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With many things happening, and some heat that has finally made me need to stay inside a little more, it is time to catch up on some of my outings that were barely looked at. Such as this photo.
I got closer than usual to this handsome drake at Beaumaris Lake. I also added a shot of a Black-backed Woodpecker for my Canada 150 project in this post today.
Beaumaris Lake. Edmonton. Alberta.
Added to my Canada 150 Album.
Wikipedia: The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant living land bird in North America, as bird-counting censuses of wintering red-winged blackbirds sometimes show that loose flocks can number in excess of a million birds per flock and the full number of breeding pairs across North and Central America may exceed 250 million in peak years. It also ranks among the best-studied wild bird species in the world. The red-winged blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the red-winged blackbird's diet.
Conservation status: Least Concern
My last bird series consisted of shorebirds found mostly along the coast and in wetlands. Going the opposite direction, starting a series of desert denizens with this White-winged Dove found in Big Bend National Park.
From the Cornell Lab:
"Originally a bird of desert thickets, the White-winged Dove has become a common sight in cities and towns across the southern U.S. When perched, this bird’s unspotted brown upperparts and neat white crescents along the wing distinguish it from the ubiquitous Mourning Dove. In flight, those subdued crescents become flashing white stripes worthy of the bird’s common name. Take a closer look and you’ll see a remarkably colorful face, with bright-orange eyes and blue “eye shadow.”."
Slightly less Common Trifecta.
Roseate Spoonbill, Common Gallinule and Blue-winged Teal at Sheerness Pool in Bombay Hook NWR.
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The American Kestral, our smallest and most common falcon showing off his lovely wing feathers.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoenixes) male poised on a prominent cattail in a small marsh defending its territory with a loud song near Burstall, Saskatchewan, Canada.
25 May, 2016.
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Anacamptis morio (Green-winged orchid/Kleines Knabenkraut, Orchidacea).
Rheinland-Pfalz/ Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mr. Tuxedopants like to stretch his wings, which he can use to fly short distances. He's the senior rooster at Wright-Locke Farm.
Another old boat at Dungeness that will never be at sea again.
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Eastern bluebird (male) /
Bois de l'Équerre, Laval, Québec, Canada
Special thanks to debbiedeelynn (Donna McGuire) for sharing the location of this beautiful bird with me. Thanks again Donna!
I was watching this tiny, Black-capped Chickadee for a bit, then it turned around and started stretching its wings and legs. I found the different lines of its feathers mimicking those of the needles of on this Vanderwolf Pine tree to be an interesting study.
In this case, the often frustrating Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 Contemporary lens nailed it. The details in the wing feathers is amazing.
It just had to be converted to B&W.
Broad winged hawk in Panama.
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This Royal Spoonbill appeared to be 'laying down the law' to the passing duck, or perhaps he was laughing at his own joke?
Happy Wing Wednesday!
394) White Winged Tern
White-winged Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucoptera, Camar Hitam Sayap Putih
Their breeding habitat is freshwater marshes across from southeast Europe to central Asia. In winter, they migrate to Africa, southern Asia and Australia. These birds do not dive for fish, but fly slowly over the water to surface-pick items on the surface and catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects and small fish. A totally protected migrant in Peninsular Malaysia.
Un atterrissage en bonne et due forme de plus pour la compagnie Air Rrrrourrrrou !
Et le tout dans un environnement très... abstrait !
Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens, 850mm, f/9, 1/500, ISO 720, Sigma TC-1401. Male. View Large.
(Vermivora cyanoptera) -- Blue-winged Warbler
The Blue-winged Warbler sings a distinctive bee-buzz from brushy fields. It dangles from branches and leaves, foraging like a chickadee but shows off bright warbler plumage: a yellow belly, yellow-olive back, and white wingbars across blue-gray wings. A shrubland and old field specialist, it has benefited from landscape changes over the last 150 years as forest clearcuts and agricultural fields have grown up into scrubby fields. These changes have helped it expand northward, where it now hybridizes with and possibly threatens the much rarer Golden-winged Warbler.
Read more at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-winged_Warbler/overview