Brown Pelicans cruise low over the water, but dive into the water for food. They create quite a striking image, like the one in this picture, when diving for fish.

They are very large birds, with a 7'6" (2.3m) wingspan, and a length of 45-54 inches (1.1-1.4m). The picture looks best in large size.

Diving Gondola :: Tauchgondel - Seebrücke Sellin

Eine Tauchgondel besteht aus einer mit Fenstern ausgestatteten Besuchergondel, die Sitzplätze und einen Maschinentisch enthält, sowie einem zentralen Pfeiler, an dem sie ins Wasser und zurück fährt. Mehr in der Wikipedia - Tauchgondel.

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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont. Hopefully, LEO will stay around after raining so hard for the last few days.

Listening to the warm voice of Meryem Aboulouafa - Welcome back to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb4Na5WqECY

Martin-pêcheur d'Europe - Alcedo atthis - Common Kingfisher

“Do your homework. Find your voice. Be authentic. And then dive in with purpose.”

Julie Foudy

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Marseille - Calanque de Sugiton

Le plongeon du pin

Hungry red fox diving for a meal on a bitterly cold day . No luck this time.

diving

Watching Osprey at work is inspiring. They work hard, sometimes hovering in the wind for long periods of time, finding nothing. When they do dive, they usually submerge, sinking at least one set of talons into an unsuspected fish, shaking their head at the surface to clear their vision they fight to get airborne with the added weight of their prey if they were successful.

Sometimes pelicans attempt to steal the prey and on occasion, have been seen to attack the osprey to get them to drop their fish. If it's bald eagle territory, eagles will chase the osprey threatening them with an airborne attack and usually getting them to drop the fish. It can be a touch way to make a living! I chose this image to share because I like the eye contact, usually focused down during a dive.

Dive bombing the long grass

I suppose the ultimate would be to 'catch' the target in the photo at the same time

Never done it yet

But., as long as I can hold a camera I'll keep trying for that elusive shot

Osprey executes a swift dive, talons extended!

Red kite (Milvus milvus) dives to the ground; municipality Adamuz in the community Andalusia (Spain), 24-11-2019.

The image was taken from a photo hide owned by a company "Alpasin" (alpasin.com/).

Thanks a lot, everyone, for stopping by, for looking my work, for your comments and likes! Always appreciated!

Diving in Borneo, like a big aquarium.

Tiny tiny fish

Scientific name: Dives dives

Common name: Melodious blackbird

Nombre: Tordo cantor

Lugar de la captura: Costa Rica

Male Kingfisher - Norfolk

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Malta 2019

This Belted kingfisher was seen diving towards the lagoon at Berkeley Aquatic Park, Berkeley California.

Desert Diving, Nash Point

Summer action continues in this photo of a Belted Kingfisher diving into the pond in search of small fish. It is 98% crop. Markham, Ontario.

Anoice - Forever Sadness

This Black Phoebe was seen in the Countrywood/Bancroft neighborhood of Walnut Creek, California.

There are times that moving in so close to a flower, you lose sight of the over-all beauty of the thing. However, by diving into the center of this rhododendron flower, I discovered a whole new world.

The first snow is just around the corner, so a few thoughts of a wonderful summer are good :-)

To see more pics of this set of poses please see my blog

rachelswallows.blogspot.com/2020/08/midnight-dive.html

LUSH POSES

Waterfall Poses @ The Mainstore

Set of 8 poses, poseballs, posestand and loose pose.

Shoot Location: Lake Delaria Resort.

Kingsland Road, Hackney

Lofoten in October 2018

Bonaventure Island, QC

Earlier on the river

Diving down from the Snow Covered Branches while hunting.

Happy Slider Sunday

HSS!!

Some of my contacts wanted to know where Waterfall Park was. I put that together with AI. I figured everyone knew that. I got the inspiration from a waterfall park in Central Mexico. I took my then girl friend there thinking she would be impressed because we also stayed in the hotel next door. All she did was complain that it was too load to sleep. I went down to the front desk and had them switch room. We left the next day.

This image was put together with AI as well

Happy Weekend Everyone

John Heinz Wildlife Refuge

Hvalstrand, Asker, Norway

on explore april 24

View On Black

Dive to Blue by Laruku

Les plongeoirs naturels de la pointe de Primel avec la marée adéquate .Vaincre sa peur...un souvenir d'adolescence ! Me concernant c'était l’intermédiaire!

The natural diving boards of Primel Point with the good tide. Overcoming the fear ... a memory of teenage years

! About me it was the medium.