Kestrel at Far Ings, Lincolnshire

You can just see the pilot as he concentrates to bring this Cessna Citation Longitude in to land at Houston’s West Side Airport. This is a business jet produced by Cessna, part of the Cessna Citation family. The Model 700 made its first flight on October 8, 2016.

I spent some time today witnessing one of the most remarkable waterfowl sights in the whole world. Somewhere between 10,000 - 15,000 tundra swans are staging right here in the Upper Mississippi River before heading east to Chesapeake Bay for the winter. I took video footage on my smartphone to add some sound, which is sensational, but then I wasn't smart enough to get it on Flickr. Sorry.

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Seen in the Werribee River Park at Werribee South in March last year.

I love to watch Terns negotiate their landing spots. They need to find a spot within the other shorebirds on the rocks and it takes full concentration. The background is the water. The shot was taken very early in the morning.

The shot below is a close-up of its head and feet which show its intense focus.

Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

Member of the Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

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This bird just makes me smile!

Germany 2023

Concentrate

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

I'm not sure what this one was concentrating on. From 20

A male common kingfisher under a tree canopy concentrating on the water below.

The moult will not end

Just concentrating on setting this carby up ready for a test and tune day on the morning of race day.

Feeling the speed and motion.

Taken at Yaletown Vancouver BC. Canada, 2011.

5/52

52 Weeks of Ollie

Concentrate

The 173,000 heliostats of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility concentrate sunlight onto three towers containing boilers to generate steam for electricity in California near the Nevada border.

The snowy egret is in a determined mind set as it searches for food early in the morning

Great Egret (Ardea alba) hunting for prey at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Lee County, Florida, USA.

I saw this Gelada at Bristol Zoom Project a couple of weeks ago.

Gasteruptiid Wasp (family Gasteruptiidae (subfamily Gasteruptiinae)) female

Usually these Wasps will fly off if I get within five feet of them. This Lady, however, was so engrossed she allowed me to get in very close for a number of shots. I chose this one for today for the Eyes of March Two group.

Happy Eyes of March!

White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)

From the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands on this day last year.

Met this squirrel today. Unfortunately I had only 50.0 mm lens... It was impossible to get closer.

PS. One more photo in the comments!!!

Kingfisher (f.)

Grive fauve

Edmundston, Nouveau-Brunswick

Grive aux couleurs chaudes, teintes brun-rougeâtre clair dessus, poitrine beige et ventre blanc. Les taches du dessous sont indistinctes, délavées et concentrées sur le haut de la poitrine. Beau chant, spirale descendante de notes flûtées. S’observe dans divers habitats boisés, préférant souvent les milieux plutôt humides. Source : eBird

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Veery

Edmundston, New Brunswick

Warm-colored thrush, with bright reddish-brown tones above, buffy breast, and white belly. Spots are indistinct and washed out, concentrating on upper breast. Beautiful song is cascading spiral of flute-like notes. Found in a variety of wooded habitats, often favoring wetter areas.

Source: eBird

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Spotted a break in the deluge and thought this owl might be hungry and it was except it was a rather late lunch hence the light and slow exposure.

These are seeds of Cardiospermum halicacabum, in English 'Balloon vine' and in French 'Coeur des Indes'

Street food in Da Lat city, Vietnam

California State University of Los Angeles

Great Horned Owl.