Esther's photos with the keyword: fight

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5843

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5849

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5827

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5851

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5832

It is breeding season and the toms are randy. Two flocks met in my yard and put on quite a show for the mostly disinterested hens. They started with wing strikes and ended up with biting the carnucles. They did not seem the worse for wear, despite the battles. AIMG 5842

This sarcaphagus at the Vatican Museum was ornately carved with scenes of battle. It was probably designed as an above ground last resting place. "The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek σαρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγειν phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarkophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos (λιθος σαρκοφάγος). Since lithos is Greek for stone, lithos sarcophagos means 'flesh eating stone'. The word came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpses interred within it." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagus ODT: White on white AIMG_2382

Turkey vulture at Cano Negro, Costa Rica. "The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion. It finds its meals using its keen vision and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.[10] In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It roosts in large community groups. Lacking a syrinx—the vocal organ of birds—its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses. It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets. Each year it generally raises two chicks, which it feeds by regurgitation. It has very few natural predators." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_vulture AxMG_2440

Two hippos were attempting to dominate each other in Lake Naivasha, Kenya AAfrica.2 2006 155