Ardea cinerea Linnaeus - héron cendré - blauwe reiger - grey heron - Graureiher

5.6.2016. St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall.

Taken with Helios 44M-4 58mm f2

HFF

Great Egret - - - - - - ( Ardea alba, aka Casmerodius albus )

"Air Brakes" applied to slow her speed and steady her landing in windy conditions.

Lake Emerald, in Oakland Park, Florida -US- near Fort Lauderdale.

Shot from my balcony above the lake, Friday afternoon, January 5, 2007.

See her LARGER,

or 12" x 16". (Remember to click "expand" for full image.)

See

A bald eagle lands in its nest. An eaglet is visible at the left of the nest.

Great Egret on final approach for a tree top landing.

I don't know how the kingfisher manages to land on such a small bulrush,

Juvenile Herring Gull on Final Landing.

Bombyle

RKO_6528. Determination and focussed!

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I was recently at Fort de Soto, which is back open for business after hurricanes Helene and Milton. There are still a few areas that are closed due to storm damage but for the most part everything is back to normal. There seemed to be a lot less bird activity than in past years, maybe due to the storm, but it was still great. This Osprey has a nest in a wide-open tree adjacent to North Beach and I was lucky enough to be in the right position, on my way to the beach, as I saw it coming back to the nest. The wind was perfect to be able to catch the landing, talons out. (Pandion haliaetus) (Sony a1ii, 400mm lens, f/5.6, 1/4000 second, ISO 640)

Bodø, Norway

Sparrows, seen in my garden - Enjoy! :-)))

Subject Distance - 15.525 m

Olympus E-M1X

OM 150-400mm F4.5 TC

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Bussard

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Female Red-breasted Merganser Landing, Bolsa Chica(SoCal)

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Canon 7D2 @ 400mm --- f7.1 --- 1/2500--- ISO 500

Left wheel bouncing a little, absorbing the shock on landing.

American White Pelican seen in Gilbert, Arizona.

All the ornithology books describe Kingfishers as common and widely seen. Personally you need a lot of patience, but sometimes you can get lucky

Back in the summer of 2017, SOO GP39-2 4598 switches out some industries in Itasca, IL.

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Wing Wednesday

... this sculpture sits on Hastings beach to commemorate the 950th anniversary of the 1066 Battle of Hastings. By artist Leigh Dyer. thefundraisers.co.uk/the-landing-a-community-arts-project/

A Spotted Sandpiper gets ready to land

A Short-billed Dowitcher comes in for a fast landing.

A place for you

bald eagle landing

juvie coming in hot.

Lowell Township, Michigan

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Rough-legged hawk. Churchill, Manitoba.

As I was watching the Osprey fly overhead today, this Mallard came skidding in for a landing close to the shoreline.

Heron at Puget Sound, Ardea herodias

Ice covered runway

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I was able to time this guy easier than most Butterflies. Bees are fairly easy but Butterflies can be challenging. When they get close to a flower, if it doesn't look just right, they don't land.

A former church converted to a house in Shodack Landing, NY. I do not know the denomination.

Our airport in summer heat, just after the jet landed, compressed by telephoto and cropping. I had to wait till it was taxing back because this vantage point is closed at the actual landing time. The hills in the background are 13 km away according to Google map. Have a good weekend and safe travelling if you are.

A gannet coming in for landing at Bempton Cliffs (prefer this over the previous).