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This Blue-gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus, was visiting a garden surrounded by forests and fields. In western Ecuador the species tends to be grayer and does not have the white on the wings. The colors on this bird, as in many of the neotropical tanagers, look as if they might have been AI generated.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-gray_tanager
Rio Quijos Eco Lodge, Ecuador. October 30, 2024.
I visited the den today and was excited to find out that there are six kits not 5! There are two cottages that they have been denning under and there are a lot of trees and bushes so it is often hard to see how many kits there are! Today she nursed them and I counted 6. The kits are getting bigger and are often wondering off on their own and exploring the environment around them! I also got a glimpse of papa fox but he is a bit shy! I read that the male gray fox helps supply food for the family but he actually does not stay in the den with them!
This wetland is on the other side of the property where I saw the gray fox pair named Gloria and Zorro. It's a tiny forest, so I'm thinking this is the reappearance of one of the pair. So exciting to see one of them again. I was observing the approach from across the wetland, so never got close to the opposite bank where she emerged.
Jerry loves to eat out, and the Grey Moss Inn has the greatest atmosphere. This was the second night out of eating escargot and lobster tails. I put Jerry on the plane back to Minnesota this afternoon and headed right to the gym for a long session on the elliptical machine just to work off all the food I ate for six days!!!
While visiting Las Gallinas the other day this gray ghost' male Northern Harrier seemed to appear out of nowhere flying in front of me and a contact Judy (maplez) that I met for the first time.
Gray langurs, sacred langurs, Indian langurs or Hanuman langurs are a group of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.
These langurs are largely gray (some more yellowish), with a black face and ears. Externally, the various species mainly differ in the darkness of the hands and feet, the overall color and the presence or absence of a crest. Typically all north Indian gray langurs have their tail tips looping towards their head during a casual walk whereas all south Indian and Sri Lankan gray langurs have an inverted "U" shape or a "S" tail carriage pattern. There are also significant variations in the size depending on the sex, with the male always larger than the female. The head-and-body length is from 51 to 79 cm (20 to 31 in). Their tails, at 69 to 102 cm (27 to 40 in) are never longer than their bodies. Langurs from the southern part of their range are smaller than those from the north. At 26.5 kg (58 lb), the heaviest langur ever recorded was a male Nepal gray langur. The larger gray langurs are rivals for the largest species of monkey found in Asia. The average weight of gray langurs is 18 kg (40 lb) in the males and 11 kg (24 lb) in the females.
Langurs mostly walk quadrupedally and spend half their time on the ground and the other half in the trees. They will also make bipedal hops, climbing and descending supports with the body upright, and leaps. Langurs can leap 3.6–4.7 m (12–15 ft) horizontally and 10.7–12.2 m (35–40 ft) in descending.
The entire distribution of all gray langur species stretches from the Himalayas in the north to Sri Lanka in the south, and from Bangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west. They possibly occur in Afghanistan. The bulk of the gray langur distribution is within India, and all seven currently recognized species have at least a part of their range in this country.
Gray langurs can adapt to a variety of habitats.They inhabit arid habitats like deserts, tropical habitats like tropical rainforests and temperate habitats like coniferous forests, deciduous habitats and mountains habitats. They are found at sea level to altitudes up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft). They can adapt well to human settlements, and are found in villages, towns and areas with housing or agriculture.They live in densely populated cities like Jodhpur, which has a population numbering up to a million.
Gray langurs are diurnal. They sleep during the night in trees but also on man-made structures like towers and electric poles when in human settlements. When resting in trees, they generally prefer the highest branches.
Ungulates like bovine and deer will eat food dropped by foraging langurs.Langurs are preyed upon by leopards, dholes and tigers.Wolves, jackals, Asian black bears and pythons may also prey on them
Gray langurs are primarily herbivores. However, unlike some other colobines they do not depend on leaves and leaf buds of herbs, but will also eat coniferous needles and cones, fruits and fruit buds, evergreen petioles, shoots and roots, seeds, grass, bamboo, fern rhizomes, mosses, and lichens. Leaves of trees and shrubs rank at the top of preferred food, followed by herbs and grasses. Non-plant material consumed include spider webs, termite mounds and insect larvae.They forage on agricultural crops and other human foods, and even accept handouts. Although they occasionally drink, langurs get most of their water from the moisture in their food.
