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This rather fine display of plumes is why many herons and egrets were hunted to near extinction in the late 1800's/early 1900's to serve the fashion industry. In 1900 these plumes were worth more per ounce than gold and plume hunters killed 5 million birds a year in Florida decimating it's shore bird population.
Even after the law was changed to protect these birds, apparently hunters still murdered two Audubon wardens who were protecting birds in the Everglades.
Taken near Fort Myers, Florida.
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During breeding season the plumage of the Great White Heron turns into a wedding dress. They love to display or show off these beautiful feathers as shown demonstrated. Taken at Venice Audubon Rookery in Venice Florida just after sunrise.
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.
Rumi
The Ukraine Air Force display at RIAT 2018 flown by Colonel Oleksandr 'Grey Wolf' Oksanchenko. Grey Wolf retired from the Air Force in 2018, remained part of the display team.
Returned to the Ukraine Air Force in February 2022 to help fight the war against the Russian invasion and sadly paid the ultimate price on Friday 24th February 2022 when he was killed in action.
Now a Hero of Ukraine,
R.I.P Blue Skies Sir.
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, 58 Blue displaying at RIAT 2018
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
A Wild Turkey or Gobbler displaying and strutting in a group of hens and other males.
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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).
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Lifer
Hyatt Meadows - Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Marshes
Food : Omnivore
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Probing
Conservation : Low Concern
"Whether stepping singly across a wet meadow or filling the sky by the hundreds and thousands, Sandhill Cranes have an elegance that draws attention. These tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. They group together in great numbers, filling the air with distinctive rolling cries. Mates display to each other with exuberant dances that retain a gangly grace. Sandhill Crane populations are generally strong, but isolated populations in Mississippi and Cuba are endangered."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Display of succulents in shade, against the background of a sunny ancient sandstone wall behind a wheelchair ramp. It was a lovely warm sunshiny day on the second day of spring.
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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Oigawa Fireworks Display
大井川大花火大会
Green tea is the specialty of Shizuoka pref.
So green fireworks can be enjoyed here.
Enjoy summer!!
静岡の名産といえばお茶。
緑色の花火も多かったです。
こちらは雨が少なくて暑い夏ですが、
夏は思い切り楽しみたいものです。
[composite of 3 shots, 比較明合成×3枚]
Shimada city, Shizuoka pref, Japan
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.
Blackbird Displaying
There are so many at Bombay Hook NWR right now, I had to include at least one photograph of a Red-winged Blackbird displaying - Spring is here!.
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Lorna, The Bear Den, and I headed out to Stephannson House Provincial Historic Site on Sunday for their quilt show. Lovely day, and so many beautiful quilts on display!
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.”
-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Akagawa Fireworks Festival
赤川花火大会
I enjoyed such scene so much.
The timing of upper and lower fireworks can be enjoyed at the same time.
The control of launch timing is really nice.
このようなシーン、いっぱい楽しませて頂きました。
下と上で同時に開くタイミングで
打ち上げている所が素晴らしかったです。
[16:9 trimming]
Tsuruoka city, Yamagata pref, Japan
US Army OH-1H Huey Helicopter A Viet Nam era helicopter on static display outside of a VFW facility. Memories for a lot of folks, good and bad.