Bee Eaters before, during and after the mating process :-) Unfortunately the food pass at the start was out of focus as the male seduces the female with a tasty morsel of food before she decides if he passes the test !!
France; Brenne, Cherine 15/1/19. Copulation! A group of twelve here since mid-November must give hope to future breeding in the Brenne.
A pair of mating flesh flies. I think they're beautifully dynamic with their black, silver markings and orange-red eyes.
8mm body length
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Le faucon crécerelle (Falco tinnunculus) est le rapace diurne le plus commun de nos campagnes. Fin février, le couple reprend possession du site de reproduction qui peut être une paroi rocheuse ou un ancien nid de corvidés. Mais il affectionne aussi les cavités des murs des vieilles bâtisses. La compétition est parfois rude car le couple doit exclure les intrus … les jeunes de l’année passée ou encore des pigeons ! Chaque matin, pendant plusieurs jours, le couple se retrouve sur le toit le temps de se toiletter et s’accoupler … histoire de consolider les liens et préparer la future reproduction !
A pair of Green Darners (Anax junius) after copulation, still in tandem while the female oviposits in the water.
Beginning at the age of 10 months old, the female small Indian mongoose can produce up to three litters of two to five pups per year. Their reproductive habits and lack of natural predators in Hawaii makes these introduced opportunistic omnivores a significant invasive species and detrimental to endemic species, especially ground nesting birds. The mongoose was introduced to sugar plantations in the Caribbean in 1872 and in Hawaii in 1883 with the intent of reducing the rat population. Contrary to described behavior, I have also seen one climb a tree in search of food. Interesting mammals that are fun to observe and considered cute by many, but they were imported inappropriately into the Hawaiian island ecosystem. Venerated or reviled, they have a long history in literature and mythology. Pardon the intrusion.
Although I see invertebrate activity all year due to my temperate location - there has been a riot of mating frenzies this past couple of days. Perhaps triggered by the higher than average humidity, heat and thunderstorms.
Resting here on an aloe flower.
This fly couple were a tiny species, just 4 mm in length
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The male performs a wild mating dance, flapping his wings on alternate sides with great sweeping strokes.
Struthio camelus in the Maasai Mara
Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius 1776) = Anoplodera livida (Fabricius 1776) = Leptura livida Fabricius, 1776.
A portrait version of a previously uploaded image of copulating Small Blues photographed at Bishop's Hill in Warwickshire.
Una pareja de cigüeñuelas ( Himantopus himantopus)renuevan los lazos que los unen durante la primavera en las salinas de la Desembocadura del Río Guadalquivr, Cádiz.
A couple of black winged stilts ( Himantopus himantopus) renew the ties that bind them during spring in the salt flats of the Guadalquivr River Mouth, Cádiz. SW Spain
Scathophaga stercoraria ♂ ♀ (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Yellow Dung Fly
Gelbe Dungfliege
Møgflue
flying at sheep dung
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted as soon as i see them.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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Before copulation the male Northern Pygmy Owl (Mountain) delivered his offering. After their brief encounter she took at least 20 minutes to consume her gift.
Owl 6" in size lizard 15"
Madera Canyon, Arizona
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a grass blade.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na źdźble trawy.
Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
It appears that this male just recently separated from a female during an act of copulation.
Mating Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) - Attenborough Nature Reserve, Attenborough, Nottingham,Nottinghamshire
Spotted these today in the garden.
Apparently these are a pretty nasty pest and will decimate any lillies, thankfully none spotted on the lillies in the garden, but, I will be keeping an eye out from now on.
Notice that they are in an arched "doorway" on the plant. This is mate guarding, not actual copulation.
Montes de Alforja (Tarragona) a 700 mts. de altitud.
Doncella ibérica. En cópula. La hembra (a la derecha) de mayor tamaño que el macho y mostrando su peculiar anverso.
Mountains de Alforja (Tarragona) at 700 mts. of altitude
Iberian Maiden. In copulation. The female (on the right) larger than the male and showing its peculiar front.
Taken Leziria Grande, Lisbon, Portugal.
Whilst bird guiding around an open expanse of reclaimed arable land abutting the Tagus estuary we encountered a pair of Great Spotted Cuckoos that were in courtship mode. At first the female was seen working along a fence line dropping down to collect caterpillars, she was soon joined by the male who started to feed her before copulation occurred. Both birds were very confiding and great views were had from our vehicle we observed them for about twenty minutes.
A pair of small copper butterflies I found copulating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve yesterday morning.
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
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Wikipedia - 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. n flight. 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.
Libellula depressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tras la rápida cópula, la hembra en solitario sobrevuela las aguas eligiendo distintos lugares para ovipositar.
After the quick copulation, the female alone flies over the waters choosing different places to oviposit.
Dragonfly sex - it's complicated! In some species copulation takes mere seconds, in others the conjoined pair can fly about together for some time. Here, the blue male grasps the female by the scruff of her neck as she collects sperm he has deposited on auxiliary genitalia. Note how she holds on to him for stability.
on flyday
Dung flies on dung with some sun
After copulation the male holds and guards the female for some time to prevent her from mating with any other males.
Don’t touch me colored man
Mellifluously she said
Taking a deep yawn
Stretching her swan like limbs
As Adonis snored on her bed
Yes she is married she said
While she copulates with flesh
I keep seducing the juices of her head
She is a blog goddess they said
Those who worship her
Unctuously lisping to catch her
In her gossamered red gown instead
Oh how time has sped
Last year this time my gmail inbox
Gloated and bloated words that she fed
Her silence her time both gone ahead
On some other planet some other time
She will with Adonis still be alive
While me charcoaled embers dying undead
The queen of blog reigns supreme
As Peace as a literary novelist inspiring warhead
Seminal stains of despair on a shroud that is my bedspread
Blood flowing like lava vomiting blood from a shia thugs forehead
'Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda'
Merry Christmas and a happy new year...
greetings outspread binding me to a dancing silken thread
A pair of common flesh flies (Sarcophaga carnaria) copulating on a metal rail.
Para ścierwic mięsówek (Sarcophaga carnaria) kopulujących na metalowej poręczy.
Mating in November? Not sure whether they are just pair bonding or copulation will result in eggs being laid. Maybe the mild weather has thrown them out and this is just another effect of global warming.