Noddy Behavior Photograph by Dawn Currie

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Noddy Behavior

by Dawn Currie

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Title

Noddy Behavior

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic art by Dawn Currie. Pair of Noddy's on the land bridge that extends from Garden Key to the nesting site on Bush Key in the Dry Tortugas Florida.

Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- Victoria Circuit 2016, Belghoria
- Victoria Circuit 2016, Bohemia
- Victoria Circuit 2016, Chakdaha
- 2017 DIGA Circuit, Atlanta, Peachtree, Tate, and Woodstock salons

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Except around their breeding colonies, the Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) is seldom seen near land and is highly pelagic, wandering extensively in warm tropical waters where it searches for small fish and squid which are captured by hover-dipping and contact-dipping. It is also known to steal fish from the open gular pouches of Brown Pelicans.

Courtship involves bowing and nodding movements (leading to name of "Noddy"); also swift high flight by pairs. On Dry Tortugas, nest site is in bay cedar or cactus, a few inches to 12' above ground. Nest (built by both sexes) is a platform of sticks and seaweed, often with bits of rock or coral added as lining. Nests may be re-used and added to every year, growing to large size.