~ The Vogelkop Bowerbird: Nature's Great Seducer ~

Is it natural that the male has to woo the female? The male Bowerbird puts an impressive display to attract the female bird.

~ River terns of Bhadra ~

Beautiful story of River Terns of Bhadra by Amoghavarsha.

~ Decoding nature ~

Graduate student Eirik Ravnan works with a parrotlet that he is training to fly from perch to perch in order to be filmed by a high-speed camera. (Photo: L.A. Cicero)

We might have advanced in many domains, but we still have a lot to explored & learn from the natural world. For me, nature has been the inspiring architect for the design and creation of so many animate objects with varied features & functionalities. The adaptation of each being to their respective environment and the subsequent evolution to the changing factors is just fascinating to observe.

A study undertaken by the Standford Mechanical Engineering is just one such step. Many people across the world have been keenly observing the natural order to innovate in the nano technology & the bi-robotics sphere.

"The best way to prevent a small drone from spying on you in your office is to turn on the air-conditioning," said David Lentink, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford. That little blast of air, he explained, creates enough turbulence to knock a hand-size UAV off balance, and possibly send it crashing to the floor.

A pigeon, on the other hand, can swoop down busy city streets, navigate around pedestrians, sign posts and other birds, keep its path in all sorts of windy conditions, and deftly land on the tiniest of hard-to-reach perches.

"Wouldn't it be remarkable if a robot could do that?" Lentink wondered.

Via Stanford.edu

~ Midway: A butterfly effect ~

As the name suggests, Midway is a an island which is equidistant between Americas & Asia. According to wikipedia,

"Midway Atoll is a critical habitat in the central Pacific Ocean. A number of native species rely on the island which is now home to 67–70% of the world's Laysan Albatross population, and 34–39% of the global Black-footed Albatross." More here.

You must be thinking as to what ticked me to write about Midway & Butterfly effect. The current state of Midway should be an eye opener for all the Humans. We are should be ashamed for the tragedy we have caused for those beautiful birds out there.

Watch the video to know what am referring to. This would be an ideal case for explaining Butterfly effect to anyone.

As citizens of the planet, I hope we have to live responsibly. More so because we RANK higher up the food chain & have come command over every other species known to us. If the above video doesn't suffice, I suggest you to watch the documentary titled Home. I bet you will be shattered to know what we HUMANS have done to our Earth.

{ Click the above image to watch }

~ Birds of paradise ~

The birds below are surreal & look like some painting. Yes, indeed they are natures' creation. They are for real. Thanks to Tim Laman who has spent enormous time & perseverance for documenting these beauties from ARU ISLANDS, MALUKA, INDONESIA. 

Mr Laman, did 18 expeditions over 8 year period & 39,000 photographs to document them. I bow to him for his passion to explore & share with the lesser mortals. With this, I feel there are still some parts of the world which is still unaffected from mankind's madness.

Note: All the images are photographed by Tim Laman. Am in no way selling them or distributing them.

Via: NGC | Bird of Paradise Gallery