The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
The Hoopoe (Upupa epops), a bird that reaches our country in Spring to nest and raise its offspring before returning south to the Sahara desert, has been remembered not only in the verses of Foscolo and Montale but also in one of our articles written in November 2022 by Emilio Baldaccini.
( The Hoopoe, bird of myth (earthgardeners.it) ).
The article describes in detail the behavior of the Hoopoe, including what it performs during wedding parades.
Rudy Cleemput, a Dutch nature and photography enthusiast on holiday in Tenerife, photographed some Hoopoes without understanding what they were doing. He then read the article written by Emilio Baldaccini that explained the behavior of the two birds that he had observed and sent to our editorial staff, together with thanks for the explanation, the photos he had taken and which we are happy to publish.
The Ornithologist Emilio Baldaccini, after complimenting Rudy Cleemput for the interesting photos he had taken, wrote this note:
The right observation made by Rudy Cleemput, our Dutch reader on holiday in Tenerife, is at the origin of this short comment. On that island, he could photograph a little-known phase of the courtship of the Hoopoe, characterized by a rather complex posture, rarely described in texts concerning this species.
I have been personally handling and observing hoopoes for years, but I had never witnessed this rather intimate and delicate phase of their courtship ceremony. It was therefore also an unexpected and pleasant surprise to see those photos.
After making a small inquiry among my ornithologist friends, it turned out that they also knew nothing about it. The words of a famous French nature photographer who for years tried in vain to photograph the snow panther came to mind: “Perhaps there are moments in which nature does not want to be observed”… even if in the end it gave us some fantastic images of this totemic Himalayan feline.
In the two photos kindly sent to us by our reader, you can see this type of display made on the ground, in which the Hoopoe opens both wings outwards, thus revealing the cinnamon-colored feathers of the chest. At the same time, it fully unfolds the feathers of the crest, turning the head backward, until they touch the back, so much so that the beak, kept half-open, is pointed backward. A movement pattern made possible by a motor program that is certainly innate and therefore instinctual for the species.
