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A Yellow Warbler dangles from a twig as he feeds near the water's surface.
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Finally managed to capture the adult feeding its young.
Shame it was first thing this morning with low light levels...
Off to Moore nature reserve for the day, seen as the sun has decided to shine!
FEEDING FRENZY:
“Since early May we have observed an incredible feeding phenomenon. Groups of 5 to 10 Humpback Whales have been feeding with hundreds of Long Beaked Common Dolphins and on some days with Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, along with up to 100 California Sea Lions, and thousands of Sooty Shearwaters. The reason for this concentrated multi-species feeding activity seems to be the tremendous number of sardines and anchovies in Monterey Bay. In addition to these aggregations there are many other Humpbacks in the Bay feeding individually or in small groups.
Every year we see feeding Humpback Whales and dolphins on a regular basis, but this year has been extraordinary. The dolphins appear to herd the fish up toward the surface and the whales often lunge feed through the balled up fish. In this way, the whales are benefiting from the dolphins' ability to herd fish. At times, we have seen as many as three Humpback Whales simultaneously lunging out of the water with their mouths wide open and throat pleats extended. Such cooperative feeding events by whales are usually rare here, but Humpback Whales are known to feed by a variety of methods and this behavior is probably the result of huge fish concentrations. In Alaska during cooperative feeding lunges, the whales usually produce sounds that coordinate the individual whales to lunge simultaneously.
In addition to the whales and dolphins, the sea lions are right in the middle of this feeding frenzy and usually dive together in small groups to feed on the fish. We have been able to locate this activity due to the large number of shearwaters flocking over the feeding area. These seabirds also benefit by diving down to catch the surface fish as the dolphins drive the fish toward the surface. Most of this action has been happening near the edge of the Monterey Submarine Canyon, an area that seems to concentrate prey.
The other amazing feature about these multi-species feeding aggregations is that they are very concentrated with all the animals tightly bunched together in one area. The amount of fish available for 10 whales, 500+ dolphins, 100+ sea lions and 5,000+ seabirds must be enormous. The warmer water conditions related to El Nino could be a factor as sardines are associated with higher water temperatures. Sea temperatures in the Bay are still 2-4 degrees above normal. Most passengers who have witnessed this activity have never seen anything like it, something that is comparable to large aggregations of animals in Africa.”
By Nancy Black: Monterey Bay Whale Watch
A young girl enjoys feeding the ducks at Burnaby Lake Park. Shot with my Hasselblad 500C with expired Kodak Ektachrome 160T EPT film. Cross processed with Cinestill CS-41 C41 developer. Epson V-850 (Lana Darkly) scan.
This swan lost his/her partner over the winter so is quietly feeding while waiting for a ne partner to turn up.
#107 Upright for 123 pictures in 2023
There is nothing wrong with the eyesight of our local gulls. We had about 1/2 an inch of snow yesterday and I threw some white bread out on to the snow covered lawn this morning - it took less than a minute for 6 very large gulls and one jackdaw to appear from nowhere and devour this little snack.
. . . and the ants, I guess. :-)
Attracted the smaller fowls, - the larger, like the Myna seems not dare to land in the garden, - they keep high in the light poles around here. We'll see what happen. I guess I should find a proper bird-feeder.
Feeding tube. This is what a feeding tube looks like. The end is soft. Pip pulled it out with no ill effects.
Photo taken for the International Commie Camera Day 2009
Zenit XP12 / Carl Zeiss Jena zoom lens f=28-85, 1:4-5
Fuji Velvia 100 ISO film (expired 2006-12)
E-6 Process @ Fuji minilab
Epson V750 Pro
Here is the camera I've used
She speaks unrehearsed languages from skin in the morning light, painting shadows on the faces of the dead in front of their widows.
A mute swan feeding in one of the flood plain ponds alongside the river Great Ouse, at RSPB Ouse Fen.
While Cooper may beg horribly for your carrot or apple his teeth do not allow him to chew them well. If you would like to give Cooper treats, he prefers Cheerios and he won't choke on them.
Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank having a group portrait with delegates during the occasion of Feed Africa.
feeding time for bonnethead sharks (related to hammerheads) in the touch tank at the georgia aquarium, atlanta, ga.
My wife feeding some goats at the petting zoo. She seems to take to every animal she sees. Animals run when they see me, on the other hand.
Last Friday, we had a very low tide in Charleston harbor around lunch time. Near the marine lab is a bay with a series of oyster ridges that become exposed with the tide. I walked out of the old Harbor Master's House, where my office sits at the MUSC marine lab on James Island, and looked toward Ft Sumpter and saw seven dolphins lined up perpendicular to the beach on either side of the rocky ridge that was also perpendicular to the shore.....as I watched one of the dolphins made a high speed run.....and I mean high speed it had to be going 30 mph within feet and hit the shallow water and rolled on it side and trapped fish which it then preceded to eat while it laid on its side and then drove itself with strong rear fluke beats (and a few pushes from its pectoral fin) back out into deeper water.
These 9 photos show the series with this last one taken about mid way as it slowed to eat. What a treat....for 45 mins they alternated running at the beach. I actually missed the first runs because it happened so fast I could not anticipate their run if i had the camera to my eye....so held it up and looked over it and as they started a run, I'd try to track them. After 45 mins I was tired and still excited.
..today as I left my office at 4:30, the tide was low and they were back out there doing it again.....but the light was not great. But what an amazing treat to watch another beast make its living!