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Taken at Leith Docks, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2020.

Red-eyed Vireo

Flamant rose

Phoenicopterus roseus

Greater Flamingo

The Red-bellied Woodpecker retains one element of mystery: its name. Why call it “red-bellied”? Whoever first named the species must have had a wry sense of humor. For, on this strikingly patterned bird, the last thing you would likely notice is a slight blush of rose on its lower belly.

But this daring Red-bellied Woodpecker decided to act like an acrobat and really show off his pale red belly patch.

Yesterday the wind was howling, and the snow was falling horizontally. To say I am ready for spring would be an understatement.

This little one showed up again this morning and found some of the peanuts I had thrown into the snow on the deck. After snacking on them, it proceeded to climb around and tried to get at the bird feeders (they are not squirrel friendly). The suet feeder was not much more accessible. Here, it attempts to get back on more solid footing. It was quite the acrobat!

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Clinging to different reed stems, this bird is a true acrobat

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Formica polyctena

Richard Gere climbing down from the grape pergola.

Upside down

This red-bellied woodpecker demonstrates that one foot is all that's needed.

(The double catchlight is a result of the sun reflecting off the lake.)

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

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Hiver: La photo à gauche a été prise dans un parc montréalais la semaine dernière.

Été: la photo à droite a été prise au Festival complètement cirque de Montréal il y a quelques années.

Winter: The photo on the left was taken in a Montreal park last week.

Summer: The photo on the right was taken at the Festival Complètement Cirque of Montreal a few years ago.

Lighter than his shadow. He passed through the walls, just to arrive at

the edge of a promise.

Acrobat

Downy Woodpeckers are acrobatic foragers. This female is hanging upside down with her feet wrapped around a limb, searching the bark for insects.

Jarvis Creek Park, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA

Blue-Tit

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Elle se distingue par deux étages en encorbellement et par des consoles et avant-soliers sculptés de scènes et de personnages tirés des fabliaux ou fables du Moyen Âge.

Seules les maisons à pans de bois qui présentent un décor suffisamment fourni peuvent être datées. Ici, les vêtements des personnages qui ornent la façade sont antérieurs à 1480. La datation par dendrochronologie (études des cernes du bois) l'a confirmé en identifiant une construction remontant aux années 1470, c'est-à-dire contemporaine du règne de Louis XI.

Elle est classée aux Monuments Historiques depuis le 22 avril 1922.

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Not many nuts in the feeder when this juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker made an apperance, so I filled it up and he is visiting every day.

After several hours practicing on hummingbirds without the success I would like to achieve, I've returned to this acrobatic bee taken a week or so ago. Surprisingly (to me), although smaller, these bees seem easier to capture.

Wikipedia notes: "Bee pollination is important both ecologically and commercially; the decline in wild bees has increased the value of pollination by commercially managed hives of honey bees."

Nikon D810, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8

1/8000 sec; f/4.5; ISO 320

manual exposure, ledge

cropped a tad

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Colorado Springs, CO - Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird flying in to one of my feeders ...

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Formica polyctena

My place.

Acrobates

Mantis religiosa

Obelisc ( Hot, 40°C) Old ♀ Trithemis kirbyi in Fuente Caputa, Yechar, Mula, Murcia, Spain.

The downy woodpecker is determined to find every insect in the trees. He's so tiny he can twist around the branches.

I have noticed that these little birds are the most acrobatic of the birds that visit the bird feeder. They flit and dart around often landing upside down on the smallest of twigs. They are a delight to watch.

This little one (the young Blue Tit) is a very impressive acrobat and certainly was not afraid to display this. This was at the top of the birch tree that was over 2 storeys high in my garden.

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Cockatoo antics atop of yacht masts.

Talented, street acrobats. Town Square, Český Krumlov.

A pair of tree swallows soak up the warmth of the sun on a cool mountain morning. It's a rare treat to see these beautiful birds hold still for a portrait- if only the photographer had thought to increase the depth of field just a bit.