Marie Read / Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers...

Marie Read / Clark's grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the 'Weed Ceremony' in which they slowly circle breast to breast holding pond weed as nesting material, Lake Hodges, Escondid...

Marie Read / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) performing sky-pointing display with outspread wings as part of courtship, Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. June.

Marie Read / Black-necked sStilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pair building nest in shallow wetland: male in foreground is squatting and pushing backwards with his feet/legs to form a nest scrape in vegetation the pair...

Marie Read / Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pair building nest in shallow wetland, male in foreground in squatting and pushing backwards with his feet/legs to form a nest scrape in vegetation the pair...

Marie Read / American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers,...

Marie Read / American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), pair copulating, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May.

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male (right) feeding his mate in spring as part of courtship/pair formation, termed "allofeeding", New York, USA, May.

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male (right) feeding his mate in spring as part of courtship/pair formation, termed "allofeeding", New York, USA, May.

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male (right) feeding his mate in spring as part of courtship/pair formation, termed "allofeeding", New York, USA, May.