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Good light at the end of the day at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve is not a given, but sometimes things just work out and the light on this evening was great.
A couple things to note in this image. First is the obvious that the northern gannet is flapping its wings as part of the grooming process, and raising a bunch of dust and debris into the air as it does so. The gannets shake their head from side to side as they do their flapping. The second is that there is a young gannet tucked partly under an adult just in behind the subject. These youngsters have a natural mortality rate, but if a disease like avian flu is running rampant in the colony, many will die. Also, if the fish gannets rely on are scarce due to weather patterns or over fishing, many will starve. This colony was heavily impacted by the flu that broke out during the COVID pandemic, but the numbers have bounced back.
I suppose I hadn't noticed before, but on the very first flap of their wings they shed quite a bit of water, as this Mallard drake demonstrates. You can see the water coming off in swirls and streams. Cool!
Taken 18 April 2023 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
Egyptian goose or Nile goose
Nilgans
[Alopochen aegyptiaca]
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This Red-necked Grebe is cycling through some preening behavior, the last of the cycle seeming to be flapping the wings and settling back down into the water.
Taken 25 May 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Not the view you want to see if you are a fish ... Really liked this capture with the wings out on display of this hunter.
This Ring-necked Duck (and the Bufflehead behind it) was seen after sunset on Heather Farm Pond, Walnut Creek, California.
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A stunning bird chasing his companion around the pond and finally settled down to some cleaning, preening and finally a wing flap. I really enjoyed my afternoon with the pair!
Bufflehead flapping its wings had fun in the pond searching for fish all day long without worries about the surrounding
Juvy Green Heron spreads its wings to minimize the depth of its dive into Horsepen Bayou. In the 20-or-so strikes from this fishing platform that I observed, this was the only instance that it lost its grip and went in. But even here, it had already captured its prey and was in full control of its trajectory.
This Red-necked Grebe was flapping it's wings and this image captures the final flap before it settles back down on the water. In this position the head and neck extend forward almost as though the bird is taking off.
Taken 19 June 2019 at a lake in Anchorage, Alaska.
Canon 1DX, 600 prime + 1.4x III, 1/1000 sec f/7.1 -1/3EV ISO 250
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A red tailed hawk chick flapping its wings. A lot of movement from the three chicks in the last few days.
DSC_9055-A Lesser Yellowlegs flaps it wings while bathing in the Chateauguay River at Ste Martine, Quebec.
A frame grab from a video of our juvenile swan, flapping his/her wings. (Been practicing with video lately.)
Time to flap your wings and give a little shout! Nature is very good medicine for this pandemic if you have to stay at home away for others. I found these mallard a few blocks from my house and they visited a small pond for a while and then continued their journey. Totally fun to watch. They are such pretty ducks. Thank you for your visit and stopping by.