These cheeky little fellows are also known by numerous names such as Happy Jacks, Happy Families and Lousy Jacks to name a few. They always seem to hang around in groups from about 7ish to 12ish. If you are camping, they will come right into your campsite and even sit on your table and try to steal food right off your plate. Extremely friendly, very inquisitive and always lousy with lice, hence the name Lousy Jacks. Ugh ! ! !
An inquisitive and smart species originating from South America these birds are commonly kept as pets.
A Scottish sheep. Picture taken near the Isle of Skye toll bridge.
Fractal Pattern Resembling a face with the comment. / “What are you looking at?” in a fancy gothic decorative font. / In Black, for on Light Coloured Shirts
Fractal Pattern Resembling a face with the comment. / “What are you looking at?” in a fancy gothic decorative font. / In Red/Pink, for on Dark Coloured Shirts
my grandsons’ birthday this week end….....5 years old…..my best mate….....
Stella / April 2006 – August 17th 2008
I found this frog on our agapanthas , before his facelift!
My cat with a nice clear view of her beautiful eyes which can “take me by storm” sometimes. Here she is just being half calm, half inquisitive. /
This bird took a lot of interest in our lunch. Near Edith Falls, Australia.
I spotted this stoat in our garden and managed to grab a couple of swift shots before is disappeared. In this image it is peering out from under a footbridge across a small stream.
A young White Napped Mangaby . This littel fellow is called Luka. This being a cross between Bella and Luckey his parents. He is now a very active little chap, with bags of character. / White Napped Mangaby are critically endangered.
Here’s one inquisitive llama on the way down to Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate
mountain kids | himalayan mountains | nepal / © tim buckley | http://www.bodhiimages.com
The Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto, also called the Eurasian Collared-Dove or simply the Collared Dove, is one of the great colonisers of the avian world. Its original range was warmer temperate regions from southeastern Europe to Japan. However, in the twentieth century it expanded across the rest of Europe, reaching as far west as Great Britain by 1953; breeding in Britain for the first time in 1956, and Ireland soon after. It also now breeds north of the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia. It is not migratory. It was introduced into the Bahamas in the 1970s and spread to Florida by 1982. Its stronghold in North America is still the Gulf Coast, but it is now found as far south as Veracruz, as far west as California, and as far north as British Columbia and the Great Lakes. Its impact on native species is as yet unknown; it appears to occupy an ecological niche between that of the Mourning Dove and Rock Pigeon; some have suggested that its spread represents exploitation of a niche made available by the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon. / A profile of a collared dove. It breeds wherever there are trees for nesting, laying two white eggs in a stick nest. The eggs are incubated by the female during the night and by the male during the day. Incubation lasts 14-18 days, and young fledge after 15-19 days. It is not wary and is often found around human habitation. This is a small dove, buff grey with a darker back and a blue-grey wing patch. The tail feathers are tipped white. It has a black half-collar on its nape from which it gets its name. The short legs are red and the bill is black. The iris is reddish brown, but from a distance the eyes appear to be black, as the pupil is relatively large and only a narrow rim of reddish-brown eye colour can be seen around the black pupil. This is a gregarious species, and sizeable winter flocks will form where there are food supplies such as grain. The song is a coocoo, coo repeated many times. It is phonetically similar to the Greek decaocto (‘eighteen’), to which the bird owes its name. Occasionally it also makes a harsh loud mechanical-sounding call lasting about 2 seconds, particularly when landing in the summer. The Eurasian Collared Dove is one of two species (the other, and the more likely, being the African Collared Dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea) that have been argued to be the wild ancestor of the domestic Barbary Dove, S. risoria. It is able to interbreed with the Barbary Dove. / Source text: wikipedia Sierpówka, synogarlica turecka (Streptopelia decaocto) – średniej wielkości ptak z rodziny gołębiowatych, zamieszkujący południową Azję, część Afryki i duże obszary Europy. Zasięg trudny do określenia, ponieważ jest to gatunek inwazyjny. W Europie stwierdzona po raz pierwszy w 1835 w Płowdiwie w Bułgarii, a w ówczesnych Niemczech w maju 1940 pod Oleśnicą oraz na wiosnę 1942 w Polsce, wTarnowie; pierwsze gnieżdżenie się zanotowano w 1943 w Lublinie i Tarnowie. W latach 50. i 60. skolonizowała całą Europę Środkową i południową część Półwyspu Skandynawskiego oraz Wyspy Brytyjskie. W 2005 poza zasięgiem sierpówki była tylko północna część Skandynawii i Rosji, wysokie góry oraz większość Półwyspu Iberyjskiego, gdzie występuje punktowo. W ciągu ostatnich 100 lat sierpówka rozszerzyła znacząco swój zasięg również w Turcji, pojawiła się w Iraku i Izraelu, a na przełomie XX i XXI wieku dotarła przez Hiszpanię do północnego Maroka, jednak na pozaeuropejskich terenach występuje bardziej wyspowo i nie zasiedla tak zwartych areałów. / Sierpówka Cechy gatunku / Upierzenie szare, wierzch z brązowawym odcieniem, pierś i brzuch różowawe. Na karku czarna półobroża. / Wymiary średnie / Dł. ciała ok. 28 cm – 33 cm / rozpiętość skrzydeł 60 cm / waga ok. 150-200 g. / Biotop / Gatunek synantropijny, najczęściej w miastach, na obszarach luźniejszej zabudowy. Szczególnie w miejscach występowania drzew iglastych, służących za miejsce nocowania. Również parki, ogrody, aleje, a w regionie saharyjskim oazy. / Gniazdo / Wczesną wiosną, gdy nie rozwinęły się jeszcze liście na drzewach gniazdo zakłada na drzewach iglastych, później także liściastych. Gniazdo stanowi platforma z drobnych gałązek umieszczona na drzewie w bezpośrednim sąsiedztwie zabudowań. Zdarzają się także lęgi nietypowe, np. na sygnalizatorze świetlnym itp. / Jaja / Zazwyczaj 3 do 4 lęgów w roku (w sprzyjających warunkach nawet 6). W zachodniej Europie sporadycznie nawet zimą. W zniesieniu dwa śnieżnobiałe jaja. / Wysiadywanie / Jaja wysiadywane są przez okres 14 do 15 dni. Pisklęta opuszczają gniazdo po 20 dniach. / Pożywienie / Nasiona, resztki pokarmu człowieka. / Ochrona / Objęta ochroną gatunkową. / Źródło tekstu: wikipedia
This friendly young horse was very inquisitive about what I was holding in my hands. It could not resist having a very, very close inspection, both by smell and taste ! Imaged at North Lakes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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