#bird mating

Western grebes are very common in the lakes around northern California. Summer months are their mating season. I’ve always found their mating displays and courtship rituals to be quite interesting. Pairs do a little “weed ceremony” where they dive together, come up with weeds and sort of wave them at each other. I caught these two getting quite amorous with each other at Eagle Lake in Lassen County, California, USA on a late July morning.

Recent birds: Ma and Pa Kestrel.

This pair of American kestrels nests each year in a dead palm tree in the yard of one of my daughter’s neighbors. This is the sixth year we have seen them. We dread the day the owner decides to remove the tree. Their favorite perch is an electrical pole in the alley where they can hunt for doves, and apparently also useful for other things.

The Remarkable Journey of Wisdom, the World’s Oldest Wild Bird The world has witnessed a remarkable event with the news that Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, is anticipated to welcome yet another chick in the coming months. This extraordinary bird has captivated scientists and bird enthusiasts alike since she was first tracked during the Eisenhower administration. On November 27, Wisdom…

I have seen many bizarre things over the years and I could not help but notice the weird actions of a bird the other morning. This bird kept ramming into my car mirror. Again and again, he bounced off the mirror. I couldn’t understand this repetition. I couldn’t understand the foolishness. Why would a bird continue to batter itself by jumping into my mirror?

So of course I was on the computer…

Thirty Feet From My Pillow: A Tale Of Love, Sex And Perhaps Death Outside My Bedroom Window

I can’t recall seeing so many clusters and varieties of Fungi in my front yard in the sixteen years we have owned our home on the hill above Rainbow Lake.  I was on my knees examining a species that was unfamiliar to me.  I was on my knees in three inches of yellow, red and wet leaves that had fallen after a rain.  Too late to rake.  Too wet and heavy.  I also knew that when I stood, I would…

Round my area there has been a craze building the last few months, it is very weird and it all started with the hair doughnut.

Now I’m not sure where the hair doughnut thing started but to me it was in dance studio’s. The doughnut gives you the perfect bun with just a few pins and the doughnut itself of course. Its used by ballerinas to give them all the same hairstyle and keeping it out of their faces. My little sister uses one when she does dance shows.

Now I don’t have a problem with the hair doughnut (I have used one myself), however it has morphed and become more than just a neat bun.

It progressed to a messy bun right on top of the head with the rest of your hair pinned into a messy/bed head/ohmygoshIjustwokeuplikethis look.

That in itself wasn’t offensive and I could have lived with it. But now there are girls walking around with masses of their hair and fake hair piled up on top of their heads splayed out like a bird of paradise display.

Its not just a infliction of the young, it seems to be spreading beyond teenagers and young adults to include the mature responsible woman. I personally do not understand the appeal.

I have been known to wack my hair up in a ponytail or bun done with a bauble (hair tie) if I’m having a Ican’tbefucked day. But I have never sat in front of a mirror and carefully hair sprayed and pinned every lock into place only for the result to look like I’ve stolen my grandmothers beehive weave and smooshed it to the top of my head in a pseudo bird mating display.

Is this craze happening near you?

Have you taken part and can shed some light on it for me?

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I have seen many bizarre things over the years and I could not help but notice the weird actions of a bird the other morning. This bird kept ramming into my car mirror. Again and again, he bounced off the mirror. I couldn’t understand this repetition. I couldn’t understand the foolishness. Why would a bird continue to batter itself by jumping into my mirror?

So of course I was on the computer…