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This female Bearded reedling blew my socks off this morning when she came up close and combed her feathers like a wedding dress all ready for the pairing displays
Northern gannet have interesting behaviors, with male being very aggressive when they come back from fishing. To get rid of the energy they hit the beak of the female in what looks like a courtship behavior, but is not actually... Anyways this give a chance for lovely, romantic photographs.
The male is lifted in the air by the female. They are locked together by the clasping antennae of the male. Here you can see the springtail at the underside of the male.
Praktica SuperTL1000
Pentacon 50mm 1.7
Kentmere 100 +2
Scanned with NikonZF + SMC Pentax 50mm f4 macro
This Yellow-crowned Night Heron is looking for a mate. Amazingly, a group of Yellow-crowned Night Herons gather in a rookery in the trees above a neighborhood in the middle of Topeka, Kansas, every year. ebird.org/checklist/S168909753
SW Vesper Avenue & SW 7th Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
A male seals unsuccessful courtship of a female seal at Waxham beach in Norfolk Uk 15th January 2023
RKO_5610. Sitting on my deck these grebes came by and started their courtship dance. How lucky can you be!
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The dashing male Crowned Crane is going through his best moves to impress the Lady that he is the best dancer in the park.
The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) couple was photographed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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courting ritual of great crested grebe
backlight, sunset, last lights of the day taken from fixed hide
Rather than post my photo of the drake in all his glory, I wanted to showcase a snapshot of him sweetly courting his hen who is pretty in her own way!
Each time I've been out watching the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at the local Metro Park I've seen one of them flying in a large U-shaped figure above the flower fields. I've come to learn this is the male putting on a show for the female. If the female is interested, she assumes a submissive (or seductive) pose and the male comes in closer to check her out.
The feeding of fish is a courtship behavior in Spring. I had so much fun with them that day. They were so close most of the time.
A pair of nesting tree swallows share a brief intimate moment before getting back to the nest duties.
'The Fish Pass'
I was privileged to witness this pair of courting Kingfishers at Tophill Low NR East Yorkshire. Rather than sit next to the female on the branch, the male chose to hover for several seconds before presenting his gift to her.
Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
From the cycle - Birds of Europe. You can see more my photos from this cycle by entering "Pawel's Birds of Europe" in the search box.
The red-breasted flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe.
As well as taking insects in flight, this species hunts caterpillars amongst the oak foliage, and will take berries.
The red-breasted flycatcher is territorial during the breeding season. It often flicks the wings and cocks the tail. This behaviour is used between mates as contact, and during aggressive displays.
This species is monogamous and solitary nester. The male is very active when attracting a female. When she approaches a singing male, it stops the song and utters short rattle calls while flicking both wings and tail. It also chases the female.
Later, the male flies to various nest-sites while singing loudly, entering each tree hole and making song flights. These displays end when the female follows the male into a hole. But if she leaves the hole first, the male has been rejected.
During the incubation period, the male accompanies and guards the female to protect her against other males. It also feeds her to maintain and strengthen the pair-bond.
In the photo, the female greets the arriving male.
Ferns are shy plants, see?
I love ferns, they are majestic when leaves open and fascinating while uncurling.
Highest position: 45 on Friday, May 29, 2009
While I was photographing the male Sooty Grouse this year, Out of nowhere I see this female on the downslope of this hill. I witnessed my first courtship event ever with this species. He had chased her around and would let off a loud boom at the end of the short running bursts. He mounted her firstly here in the shade then again two minutes later in the light. The difficulty here was shooting in between two logs on the left and right. I managed to get a window that fit both in the frame.
The male Black Tern performs a wonderful, intricate courtship that includes impressive flying (with swoops, zigzags, and angelic hovering), often with a small fish in his bill. He then presents the morsel to the female, as seen here. Sometimes the morsel is an insect or larva; in this case it has a distinct snail-like appearance.
I shot this from my red Toyota car blind, parked at the side of a grid road, adjacent to a little wetland. I watched the male bring 8 or 10 such gifts, and also mate with the female twice. Nice reward for his efforts; soon there will be little terns to feed.
The perfect alignment of bills and the angel shape of the hovering male were pure luck, combined with persistence. I stayed and shot until they both flew away.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
The male has handed over the fish to the female Common Kingfisher, he would normally turn it round so that she can take it head first. Proud of his generosity, the male is stood upright doing his 'peep peep' call.
The male Common Kingfisher has first attracted the female's attention by a couple of high pitched 'peeps'. Once he has an audience he catches a plump roach - which does the trick and brings her onto his perch, she is calling to him here to hand the fish over.
Samburu National Reserve
Kenya
Elephant Bedroom Camp
Samburu Tribe Image
Wikipedia-
The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya that are related to but distinct from the Maasai. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels.
The name they use for themselves is Lokop or Loikop, a term which may have a variety of meanings which Samburu themselves do not agree on. Many assert that it refers to them as "owners of the land" ("lo" refers to ownership, "nkop" is land) though others present a very different interpretation of the term.
The Samburu speak Samburu, which is a Nilo-Saharan language. There are many game parks in the area, one of the most well known is Samburu National Reserve.
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