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Tuesday 25 February 2014

Copulating Geese

Most species of birds copulate by the touching of their Cloaca and the passing of sperm that way.

This is not the case with Water birds such as swans, geese and ducks.
The male water bird has a piece of equipment (similar to humans) as shown in one of the images below that enables copulation whilst in the water.

I was able to shoot this sequence of shots of a pair of Canada Geese. The courtship commenced with the male bobbing his head in and out of the water. Eventually the female (presumably as a gesture of agreement) also commenced bobbing her head in and out of the water. 


Subsequently….









Of course Humans can do it in and out of the water (Apparently) {:))

16 comments:

  1. zouden wij het van hen afgekeken hebben?

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  2. Oh It is crisp this morning!!
    But it is also flawed.... :))
    Good day Roy

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  3. Well captured and very enlightening(?) sequence of images Roy, I hope you didn't blush when you were taking them?
    I reckon in the first image they were checking to make sure that nobody was watching from under the water, they wouldn't want an audience..would they?
    As for your last statement...I've heard that rumour too!...lol...[;o)

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    1. Thanks Trevor, blush, I tried not to.
      I couldn't possibly comment.

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  4. ...doing what comes naturally, didn't matter they had an onlooker apparently

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    1. Purely in the interests of science and research Carole.{:))

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  5. Very educational. Guess you were in the wrong place at the right time!

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  6. Thanks for a lesson on the birds & the bees! ;-) you made me smile today.

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  7. Hey Roy... Lucky for you they are birds and not humans : )) You don't want to be publishing X rated material!!
    I couldn't have watched them to take photo's "blush"!!

    Grace

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  8. Wow Roy

    That is quite the sequence.

    Guy

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