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behaviour
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The Glaikit Raven
This bird was calling loudly and staring down at the ground below and as I approached, flew towards me, over my head and back ....... twice! Raven? Huge beak and really gruff call, anyone seen this behaviour before?- Scozmos
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Himalayas-749 : Slaty-headed Parakeet pair : interesting behavior : Indian Wildlife by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
A male defends his territory and dominance ... Protecting the nesting site ... ... and right over female ... __________ Ranikhet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 1 November 2022- aloktewari
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- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Two Mandarin Ducks
A female Mandarin Ducks "fishes" acorns from the bottom of the pond while her drake watches her.- Michael Billerbeck
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- acorns aix aix galericulata behavior behaviour duck mandarin duck pond video
- Comments: 6
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Unusual Catch
It's a bit hard to tell, but I caught this Great Egret eating a baby Florida Softshell. It had some difficulty trying to figure out how to swallow it though, lol- SandhillCrane02
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- behaviour egret "great egret"
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- Category: North America
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Behavioural Observation: Wandering Whistling Duck, Borneo
A group of Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) 胸斑樹鴨, enjoy their morning activities at local park's pond. They are calling (whistling), diving, foraging, playing, relaxing.....- dixonlau
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- Comments: 3
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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The Odd Couple
I've been going up to Ardersier for a few years now and most mornings I'm up and away along the shore with a camera, see what there is to be seen. I've quite often seen a lone Hooded Crow on the shoreline picking around but, it's very wary and usually flies off when I get closer or, it's too...- Scozmos
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- ardersier behaviour birds crows fort george odd pairs pair scotland seascape
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- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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What is this behaviour? - Badgers - 02:00, 07 July 2022 - Essex, UK
Hi all, I saw a couple of badgers on an evening walk near my house last week so I decided to set up a trail cam with a few bird peanuts scattered in front to see if they are regularly there. They must have a sett fairly close as my cam has shown 4 adults and 2 cubs passing through this location... -
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Mysterious blue tit behaviour
We have a blue tit building its nest at the moment and we observed some mysterious behaviour, which I don't know if it is courtship or defence. I hope someone may shed some light on this. Yesterday evening (video), the nesting blue tit entered the box. A while later another one came with its... -
MATING !!! Peregrine Falcons
I was out taking some photos (hopefully of raptors), and in a lull was photographing some little geewhizzits close by in the canopy behind me. As is always the way, the action was in the other direction - I can't precisely recall what alerted me, whether it was other birds, the whoosh of high...- Chosun Juan
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- behaviour falco peregrinus grateful mating peregrine falcon privileged rare
- Comments: 5
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Tete-a-tete 2
Upon request I thought another snapshot of this "handbags-at-dawn scuffle" between two Mallard mothers looked quite funny because they stick their bills into each others plumage.- schulzj
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- behaviour mallard
- Comments: 5
- Category: Britain & Europe
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No you can not have my wife
This was either a territorial argument or more likely a marital ownership bid. Clearly the two together were in harmony!- Len Morris
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- behaviour gannet
- Comments: 8
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Kittiwakes pair bonding
Taken on Bempton cliffs Yorkshire. The birds in general were all sqabbling over mates or nesting sites, these two seem to have hit it off.- Len Morris
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- behaviour fulmaris glacialis kittiwake
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Mr Shrike-tit
Eastern Shrike-tit (male) I took these two photos of the pair of them when they visited the pool together. I couldn't get them together in one photo though.- Rose Fletcher
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- behaviour eastern shrike-tit male nesting
- Comments: 18
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Pelican in flight
- pjbphotos
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- behaviour flight great white pelican pelicans
- Comments: 3
- Category: Africa
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A peck on the cheek
No, it's not 2 loved up sparrows. It's a fight for the perch.- Coltech
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- behaviour feeders sparrow
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- Category: Britain & Europe
