Brown Pelicans and Cormorants grooming in the mid-day sun.

Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.

Green cay wetlands

Make a lot of shots -i like to see bird eye ,and when his grooming eye not visible all times

Grooming

Eurasian squirrel doing his/her morning grooming.

Nutmeg sitting in our redwood tree grooming itself during the last sunlight of the day.

Ah yes, these little critters never let me down and always provide plenty of poses and expressions for my awaiting lens.

That pink tongue is working hard to clean those paws, one seen on the nose and the other just below the tongue :)

Rodents spend a lot of time grooming themselves and keeping their coats clean and shiny.

Grooming the horse before the competition

Ottawa, ON.

This Common Merganser was in the process of grooming itself as I captured several photos of it. It would work on the left side and then on the right side, each time pausing briefly to make sure there was no danger. I timed my shots to capture that brief pause and get the head in profile. Such an interesting bird!

Taken 14 October 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.

Mountain High Road

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Grooming

Eclectus Parrots, Brooklands Zoo, New Plymouth

Uncropped image of a late afternoon grooming session.

Kruger National Park

Mpumalanga Province

South Africa

Common Merganser Male grooming himself.

Egret doing some early morning grooming with the sun on its back

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Sony A7III (ILCE-7M3), FE 85mm F1.4 GM (SEL85F14GM)

Many thanks to everyone for your visits, comments and faves! Very much appreciated!

These two common mergansers were all about being next to the log, a nice platform from which they could perch and groom themselves with those sharp serrated bills of theirs...

Taken 14 October 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.

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Wonderful Saturday to you.

Play Projects

Wedding Portrait.

This ceramic duo is the model for the "The Happy Couple".

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Anhinga

From ADW:

Males have greenish-black plumage overall, accentuated by silver-gray feathers on the upper back and wings that are edged with long white plumes. They also have black crests. Females are brown with a lighter brown head and neck; juveniles are a uniform brown color. Molting of all flight feathers at the same time render them flightless for a while. Unlike some aquatic birds, all of the body feathers become completely wet upon contact with the water, allowing them to dive through the water more easily. This feature, however, causes them to have little buoyancy, to lose heat quickly, and hinders flight. (del Hoyo, et al., 1992; Hennemann, 1982; Owre, 1967; Scott, 1983).

This one definitely had more of a blueish tone to its feathers - you can see that compared to the black feathers on the middle of the back of the Anhinga.

I'll post a photo of just the spread wings in the comments below.

The spread-wing posture allows them to absorb solar energy to supplement their low metabolic heat production and to offset their high rate of heat loss.

Explored.

Tail Grooming.

The resident Cooper's Hawk in my yard in Chester County, PA preening its magnificent tail feathers.

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My daughter really likes the Harry Potter series, so we ordered the Hogwarts interior backdrop to set up the dinning area ... made for a great backdrop for some of the photos too.

Here is the groom and his mom and grandmother.

Used the subject selection in Lightroom and then inverted it to isolate the background to reduce clarity and focus to develop a bit more isolation.

Baltimore, Md

initially taken for 17-17 project (4/17)

these are not very common in dhaka. at least, it was not. recently this heritage somehow seems to be returning. all these are waiting to pickup the groom to take his wedding.

thank you for your visit.

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For the Happy Caturday group.

Taken at Lower Bridge Street, Chester, UK (January 2024)

Kruger National Park, South Africa

A white-tailed deer fawn grooming itself.