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While driving home one day, I noticed these group of cattle in a field so I stopped the car to photograph them, however they were very timid and moved away out of sight very quickly.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for WeekendReflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter is J and Juxtaposition.  Well I thought how am I going to find a photo for this word!  All my photographs are taken at the Cairns Show.  So the first 2 show riders are JUMPING over fences.  Now JUXTAPOSTION is the act or an instance of placing 2 or more things side by side to compare or contrast and I found 2 photos to fit the bill. (I think).  The first one is 2 Eclectus parrots . The JUXTAPOSITION between the brilliant emerald green plumage of the male and the deep red/purple plumage of the female is so marked that the birds were, until the early 20th century, considered to be different species. 

Usually when birds exhibit reversed sexual dimorphism, it comes with a sex role reversal, in which the males who usually gather food are left to incubate eggs, while the female forages. It is important to note that in the Eclectus, no such sex role reversal occurs. The male still forages, while the female incubates the eggs. Research has shown this dimorphism with no role reversal is a product of the rare nest hollows, and the selective pressures that accompany this.

It is thought that sexual selection has affected these birds in this way in order to provide camouflage for the male, while making the female a beacon, which is not what is usually seen in sexually dimorphic birds.[4] Good nesting sites are rare to come by, so the female's bright coloration alerts other males to females with hollows in the area, with whom they can then mate. It also serves as a signal to other females that the nesting site is occupied

 The male is primarily responsible for obtaining food for the female and chicks, so his green coloration provides adequate camouflage from predators, such as peregrine falcons, while he is in the rainforest canopy in search of food. The male also has UV coloration in his feathers, which allows him to appear extra radiant to females, who are able to visualize the UV spectrum, yet remain camouflaged to predators who cannot. This unique coloration is evidence of an evolutionary compromise between the need to attract and compete for mates, and the risk of predation.

Usually when birds exhibit reversed sexual dimorphism, it comes with a sex role reversal, in which the males who usually gather food are left to incubate eggs, while the female forages. It is important to note that in the Eclectus, no such sex role reversal occurs. The male still forages, while the female incubates the eggs. Research has shown this dimorphism with no role reversal is a product of the rare nest hollows, and the selective pressures that accompany this.

It is thought that sexual selection has affected these birds in this way in order to provide camouflage for the male, while making the female a beacon, which is not what is usually seen in sexually dimorphic birds.[4] Good nesting sites are rare to come by, so the female's bright coloration alerts other males to females with hollows in the area, with whom they can then mate. It also serves as a signal to other females that the nesting site is occupied

 The male is primarily responsible for obtaining food for the female and chicks, so his green coloration provides adequate camouflage from predators, such as peregrine falcons, while he is in the rainforest canopy in search of food. The male also has UV coloration in his feathers, which allows him to appear extra radiant to females, who are able to visualize the UV spectrum, yet remain camouflaged to predators who cannot. This unique coloration is evidence of an evolutionary compromise between the need to attract and compete for mates, and the risk of predation. 

Below is my second photo to illustrate JUXTAPOSITION.

This is my granddaughter stroking one of the calves and I am linking it to James’s STREET PHOTOGRAPHY meme.  

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Cow in Pink!

This large cow had a very pretty pink halter although is also had a ring through its nose.  Now what does that time you!!! 

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THROUGH MY LENS

Some more photographs of cattle taken at the Cairns Show this year, Queensland, Australia. 

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These first two shots were murals of cattle at the entrance of the Cairns Show and no show would be complete without the horses on the roundabout.

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This is a cow I photographed and an outdoor ornament on one of the residents wall of a Galah.

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I   visited the Gallo Farm shop in the Tablelands and saw these cattle in a field opposite the farm.

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This is a very short clip of a rider on one of the bulls at the Rodeo I attended on last Saturday.  Surprising no one was injured although to me it looked very dangerous!

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter is U and Utility. UNDER these cows' bodies they have UDDERS. The second shot is a UTILITY pole for electricity and finally an UTTERLY fantastic sunrise snow sceen in Ward Park in Bangor, photographed last year and fits in with the REFLECTION  meme today,

 

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GOOD FENCES

A Highland  cow hiding behind her fringe but it makes a good fence shot!

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This is a photograph of the cows taken at Bell Isle Castle from one of my early morning walks.

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This is a photograph of the cute dog and some cows in a field.

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Cattle Watching Me!

These are some cattle looking at me through the bars of their byre.

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  Recently I showed you adult cattle in the field that my old caravan is in and today I am showing you the 5 calves that were also there.

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Last weekend I spend two nights down at my old caravan and I had this bull, cows and calves for company.  I will show you more next Saturday.

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My son in law, Jon and I went for a run in the car in Sweden and spied some cows making their way down to one of the many beautiful lakes so we followed suit and rested a while on these two chairs that were by the lake side.

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