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The Canada goose, sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe. Wikipedia
Mass: 7.1 – 14 lbs (Male, Adult), 5.5 – 12 lbs (Female,
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Pied Flycatcher (M) - Ficedula hypoleuca
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia.
It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding.
The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on spiders, ants, bees and similar prey.
The European pied flycatcher predominately practices a mixed mating system of monogamy and polygyny. Their mating system has also been described as successive polygyny. Within the latter system, the males leave their home territory once their primary mates lays their first eggs. Males then create a second territory, presumably in order to attract a secondary female to breed. Even when they succeed at acquiring a second mate, the males typically return to the first female to exclusively provide for her and her offspring.
Males will sometimes care for both mates if the nests of the primary and secondary female are close together. The male may also care for both mates once the offspring of the primary female have fledged. The male bird usually does not exceed two mates, practicing bigamy. Only two cases of trigyny had been observed.
Population:
UK breeding:
17,000-20,000 pairs
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
....the waterbuck is the largest of the kob antelopes. It is known for its trademark white ring around the hindquarters which they use as a 'follow me' sign. If one of the group spots a predator and runs, the rest will follow to avoid becoming prey.
Our wonderful Bobby who returned to us this year, for the third consecutive time
This is an image of one of his triplets, at the taking food stage but able to fly
We felt so privileged that he trusted us so much, he brought them all over to our kitchen door
It was like a blackbird nursery
It wasn't long before he stopped feeding them and left them to fend for themselves (it's a hard life being a bird) He would watch from the sidelines though
The little ones are still visiting several times daily, although we've not seen Bobby the past few days.
I miss his little face appearing at the window and the tilt of his head as he listens to me talking to him
I just hope if thats the last we see of him this year, he returns next year. I've grown mighty fond of our little visitor
Not the greatest of images, he's not so keen when he see's the camera :)
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. 65780
Adolescents leaving after visiting an exhibition of Paula Modersohn-Becker's works at the Schirn in Frankfurt.
It took quite awhile before they decided to pose in this configuration. I like how both seem to be interested in having their photograph taken.
An adult black-crowned night heron and its offspring at a rookery in Tampa, Florida, USA. Somebody's not happy!
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The elk or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. Wikipedia
Height: 1.5 m (Male, At Shoulder, Mature), 1.3 m (Female, At Shoulder)
Mass: 320 – 330 kg (Male, Mature), 220 – 240 kg (Female)
Term for young: calf Wikimedia Foundation
Collective noun: gang, herd Wikimedia Foundation
Lifespan: 10 – 13 years (In the wild)
Class: Mammalia
Jasper National Park, AB, Canada
Osmias are so-called solitary bees belonging to the Megachile family, because unlike honey bees, they do not live in a swarm with a queen, who ensures their reproduction. In the case of solitary bees, each female ensures her own offspring. And to do this, she digs a burrow, which she will line with pieces of petals or leaves that she will cut in the surrounding vegetation, hence their nickname of flower cutters.
Les Osmias sont des abeilles dites solitaires appartenant à la famille Mégachile, car contrairement aux abeilles mellifères, elles ne vivent pas en essaim avec une reine, qui en assure la reproduction. Dans le cas des abeilles solitaires, chaque femelle assure sa propre descendance. Et pour ce faire, elle creuse un terrier, qu’elle tapissera avec des morceaux de pétales ou de feuille qu’elle ira découper dans la végétation environnante, d’où leur surnom de découpeuses de fleurs.
There were five. And now only one.
The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is a member of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. It is native to Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley.
Egyptian geese were considered sacred by the Ancient Egyptians, and appeared in much of their artwork. Because of their popularity as an ornamental bird, escapees are common and feral populations have become established in Western Europe. The Egyptian goose has escaped or been deliberately released in to Florida. Egyptian geese are also now present in many parts of Central and Southeastern Texas.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
The pregnant lady gave birth to quadruplets!
This is my first attempt to use a vintage lens: Nikkor 50mm f1.4 attached to my R5 with an Urth adapter.
First shooting with Cody, an Australian Shepherd puppy from Cologne. It's the dog of a friend.
Erstes Fotoshooting mit Cody, dem Hund eines Freundes. Es ist ein kleiner, 10 Wochen alter Australian Shepherd Welpe.
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Huge gray heron, no other similar species in range. Note large yellow-orange bill, short black plumes on head, and black and chestnut pattern on shoulder. Immatures are more brownish than adults, and have a dark crown. Fairly common and widespread throughout North America; wintering range extends to northern South America. Occurs in almost any wetland habitat, from small ponds to marshes to saltwater bays. Usually seen singly but can gather in numbers where food is plentiful. White form, sometimes considered a separate species (“Great White Heron”), is found in southern Florida and the Caribbean. It is most similar to Great Egret but has a larger bill. (eBird)
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Great Blue Herons breed on the islands where they are safe from land-bound predators like coyotes, foxes and people. The adults then leave the young ones there until they are strong enough to fly the distance back to the islands. The adults travel back and forth to bring food to the young. This adult had just come in for a landing. It seemed to have neither food nor young at this particular spot. The youngsters that we saw, though, were strong enough to fly around the island so this parent will have to find his/her offspring somewhere on the rocks.
Bird Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 2024.
Bird Island Boat Tours.
Euphorbia bicolor (Euphorbiaceae), one of my research plant with anti-pain and anti-cancer properties. We planted two plants last years in the TWU Butterfly Garden and new offspring come back from seeds this year.
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Both sexes have tusks, which erupt when they are 1–3 years old and grow throughout life.
It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal, traveling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves and bark.
Since 2004, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory.
They can weigh 7 t (7.7 short tons). The heaviest male on record weighed 10.4 t (11.5 short tons) and was shot in 1974 in Angola. Females are much smaller at about 2.2–2.6 m (7.2–8.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and up to 4 t (4.4 short tons) in weight. Elephants attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around the age of 25. – Wikipedia
It's such a treat to watch these wild boar piglets. Most of the female wild boars get their offspring at the same time so there are sometimes 30-40 piglets in one group...Bavaria, Germany
...they were a portion of her, after all, and seeing one’s reflection in a distorted mirror is disquieting.
Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. We had the best time here, stacks of birds and Pademelons... and a volunteer who stayed with us walking round, for over an hour. Couldn't see what she was eating, (the Pademelon), but it made the loudest crunching sound, possibly the seed from one of the trees.
Rhesusaffenweibchen verschleiern die Vaterschaft ihres Nachwuchses, indem sie sich mit mehreren Männchen paaren. Die Männchen behandeln so alle Jungtiere fürsorglich, da es ja der eigene Nachwuchs sein könnte.
Female rhesus monkeys conceal the paternity of their offspring by mating with several males. The males thus treat all young animals with care, since they could be their own offspring.
European praying mantises reproduce only once in their lifetime, and all adults die before winter, while the offspring overwinter in the embryonic stage in the egg.[
The European praying mantis practices sexual cannibalism, meaning that in the wild (in up to 30 percent of cases) the male is eaten by the female during or after mating.
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" Gottesanbeterin - Blickkontakt "
Europäische Gottesanbeterinnen pflanzen sich nur einmal im Leben fort, und alle erwachsenen Tiere sterben vor dem Winter, während der Nachwuchs im Embryonalstadium im Ei überwintert.[
Die europäische Gottesanbeterin praktiziert sexuellen Kannibalismus, d. h. das Männchen wird in freier Wildbahn (in bis zu 30 Prozent der Fälle) während oder nach der Paarung vom Weibchen aufgefressen.
(Mantis religiosa)