In one-male groups, the resident male is usually the sole breeder of the females and sires all the young. In multiple-male groups, the highest-ranking male fathers most of the offspring, followed by the next-ranking males and even outside males will father young. Higher-ranking females are more reproductively successful than lower-ranking ones.
Female gray langurs do not make it obvious that they are in estrous. However, males are still somehow able to reduce the reproduction state of females.Females signal that they are ready to mate by shuddering the head, lowering the tail, and presenting their anogenital regions. Such solicitations do not always lead to copulation. When langurs mate, they are sometimes disrupted by other group members. Females have even been recorded mounting other females.
The gestation period of gray langur lasts around 200 days, at least at Jodhpur, India. In some areas, reproduction is year-around. Year-round reproduction appears to occur in populations that capitalize on human-made foods. Other populations have seasonal reproduction.
Infanticide is common among gray langurs. Most infanticidal langurs are males that have recently immigrated to a group and driven out the prior male. These males only kill infants that are not their own.Infanticide is more commonly reported in one-male groups, perhaps because one male monopolizing matings drives the evolution of this trait. In multiple-male groups, the costs for infanticidal males are likely to be high as the other males may protect the infants and they can't ensure that they'll sire young with other males around. Nevertheless, infanticide does occur in these groups, and is suggested that such practices serve to return a female to estrous and gain the opportunity to mate.
Females usually give birth to a single infant, although twins do occur. Most births occur during the night. Infants are born with thin, dark brown or black hair and pale skin. Infants spend their first week attach themselves to their mothers' chests and mostly just suckle or sleep. They do not move much in terms of locomotion for the first two weeks of their life. As they approach their sixth week of life, infants vocalize more.They use squeaks and shrieks to communicate stress. In the following months, the infants are capable of quadrupedal locomotion and can walk, run and jump by the second and third months. Alloparenting occurs among langurs, starting when the infants reach two years of age. The infant will be given to the other females of the group. However, if the mother dies, the infant usually follows.Langurs are weaned by 13 months.
Charlie is being cute again. The last few days have been mild. Hope that everyone has a wonderful new week
Large chickenlike bird with long neck and tail. Overall brown with grayer head; note rufous wing feathers. Usually seen in small flocks crashing clumsily through the trees, typically at middle levels along forest edge or in second growth.
Deacon barked in the way that says something interesting is outside. I ran to the window to see seven or eight gray partridge moving through and eating. By the time I grabbed the camera they were heading to my neighbors yard. No really good shots, but I'm glad I was able to get a quick catch.
Gray heron (Ardea cinerea) in the river Nidda near Frankfurt Main.
Graureiher (Ardea cinerea) in der Nidda in der Nähe von Frankfurt.
06-07-15_MG_9102 Not a stunning shot but a species we do not see often at all locally so it was a treat to at least get a shot to make an ID from
Update 2/06/20: Looks likely this wood duck had migrated on, happy I got the photos of while it was here even if I took too many. :)
Very gray morning and well out on the ice a little ways. Still waiting for sun but had to grab a bunch of photos of the visiting wood duck even though a very heavily overcast morning with flat light. All are cropped and have noise that erodes detail but saving just in case it leaves. :) Hoping to get closer at some point but it is very skittish. Sorry for so many of the same wood duck. :) More to come.
great gray owl
north of kalispell, MT
the grays were at it again this early morning - hunting in the meadow and putting on quite a show. finally got some rain last night, so this guy was pretty wet after a few dives. such an amazing site to witness.
As always, completely wild birds/animals without baiting...
From Wikipedia:
"Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six races are designated full species.
The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud chuckles.
The grey-headed swamphen was introduced to North America in the late 1990s due to avicultural escapes in the Pembroke Pines, Florida area. State wildlife biologists attempted to eradicate the birds, but they have multiplied and can now be found in many areas of southern Florida. Ornithological authorities consider it likely that the swamphen will become an established part of Florida's avifauna. It was added to the American Birding Association checklist in February 2013."
Gray-headed Swamphen -3935
A small, spunky, flycatcher-like bird found across much of the southern U.S. during breeding season. Always busy, and never still for long. Our beautiful world, pass it on. Big Lagoon SP. Pensacola, FL.
Strymon melinus,, another commoner but such cute big eyes. Host plants are corn, Oak, cotton, mint, legumes and mallows. The caterpillar is known as the "cotton square borer."
I'm so jumpy, my nephew is in Palm Beach and hasn't left yet .... I'm on pins and needles hoping he and his family stay safe.