Security Theater
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When we ran a Post Office, pens and pencils were forever going walkabout! The supplies department would send us these toppers that would be affixed to these items, hopefully to stop them disappearing constantly!
Another tree that has fallen into the lake. And its providing a very secure nesting site for this Grey Heron.
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Since the recent attacks in the UK a visible presence of armed Police has sadly become the norm...however, the Police are as much as possible trying to allay fears especially with children.....they are making a good job of this as seen in this image.
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Gendarmerie patrol in the forest of Fontainebleau near Barbizon, Département Seine-et-Marne
Île de France, France 03.09.2022
I found a very nice dark window in the Moorgate area of London. Sadly the security noticed me straightaway and gave me the evil stare! I hung around just enough to get 3 shots and to annoy them further. Shortly after, they discreetly ushered me away. Cat and Mouse springs to mind. I don't usually post up 3 pictures at a time, but this make a nice mini series.
I think the angrier he gets, the shorter his tie becomes!
I passed ..I am happy for that specialy with this years tecnical and hives of obstucals!
Happy Sunday friends!
20-08-11-01522
I am going through some of the images made over the last six months that didn't make the "daily pic".
Security checks.
Just occasionally, when I am under my camouflage, the magpies suspect something funny is going on. They do not sound off the danger call, and rather than fly away, a whole group of them will sit around me, looking at me and talking about me. They neither warble nor screech, but just "caa, caa" away in their own language. This is usually the cue for the small birds to disappear and the larger birds (crimson rosellas, wattlebirds etc) to come and have a look at me too. This will go on for 10 to 15 minutes before they decide I am just boring, and then they gradually dissipate and the small birds return.
It doesn't happen very often, but it is fascinating to see how one dominant species of wildlife will send out messages that are apparently understood by the other species.
I once also observed the same behaviour when a cat with a live mouse was cowering under some playground structure. In this case the currawongs and magpies were all standing by hoping the mouse might escape the cat.
Australian magpie juvenile, Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, April, 2015.