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(Myiopagis caniceps) B28I1035.jpg Explor Napo Canopy - Peruvian Amazonia
Uncommon in canopy of humid forests
Gray squirrels forage for nuts, seeds, buds, and flowers of trees. Like other tree squirrels, the eastern gray squirrel plays an important role in what’s known as seed dispersal. As winter approaches, squirrels carry their food and bury it in several locations. They hide more food than they will recover or eat. The buried seeds and nuts sprout and begin to grow in these locations the following spring.
A native of India, the gray francolin was introduced to Hawaii as a game bird in 1958. Though frequently heard, the color and pattern of this bird’s plumage ensures it visually vanishes a few feet into the brush.
Quite the good luck to get both of these pretty birds to pose there on the same post within a couple minutes of each other in the matching gray light and rain. They also coordinated by looking in opposite directions. Just had to display the two together here. Hope you enjoy it as much as I had capturing them ... in the rain.
Do these feathers make me look fat?
Gray catbird at the water, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 5, 2023.
An enthusiastic bather.
Dumetella carolinensis.
The Gray Catbird’s long song may last for up to 10 minutes.
The Great Gray Owl is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is called a great gray, but it has mottled gray and brown feathers. They blend into the trees and background making them hard to find unless they are silhouetted on the top or branch of dead trees. Shooting in temperatures down to 20 below can be a challenge, but very rewarding.
I was photographing hummingbirds, and noticed a small mammal slink through the thick manzanita grove behind my subjects. Suddenly this gray fox popped its head out from behind a boulder about 15 feet away. I only had my fixed focal length 400 mm telephoto at the time, so could not get a wider angle than these portrait shots.
North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, California.
May 25, 2019
In the serene embrace of Hacienda Montecristo's verdant landscape, the Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala) presented itself as a perfect subject against a tapestry of greens. This shot from Santa Rosa de Copán encapsulates the essence of quiet moments that nature offers. The bird's vibrant yellow underparts and distinct gray crown contrast harmoniously with the surrounding foliage, a testament to the region's diverse ecosystem.
From a technical standpoint, capturing the delicate details of this elusive creature required a synergy of patience and precise timing. The soft, diffused lighting of the early morning provided a natural softbox, enhancing the bird's subtle features without the harshness of direct sunlight. The shallow depth of field focuses the eye squarely on the bird, creating a bokeh effect that accentuates its prominence. This photograph is not just a visual record; it represents a fleeting connection with the wild, a reminder of the tranquility and beauty that lie in the patience of bird photography.
©2022 Adam Rainoff
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.
A wild Patagonian gray fox (Lycalopex griseus) hunts for rodents in the tall spring grasses, Valle Chacabuco, Patagonia.
18/03/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
While on the east coast, I visited several larger towns, which is something I don't really do all that much on the road these days. But I did. Took some pictures, too - most of which lay undeveloped in my fridge. It's a whole thing. Eventually.
Until then, enjoy this black & white photo of the ass end of a building in Rocky Mount, small city in North Carolina.
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'Gray, My Dear'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Fomapan 100
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min
North Carolina
July 2024
This Gray Catbird was seen in thick vegetation along a remote stretch of the Frenchman River in the eastern part of the West Block of Grasslands National Park. That protected area in the southwestern part of the province of Saskatchewan in western Canada is mainly open prairie habitat, but vegetation can be dense along substantial watercourses.
"Black Friday" was a bleak day to be out....I could hardly complain to be paid to go out birding though. :) Opting Outside with REI !
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.WIKI