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It's too bad that I couldn't upload the heavenly scent of these tulips and hyacinths which were part of an indoor floral display. Meanwhile, I thought you might enjoying looking at the display. HSS!
Edited with an effect and colour manipulation in Topaz Studio.
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A displaying male of southern red bishop (euplectes orix) try to attract a female .
these birds are very anonymous during the year but in the breeding season
they completely change the plumage and become very beautiful.
kruger national park ,SA
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I wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter!!!
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.
Rumi
The palace was built between 1729 and 1732, initially by the ruler of Amber. The architects achieved a fusion of the Shilpa Shastra of Indian architecture with Rajput, Mughal and European styles of architecture. I am particularly fascinated though by the red shawl on the left and the turbans inside the chamber and also the entrance of another building to the right.
Diwan-I-Khas as shown here was a private audience hall of the Maharajas (meaning rulers or kings), a marble floored chamber. There are two huge sterling silver vessels of 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) height and each with capacity of 4000 litres and weighing 340 kilograms (750 lb), on display here--they are officially recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest sterling silver vessels. These vessels were specially made by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II, who was a highly pious Hindu, to carry the water of the Ganges to drink on his trip to England in 1901 (for Edward VII's coronation) as he was finicky about committing religious sin by consuming the English water. There are a number of crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling too.
Unlike the orange-crowned warbler that can easily hide its orange crown, the golden-crowned kinglet's golden crown is always on full display. This golden-crowned kinglet is catching gnats and no-see-ums in the wooded grove that acts like a little oasis for migrating songbirds in the open prairie habitat around here. After spending the summer in Canada's vast boreal forest, these hardy golden-crowned kinglets sometimes winter right here in Winneshiek County since they can survive temperatures to -40 F even though they are barely bigger than a hummingbird.
The largest/heaviest flying bird native to Africa, the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) is a ground dwelling bird and an opportunistic omnivore. The males can get up to 42 lbs and stand nearly 5 feet tall; they may be twice as heavy as the females.
This is a male in breeding display striding about with his neck puffed out, his tail fanned and wings planed and pointed downward. If he was looking to court a lady, we saw none in the vicinity - perhaps he was just practicing his routine.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
Hoopoe (Upopa Epops) The hoopoe with its impressive head feathers always reminds me of a Native American Chief in full headdress. (Minus the bug of course)!
Unlike many other lazy males, it is the male Great Blue Heron that builds and takes primary responsibility for maintaining the nest. Once built, to attract a mate he begins a display where he squats down, raises up calling lifting his beak to the sky. It’s sad to see a male go through a season, building a nest, displaying over and over again to no avail. Maybe it’s his first or possibly last season or there is a shortage of females. Unknown. Maybe he just built a lousy nest and no female would approve. Anyway, one he has successfully attracted a mate he will continue to bring nesting material and pass the sticks to the female who will work to intertwine them with the existing sticks to further solidify the nest. Quite a show. This guy is shown at the apex of the display on, what looks like to me, a fine nest and I liked his display too. (OK, hold those comments wise guys). (Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias). (Sony a1ii, 400mm lens, f/2.8, 1/2500 second, ISO 4000).
Sunken Garden
Filoli Historic House and Garden
Woodside, California
Fairy lights and their reflections make a beautiful holiday display.
There are so many lights one is in danger of sensory overload!
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© Melissa Post 2024
This time of year is when we have the opportunity of seeing the great white egrets displaying in the hopes of attrating a mate. They are so elegant and the long feathers that they grow specifically for this time of year are truly magnificent.
Various types of succulents carefully planted in a magnificent display in a large container. A large moreton bay fig tree is in the background.
When God lay hidden in the womb of a young virgin, it happened that the point fully contained the circle. (28)
-Angelus Silesius, The Cherubinic Wanderer
This display is part of the male great egret's courtship behavior. A nearby female watched him perform his ritual. It worked:)
Smith Oaks Rookery at High Island, Texas - 3/2021.
A peacock displaying in Ranthambhore National Park in India! As the peacock would turn, different colors would appear! Mostly greens, pink and blues.
Koga Fireworks Festival
古河花火大会
The blue tone had felt cool in the summer night,
although it was 38℃ in the daytime.
Now, it's too hot in Japan.
夏の夜空を涼しく演出するブルートーン。
日中はとてつもない猛暑が続いていますね。
Koga city, Ibaraki pref, Japan
I just happened upon this egret all by itself. I shot through an opening in trees to get the display.
A Malaysian pied fantail (rhipidura javanica) seeking to attract a mate by displaying its fan, Photographed near Phetchaburi, Thailand.
My attempt at the "Smile on Saturday" theme "Display the D..."
Shot with a Steinheil "Oscillo-Quinon 75 mm f/1.9" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Goldeneye have a little mating dance ritual and as part of the choreography they throw their heads back like in the photo. The courtship display is very entertaining to watch it if you can catch them in the middle of it. The Bufflehead and the Hooded Merganser have similar rituals too. The following Cornell Lab of Ornithology web page provides a nice snapshot of the Duck Courtship Displays www.allaboutbirds.org/what-to-watch-for-duck-courtship-vi...