Marie Read Gallery

Clarks grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the Weed Ceremony'

Clark's grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the Weed Ceremony in which they slowly circle breast to breast holding pond weed as nesting material, Lake Hodges, Escondido, California, USA, April

Aechmophorus, Aechmophorus Clarkii, American, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Aves, Behaviour, Behavioural, Bird, Birds, California, Courting, Courtship, Grebe, Male Female Pair, Mating Behaviour, North America, Podicipedidae, Podicipediformes, Reproduction, Southwest Usa, Two, United States Of America, Usa, Vertebrate, Water Fowl, Waterfowl, Western Usa, Wildfowl, Wildlife

Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display

Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers, the pair remain like this as they walk a few steps together), Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA

Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), female alighting at nest cavity entrance

Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), female alighting at nest cavity entrance carrying pine needles as nest material, wide angle captured with remote camera to show habitat, New York, USA. May

American, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animal Home, Animalia, Aves, Behaviour, Behavioural, Bird, Birds, Eastern Usa, Female Animal, Flying, Great Crested Flycatcher, Landing, Mid Atlantic Us, Myiarchus, Myiarchus Crinitus, Nest, Nest Building, Nesting Behaviour, New York, North America, Passeriformes, Passerine, Songbird, Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatcher, United States Of America, Usa, Vertebrate, Wildlife