The birds and the bees

[shadow puppet]

How I feel when the weekend is almost over.

 

[lizkat]

How I feel when the weekend is almost over.

Great photo. I didn't have that much energy on a Sunday back in the day, but that was surely me at my desk on a Monday morning before landing in a workplace with a pantry... having opened the coffee they gave me at the deli after I had said "black no sugar" and ended up with java having both milk AND sugar in it, plus the echo of "OK honey, next?" still in my ear.

 

[Yoused]

Tits on the back porch. They were working on a nest above the lightswitch on the roof beam. It is not a good place for a nest. Well, it might be convenient for them, being tucked up away from prying eyes and claws and beaks. So I went and found a Vladimir, in his rotund floaty-suit, that fit up nicely in that space. Seems the tits do not like Harkonnens any more than the Atreides or the Fremen do.

 

[Yoused]

Not a bee, as such, but these folks and I seem to be good friends

 

[lizkat]

Loved this photo of a couple of cormorants, and the caption really makes it... this guy usually takes photos in Wales or England.

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[lizkat]

Now these guys are definitely freeloaders... for now.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1398435828381085697/

 

[tranceking26]

If I am awake very early I can hear all kinds of birds singing nearby. It's very relaxing. Then later the traffic noise begins.

 

[lizkat]

Baby piping plovers tryin' to get a quick grip on wing-flapping, walking, rolling over, schmoozing w/ mom.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1403147875039727617/

 

[lizkat]

Cuckoos are brood parasites that will temporarily appropriate the nest of another species of bird, often tossing out any eggs or hatchlings in it, the better to lay their own egg in there, then take off again for a carefree summer. No concern about what size bird will now serve as foster parents... in this photo tweeted by an English birder, it's a small warbler that's been left with a humongous cuckoo chick to feed.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1403335367315578880/

 

[lizkat]

Goldfinch brawl: "Don't touch me!"

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[lizkat]

Painted Lady butterfly, gathering nectar while it may, in NYC's Central Park this afternoon.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1428061761719218186/​

 

[Yoused]

Watched this kid dive right in and completely disappear under the stamen mass. I guess the good stuff must be buried down there.

 

[lizkat]

Audubon's 2021 photo awards, wow... check out the one with the baby and parent Sandhill Crane.

The 2021 Audubon Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The finest images and videos from this year's competition showed birdlife at its most tranquil, clever, and powerful.

www.audubon.org

 

[Clix Pix]

Oh, how can one NOT love that exquisite photo of the Sandhill Crane mother and child..... !!!! Rich with meaning, tells a delightful story and is technically perfect to boot! My neighbor, who subscribes to the Audubon Magazine, is a member of the Audubon Society, always passes along the latest issue of the magazine when she's finished, and just a few days ago she gave me three issues of LivingBird (Cornell) and the Audubon Magazine issue with the Photography Awards images in it. I hadn't gotten around to looking at the magazine yet, so I'm glad that you posted this! I like all of the images, some really terrific ones there, but that mother-and-child Sandhill Crane one really wins my heart.....

 

[lizkat]

The season of critters stashing their winter inventory has arrived....

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1446105964671901696/

 

[Apple fanboy]

One of mine from a few years back.

 

[Clix Pix]

From a week or so ago.....

 

[lizkat]

On the way to becoming breakfast for a hungry anhinga: "...and the last thing I saw was..."

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1449662321039745029/​

 

[lizkat]

American Bittern demos camouflage done right.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1456039444809719809/

 

[lizkat]

"They're always out of water and yet you drag me over here every weekend."

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1456731462485565445/