Birds Feeding
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Snow Bunting | Escrevedeira-das-neves (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Photo taken in a rainy day at Grímsey Island harbour, Iceland
An eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, feeding on a hybrid Grevillea, "Grevillea Superb".
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Pileated Woodpecker chicks getting ready to be fed by the male as the little brother sticks his head out further in hopes of being first. Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, Forbidden Drive, Philadelphia, PA. Thanks Big Bob for the tip. We all had a blast shooting them.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
E. M. Forster
As far as iconic pieces of public art go, none may be as daringly modern or whimsical as Minneapolis’ iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry.
This giant spoon and cherry was erected in 1985 by artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Bruggen and is the centerpiece of the Walker Art Center’s Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the largest urban sculpture park in the world. Oldenburg is an artist who is known for making oversized versions of everyday objects and food products. Together with his wife he set up a number of public sculptures, including Chicago’s Batcolumn sculpture. The spoon was Oldenburg’s idea, who had a habit of doodling spoons ever since 1962 when he was inspired by a spoon resting on a piece of fake chocolate. The cherry in the piece was van Bruggen’s idea, wanting to use it as a comment on the garden’s otherwise staid layout.
The spoon itself weighs 5,800 pounds and the cherry, another 1,200 pounds. The cherry’s stem also acts as a fountain which sprays into the bowl of the spoon and off into the pond beneath. Even the pond itself has meaning, being shaped to resemble a linden seed, drawing attention to the rows of linden trees planted nearby.
The city of Minneapolis seems to have largely embraced the massive sculpture, expressing almost universal outrage when Spoonbridge and Cherry was vandalized in 2012 as part of a “Kony 2012” protest. The artwork was cleaned up and still remains as a somewhat goofy, definitely unforgettable icon of the Minnesota city.
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Not the sharpest image I know.
But amazing photo opportunity's@Burton Mere Rspb
Brilliant Bank Holiday Weekend with six Spoonbill also on the reserve.
They'll eat out of your hand near the Nature Center at Michigan's Kensington Metropark. This female Downy Woodpecker and the hand she is perched on were processed in black and white for Monochrome Bokeh Thursday.
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My walking partner Janet feeding the goose.A pleasant feeling when it eats the seed from your hand.
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Closeup of a Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans), about to feed. Seen here in the rainforest of Costa Rica.
The yellow-crowned night heron, is one of two species of night heron. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. [Credit Wikipedia] This bird was feeding dangerously close to a couple of alligators.
The purple emperor like it salty + cheese is another option to lure them + Aparatura Iris + Leinawald - Forest 2021
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
Albert Einstein
A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher feeding a chick at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, Philadelphia PA.
My husband built this birdhouse back in Alaska to specific sizes for swallows. Chickadees used it two years in a row. It stood high on a metal pole away from interlopers.
Then we moved here, birdhouse included, and finally, tree swallows! Sounds like quite a few hungry ones inside.
Photo today by my husband, Howard Marsh, using his D4 and my 500mm f/4 on the Manfrotto monopod.
The giant green anemone is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae.
Generally, it is found along the low to mid intertidal zones of the Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to southern California and sometimes downwards to Panama, where cold water swells can occur. It prefers to inhabit sandy or rocky shorelines, where water remains for most of the day. They can generally be found in tide pools up to 15 m deep. Occasionally it can also be found in deep channels of more exposed rocky shores and concrete pilings in bays and harbors.
These anemones tend to live a solitary life, but can be occasionally seen as groups with no more than 14 individuals per square meter. They can move slowly using their basal disks, but usually stay sessile.
The anemone feeds on sea urchins, small fish, and crabs, but detached mussels seem to be the main food source. There are rare instances where the giant green anemone has consumed seabirds. It is not known whether the birds were alive or dead when engulfed by the anemone. (Wikipedia)
One evening we went to the tidal pools along the coast to look for fish, anemones and sea stars. It was adventure scrambling over the huge rocks, but we were rewarded with this anemone just under the surface of the water. No evidence of it having eaten a bird recently was found :-)
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Seen in Explore.
This is the companion photo of a man feeding the gulls at Cosmeston Lake which did so well when I posted it a couple of months back.
The mother of this juvenile blackbird was predated. Now that it has fledged, a robin is helping the father with the feeding.