I think it is a Guinea Fowl feather.

The Mute swan actually gets its name from the fact that its is less vocal than other swan species and is one of the heaviest flying birds. A male swan is known as a Cob while the female is known as a Pen and has a lifespan of around 12 years in the wild and can reach 30 years if in an protected environment. One of three species of wild swans to be found in the UK and is the national bird of Denmark. The Mute Swan is unique in making a vibrant throbbing sound with the wings when in flight. A large group of swans can be called a school, ballet and regatta. No swan has ever broken any ones arm, this is a actually a complete myth.

Brown Pelican

Tri-colored Heron

Found this Great Egret getting breakfast at a local pond. Made My Day !!

The feather was eventually lost to the wind and water... not a Ladies Hat : )

The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sight in many a North American wetland. Slightly smaller and more svelte than a Great Blue Heron, these are still large birds with impressive wingspans.

They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill. Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds.

Great Egrets fly slowly but powerfully: with just two wing-beats per second their cruising speed is around 25 miles an hour.

Though it mainly hunts while wading, the Great Egret occasionally swims to capture prey or hovers (somewhat laboriously) over the water and dips for fish.

The oldest known Great Egret was 22 years, 10 months old and was banded in Ohio.

(Nikon, 500mm, 1/2000 @ f/5.6, ISO 220)

Trumpeter Swan

It was so great for the weather to break and be out the entire day shooting! Wow I missed it!

Macro Monday's theme is "low key".

These are three macaw feathers (two down feathers from our Green Wing and one small feather from our Hahns-mini macaw). The total frame measures about 1 1/2 inches. I placed a measurement photo in the first comment box.

I found these little feathers on the grass that were plucked out together during a fight between two house sparrows while I was visiting my friend. The screeching of them called our attention but luckily they stopped fighting then went their own way.

Great Horned Owl

Ontario, Canada

(captive setting)

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For smile on Saturday - feathers

Feeding birds are forever retreating suddenly to their hideyholes when spooked on our patio. But there is no need to call in Scotland Yard's Flying Squad... A tiny telltale feather clinging to the leaf of our Clematis montana has given away one of their haunts ... :-))

Carribbean Flamingo, aka American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in the Urban Jungle habitat of the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Least Concern

Smile on Saturday~~~~FEATHERS

Art - Dry brush and layers from photo image

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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all...................... Emily Dickinson

Close up of a feather duster.

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For Looking Close on Friday the theme is 'Feathers in B&W'

Feathers are light, but when they come together they become heavy (Mehmet Murat iLdan) !!

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A feather (not natural, I believe has been dyed) stands out against a blue background.

multiple exposure (3) in camera

(Pelecanus)

Treat This 111 Kreative People group

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Glass eyes and porcelain skin

Look to her and think of sin

Her touch is like a hazy dream

Her mind is in a world unseen...

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With the feathers you are found, you can build yourself something beautiful. I was lucky to get some pale lens flares too.

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Taken with Helios 44 M, posted for this weeks HSoS theme,

"smile on saturday" "feathers".

~HSoS~ , nice weekend all!

Listen: like a feather - Nikka Costa

I'm coming out of my wishing well where only echoes lonely hear my prayers

I'm coming around to bend cause my resistance been to persistent

I've come to far to force it so I'll watch it slide and land

I could come on strong and willful but

I'd rather watch it fall to the palm of my hand

who you are

Thanks Tomis :-)

For this week's MacroMondays challenge "Feather" .

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A grey and a white feather from my big bag of feathers, some in better condition than others .....

The grey one is 3" long and I cropped the image accordingly