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On a quiet visit to Aberlady Nature Reserve, I watched this black headed gull poised on the edge of flight. What drew me in wasn’t just the bird itself, but the almost abstract moment when its wings folded over its body, turning it into a living study of shape and light.
The low sun picked out the delicate edges of each feather, echoing the same contrast I saw in the water below – bright highlights riding along the ripples, falling away into shadow. For me, this image is less about a single tern and more about that brief conversation between wing and water, light and movement, just before it takes off.”
Whilst shooting my friends at the golf course, these birds made quite a ruckus that our attention were drawn to them. Managed to capture this pair in mid-air over the drive way.
Lens: EFS 18-135 IS
The Singing Honeyeater has a plain grey-brown upperbody, a distinctive black streak through the eye from the bill to the neck, bordered by a yellow streak below the eye grading into a white throat, and a white to grey underbody streaked dark grey-brown. There is a small, inconspicuous white ear-tuft, usually hidden by the yellow ear coverts (feathers). The bill is black and the eye is dark brown. Young birds are similar to adults, with a lighter forehead and crown and a narrower, duller face marking. This widely-distributed species is known for its pleasant voice and is usually seen in small noisy groups of five or six birds.
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This is a male, females have grey flesh around the eye. Photo taken in a Bangalow Palm, from my dining room window
This old man (I'm guessing 90+ yo) comes almost every day here to feed the friends of his, as that´s what he called them. Very sympathetic and calm man.. He gave me a promission to take a picture, even though the birds didn´t fancy me that much! :)
@ Klobben, Espoo
Watercolour and ink on Arches paper from my series « Birds »,18x24cm, 2020. This is one of the birds based on paterns that I draw years before, by doodling. I choose the most evocative patterns, and called them « birds ».I send each of this 68 birds as postcards to my friends the last years. I have now only a numeric copy of all these paintings. I completed then these birds with many others. Actually I have 220 birds in my collection. Some realised by pure imagination and others based on pictures that I found in various cultures and historic periods.
Some fishermen were cleaning their fish waterside at the
Texas City Dike on Galveston Bay... throwing the unwanted
parts to the birds... among those eagerly awaiting were
Brown Pelicans and Gulls... here one of the Brown Pelicans
to keep what he had grabbed swallowed it whole... ouch...
makes my throat hurt... amazing how they can swallow a fish
like this... a happy pelican winner among the unhappy losers!!!
I sat watching for 30 minutes or longer & loved the show!!!
A first run with lots of action!!! There are eight species of pelicans that can be found living on many of the world's coastlines, rivers, and lakes. The white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) and the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) live in the United States.
The white pelican is the more common of the two birds. They live
on coastal and inland areas and the brown pelican lives primarily
on coastal areas. The brown pelican is Louisiana's official bird. Pelicans are famous for their large bill, the lower portion of which has a pouch that can be greatly extended as evident above.
Pelicans are extremely social birds. They enjoy being around other pelicans and they have a very good tolerance being around other birds. Gulls will often sit on a pelican's head to steal its fish when
it opens its bill to pour out the water.
I think this is some sort of flycatcher. I initially thought a Phoebe, but maybe it's too light? It never made a sound while I was chasing it. If anyone has an idea, the identification help would be great!
Birding is my hobby. My favorite time of the year is spring migration. Lots of pretty feathered friends.
I am not enough of a birder to tell what kind of bird this is. It was in a tree not far from the bald eagle whose image i captured earlier. I am guessing possibly an immature bald eagle. Do wish I had a longer lens.
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Bird Song · Florence + The Machine
Well I didn't tell anyone, but a bird flew by
Saw what I'd done he set up a nest outside,
And he sang about what I'd become