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An Anhinga in its glorious mating colors - who could resist!!
During mating season, the male anhinga develops extra crest feathers on the head, and the flesh around the eyes may turn a bright emerald green. Males begin courtship with lots of high flying, soaring through the area, and then marking out a possible nest spot. Then he turns on the fancy moves, flapping his wings alternately and bending his head low, extending the tail to the sky. Once the female accepts, the male brings her nesting material and she builds a platform, usually in a bush or tree low over the water. They incubate the eggs together for nearly a month.
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Close up of male large white butterfly,, preparing to mate and on near approach to female,who is static, in 'mating posture', on pink verbena bonariensis.
In our garden.
♕Credits
♫ Mater Tenebrarum (Inferno) - Keith Emerson - 1980
“Your journey has come to an end. Everything around you will become dark, and someone will take your hand. You’ll be pleased, not unhappy. You’ll enjoy moments of incredible brightness. You think it’s magic. No, I’m not a magician. Now we have to hurry because we still have to pass through a number of strange phases in your change. You were looking for me, just like your sister. This is what you wanted.”
-Mater Tenebrarum, “Inferno”
Ndutu area in the southeastern Serengeti, Tanzania
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'Soul Mate' floribunda rose.
Lemon-butter colouring with a licorice spice fragrance.
'Soul Mate' is also known as 'Julia Child'.
Photographed at the Swanes Rose Gardens.
Galston Road, Dural.
Hills District, Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon EF 100mm f /2.8L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Butterfly - close-up of female large white, in mating posture on verbena bonariensis, awaiting her mate....
.....and he's on his way.
In our garden.
The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a large species in the dove and pigeon family. It belongs to the Columba genus and, like all pigeons and doves, belongs to the family Columbidae.
Anhinga
From Birds and Blooms Extra:
During mating season, the male anhinga develops extra crest feathers on the head, and the flesh around the eyes may turn a bright emerald green. Males begin courtship with lots of high flying, soaring through the area, and then marking out a possible nest spot. Then he turns on the fancy moves, flapping his wings alternately and bending his head low, extending the tail to the sky. Once the female accepts, the male brings her nesting material and she builds a platform, usually in a bush or tree low over the water. They incubate the eggs together for nearly a month.
Great Blue Heron Mating Rituals
From Science.com
Displays
Great blue herons don't mate for life, but they do have elaborate courtship rituals that help pairs form strong bonds. Their mating displays include bill snapping, neck stretching, moaning calls, preening, circular flights, twig shaking, twig exchanging, crest raising and even bill duels. Scuffles over females are common, but never end in death. Once their complex dance is finished, the male and the female heron will have the strong bond necessary to raise their hatchlings together.
Damselfly Mating Battle.
Male Familiar Bluets fighting over a floating leaf while their mates are busy with laying eggs. Taken at Kardon Park Ponds in Chester County, PA.
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A batch straight from the vines, back in the day.
I miss gardening, but my apartment just won't allow for it.
This Hoatzin pair were doing their bit to ensure the continuation of their kind, which may appear primitive to humans but which are successful in their environment. Hoatzin are fairly common through most of their quite large distributional range in South America. These birds were at Cocha Machuwasi, a small lake gained via a short trail off Manu Road in Peru.
The title "Mating Blues" sounds like a good title for a song but in this case, take it literally. A pair of Great Blue Herons at our local rookery have been nest building, bonding and will hopefully soon have chicks.