Cardinal in our backyard.

Love the way these little guys flap their wings after having a dip in water.

So I have this pair of beautiful lorikeets who come to my balcony most days . So many times I have gone to take shots and they have been pretty ordinary and I have given up taking shots. This morning I could hear them again -however this time they sounded a bit different . I thought to myself - they are in a flap about something out there and sure enough when I went out to have a look they were sort of 'bickering' with each other . I grabbed my camera and I just knew that I was going to get 'the' shot of them that I had been waiting a couple of years for. It only took 30 seconds and there it was.

Flapping and ready to take off.

Yellow Mallard Duckling flapping it's wings

... in the wind. To all of those that have defended their stars and stripes.

Common merganser hen seen in eastern Washington.

Barn Owl

Controlled Conditions

Simcoe, Ontario

Caught in eastern Washington.

DSC_5893 - A Guillemot flaps its wings in the rough waters of the St. Lawrence River near Ile aux Perroquet in the Mingan Archipelago.

High Park, Toronto

Pochard WWT Slimbridge

Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

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Great Tit just before take off.

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The largest UK tit - green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks and a distinctive two-syllable song.

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(Parus major)

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One of my Bird Set

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Canon 60D, 70-200 f/4L

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Best seen Large on black - Press L

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( Explore - May 7, 2012 )

Another from my attempts to capture the osprey wings in motion ... captured at 1/100s hand held.

female swan at ackers pit

It's interesting to me to see how low these cormorants ride in the water. And this guy was flapping up storm.

Mottled Duck

Proud mamma Mallard looks on as one of her brood does the flap. Of course it looks so different without all those feathers as the chick performs the flap.

Taken 3 June 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Surfing at Bondi

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A swan flaps its wings

Taken in bedfords Park on 8-10-08

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Ladybug Taking Off today in Valley Forge

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A mallard hen at Delta Ponds River Trail, Eugene, OR

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