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.

Kestrel at Far Ings, Lincolnshire

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.

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

So intent on scanning the water it paid no attention to us as my mate Gil and I walked along the boardwalk.

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

The resident Egret at the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands was so intent on its hunt that it didn't notice me.

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

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This bird just makes me smile!

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

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

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Concentrate

Absorbed in scanning the grass from it's perch, this Kestrel allowed me a shot or 2.

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.

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

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.

She may thought , wasss up!!!..:)))

Sydney street, NSW

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

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

Male Long-eared owl out hunting, another from earlier this summer

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!

Rework of an old shot from 2011.

The sea was extremely rough and the skipper of the catamaran had his hands full at times.

Knysna

Western Cape Province

South Africa

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.)

Great Horned Owl.

White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)

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

Street food in Da Lat city, Vietnam