A few nice animal behavior images I found:
Meeting the other pack
Image by lamazone
Walking on the beach with Jef and Kika, we met 'another' pack of dogs. The psychology of dogs fascinates me: Jefke is the one who barks, goes to the other pack and makes the first contact. After some sniffing, he makes sure they are no threat to the rest of us. After that, the dogs in the other pack come towards us and start sniffing us out. The freckled bitch was the alpha dog. She was the only one who came straight towards me, because I was also an alpha bitch. I gently extended my hand so we could make contact. The other dogs stayed away from me.
Kika was a different story. Don't ever underestimate chihuahuas: they are very dominant. Kika, about the size of a large kitten, kept barking at the other dogs, even though they were many times her size. She was hiding behind me or sitting on my feet, but after a while, when she saw that Jef and I were no longer exited, she allowed the other dogs to sniff at her.
This meeting was quite typical and very interesting to study the behavior of dogs in packs.
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Maclean_1018
Image by Michael Dawes
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An Osprey
Binomial name
Pandion haliaetus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known colloquially as seahawk, fish hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is an elephantine raptor, reaching 60 centimetres (24 in) in length with a 1.8 metre (6 ft) wingspan. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly whitish on the head and underparts, with a brownish eyepatch and wings.
The Osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common names suggest, the Osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It has evolved specialised physical characteristics and exhibits some unique behaviours to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Four subspecies are usually recognised. Despite its propensity to nest near water, the Osprey is not a sea-eagle.
Maclean_1013
Image by Michael Dawes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Osprey
Binomial name
Pandion haliaetus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known colloquially as seahawk, fish hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is an elephantine raptor, reaching 60 centimetres (24 in) in length with a 1.8 metre (6 ft) wingspan. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly whitish on the head and underparts, with a brownish eyepatch and wings.
The Osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common names suggest, the Osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It has evolved specialised physical characteristics and exhibits some unique behaviours to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Four subspecies are usually recognised. Despite its propensity to nest near water, the Osprey is not a sea-eagle.
