Wildlife Photography across the Water: Saturday Quickie

Saturday, 2 April 2011

Saturday Quickie

I guess if I had posted this yesterday morning, you might have thought it was an April Fools.

Last weekend while walking back home from Stratford a most unusual sight was seen as we walked over the River Avon.

It was certainly amusing quite a few other people and four young girls in one of the rowing boats.

There was quite a commotion going on in the river and following the source of the sound, I could see two Mallards mating.

The strange thing is that it was two Drake Mallards. Certainly the one underneath on the receiving end of the one of the top didn't seem too impressed and was doing all it could to get away.

I am not sure that I ever seen homosexual behaviour in animals before but it was quite a surprise.

Maybe the title of this post is what the top Mallard was trying to do.

Right it is on wine o'clock now. Have a good weekend

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.