Breaking up

[Peter Connan]

I was always under the impression that it was the females that tore up the nests, but apparently this is not always the case.

[elsa hoffmann]

geez thats a great capture (you must have great cameras) 
I wonder why they feel the need to tear it own tho - and not just move on to build the next?

[Tristin]

Talk about right time and place!  Nice Peter.

[John Geerts]

Great timing !

[Akira]

Great capture!

[Bruno Schroder]

I wonder why they feel the need to tear it own tho - and not just move on to build the next?

2 reasons usually: get rid of parasites and because when predators spot the nest, they check it from time to time. A new nest is cleaner and unknown.

Peter's camera is as good as yours 😉. Great shot.

[David H. Hartman]

I was always under the impression that it was the females that tore up the nests, but apparently this is not always the case.

The bird looks so determined. Wonderful photograph!

Dave Hartman

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2 reasons usually: get rid of parasites and because when predators spot the nest, they check it from time to time. A new nest is cleaner and unknown.

Thanks for the explanation of the behavior. 

Dave Hartman

[Peter Connan]

Thank you Elsa, Tristan, Akira, John, David and especially Bruno.

Jip Elsa, I do have a wonderful camera!

 

[Thomas G]

Wonderful, I've never seen the procedure before.

[David H. Hartman]

I have a very good typewriter but I can scarcely use it.

Dave Hartman

[elsa hoffmann]

I have a very good typewriter but I can scarcely use it.

Dave Hartman

You know the old story - when you produce a great photo - Joe public says - wow you must have a great camera!

I once commented that in fact no - it was me producing the good photos. The lady didn't have a clue what I meant  so since then I just keep my mouth shut when I hear that comment and instead rag others.

[David H. Hartman]

Elsa,

I'm quite sure the original of this camera-typewriter thing originates with Yousuf Karsh and Ernest Hemingway.

Here is a photo of Ernest Hemingway with his very good typewriter...



Hemingway posing for a dust jacket photo
by Lloyd Arnold for the first edition of
"For Whom the Bell Tolls",
at the Sun Valley Lodge,
Idaho, late 1939.

OK, the photo doesn't show much of his typewriter. 

Here is the famous Ernest Hemingway portrait by Yousuf Karsh (but you'll have to click to see it)...

http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/ernest_hemingway

Dave

I love Yousuf Karsh's portraits but I think the bird is better looking.

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Can anyone identify the bird?