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.

A low hanging autumn display from within Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire.

Pecteilis radiata had planted in the raft.

サギソウを筏に植えて池に浮かべてありました。

この筏は風が吹くと移動します。

Something opens our wings.

Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.

Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.

Rumi

Thema der Woche bei Macro Mondays ist: #TheSpace"In Between" / Der Raum "Zwischen"

Sandhill Crane

Arundle tulip festival

May 2023

A Wild Turkey or Gobbler displaying and strutting in a group of hens and other males.

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Male Barrow's Goldeneye displaying.

Some more autumnal colour from Hillock Wood, Princes Risborough.

“The magic of autumn has seized the countryside; now that the sun isn't ripening anything it shines for the sake of the golden age; for the sake of Eden..."

― Elizabeth Coatsworth

Mohawk Trail - Deerfield River Countryside, Charlemont, MA

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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

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Spruce grouse in full display

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).

Bempton Cliffs

Hull Tug " Superman " ( see previous photo ) giving a Display from its Fire Monitors on the River Humber ..All part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Event .

Various types of succulents carefully planted in a magnificent display in a large container. A large moreton bay fig tree is in the background.

I'm still rubbish at identifying these flowers but these ones seem fairly common in Krabi

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

Lake Mills, Wisconsin

Patriotic Display Old Glory sitting in flowers and backed by some rustic old brick

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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The trumpeter swan is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm. Wikipedia

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Sony ILCE-7RM5

"Sometimes when I think of life,

I feel like a piece of driftwood

washed up on shore."

(Haruki Murakami)

Driftwood is wood that is floating on water or has been driven onto the shore by wind, tides, currents or general swell. (wikipedia)

- Treibholz -

"Manchmal, wenn ich an das Leben denke,

fühle ich mich wie ein Stück Treibholz,

das an den Strand gespült wurde."

Als Treibholz bezeichnet man Holz, das auf Wasser treibt oder durch Wind, Gezeiten, Strömung oder allgemeinen Seegang an das Ufer getrieben worden ist. (wikipedia)

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Chatswood Matsuri

September, 2019

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Local Ho, Ho, Ho house dressed as a festive, holiday light display.

The home owners set up a basket accepting food donations for the local food bank/hamper.

Very thoughtful and considerate!

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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!

Morning at Tansa lake, Shahapur, Maharashtra.

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

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