One Word Sunday: Pareidolia
A Tree Creature with lopsided ears.
A Rock Creature, being spied on by a Discworld troll?
Being watched by an Ice Creature on the Colpoy’s Bay shoreline at sunrise.
Tag: #1WS
Communication
This is my contribution to the One Word Sunday prompt Communication.
I very briefly considered smartphones, tablets and laptops before thinking of the various forms of communication in the animal kingdom. Territorial displays and courtship displays came to mind.
Then I got thinking about the times I have communicated with other species.
This Raccoon wandered into the yard one afternoon when I was outside photographing birds. I told it that it could stay as long as it left the bird feeders alone, which it did.
An American Red Squirrel in the yard getting upset with another Red Squirrel and looking at me when I told it to calm down. The Squirrel appears to have a Tick attached between the right foreleg and its body. Something I didn’t notice at the time when I was lying in the grass.
Finally, two forms of communication in one photo. This is a utility pole carrying telephone lines. The marks on the pole are where a Black Bear has used it to sharpen its claws, communicating its territory to other bears.
Speciality
On reading the prompt for One Word Sunday: Speciality I had a couple of ideas for a post.
In the end I went with a specially designed nestbox and electronic flash that allowed me to document the nesting cycle of various bird species that use nestboxes. This meant that I could observe and record some interesting behaviour.
In this photo one of the adult Eurasian Blue Tits, I’d say that it’s the female, brings in some moss for the nest. The way the nest is being built shows that one adult has a preference for moss while the other has a preference for dry grass.
In this photo the male is feeding the female during incubation. Observation showed that the male always stood on the right side of the nest when feeding the female and the young when they were small.
Knot
On reading the prompt for One Word Sunday: Knot it was ìnevitable that I would go with a photo or two of Red Knot I photographed on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton early one autumn morning.
One of the juvenile Red Knot in golden light on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton, Ontario. I had gone down to the shoreline for the sunrise but spent the time photographing the Red Knot instead.
After feeding, bathing and preening while I took photos this one settled down for a nap. At which point I headed home to get some breakfast.
Fraction
I had 3/4 of an idea for the One Word Sunday: Fraction prompt so went with 4/3 ratio photos.
6/10 of a Pine cone photographed with a 25mm CCTV lens adapted to a mirrorless camera.
9/20 of a Sunflower.
13/20 of a cup of coffee. This version was photographed with a 25mm CCTV lens adapted to a mirrorless camera.
11/20 of a juvenile Pine Siskin. I thought of this fraction when I was captioning the Pine cone fraction.
Ice
A frozen and partially snow covered slough at sunrise for Debbie’s One Word Sunday prompt Ice. There’s also a weak sun pillar just visible in the sky.
Culture
As a former scientific photographer my first thought when I read the One Word Sunday prompt Culture was of things growing on agar in a Petri dish.
That was followed by the thought of the live probiotic cultures growing in some yoghurt. Some people don’t like yoghurt so now you can get your probiotics as a daily supplement.
