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The Stay at Home Restrictions have been lifted and this baby robin left the security of the nest for the first time. He landed on our deck railing and sat there for two hours taking in the view and the early morning sun that made its way through the tall trees.
A newly hatched dragonfly is unfolding its wings for the first time. It It has just released its cocoon down into the water of the pond. The larva climbs up this shade of grass and after 15 min it begins to move out of the cocoon. It take abut 3-4 hours, during this time the young dragonfly pumps up its body and begins to unfold the wings for the first fly which can take it high to the top of the trees.
Great Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus) pulled him/herself up to to this higher point. First flight was short and s/he landed upside down on a telephone line. A parent immediately flew to her/him and bending down, with beak open, helped lift her/him upright on the wire. That effort was successful. Shots of that action to come. Morro Bay; CA; USA; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens +1.4X at 515mm; 1/1000 sec; f/9; ISO 4000; low light; Gitzo tripod; Topaz De Noise and Sharpen
Newly fledged, still has down feathers and still clumsy, this Peregrine Falcon boy bravely took his first flight.
It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.
~ Charles Lindbergh
This image is an addition of three shots. Each one was made high contrast and threshold in PS to extract just birds against white. While heavily processed, it is not un-representative of being there in person considering it is before sunrise, a few days past the full moon, and quite cloudy.
As the groups of Sandhill cranes become aloft, the sky is filled with ribbon after ribbon of cranes going different directions at different altitudes. The vocalizations are quite distinctive, carry a long distance, and very memorable. Cornell Labs says this about their calls: "The Sandhill Crane’s call is a loud, rolling, trumpeting sound whose unique tone is a product of anatomy: Sandhill Cranes have long tracheas (windpipes) that coil into the sternum and help the sound develop a lower pitch and harmonics that add richness."
Kearney NE calls itself the Sandhill Crane Capital of the World. Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) collect here along the braided Platte River for 4-6 weeks. During the day they fill the corn stubble fields eating grain, insects, and worms. At night for protection from predators, they congregate in very large groups in the shallow water. At dawn (plus or minus 30 min.) each large group will begin trilling more actively and then in a flush all rise and take to the skies for another day of feeding. The noise doesn't rival the volume of the Snow geese but the variety and pitches are thrilling. The morning movement to each group's preferred location last 30 min. or more with lengthy ribbons of birds going in every direction at different altitudes..
...on Dundas Aqueduct, Monkton Combe and the Midford Castle, and a hot air balloon. It is taken from a hot air balloon flying at about 2000 m.
Dundas Aqueduct (seen at the bottom) carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon bordering the two counties, Somerset and Wiltshire. This famous landmark designed by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas was completed in 1805 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas_Aqueduct).
Monkton Combe (just above the image centre) is a lovely village near Bath with history going back to Romans (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkton_Combe).
Midford Castle (towering at the top of the frame, just behind a tiny hot air balloon), is a folly castle designed by John Carter and built in 1775. The castle shaped in the form of “clubs” or a trefoil (the definition depends on whether you are a gambler or a nature lover). It was also briefly owned by Nicolas Cage. Its club/clover shape is seen best from the air. Well, our balloon was not “scheduled” to fly over the castle, but I’m sure that people in that minute balloon had a much closer look. Could read more en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midford_Castle.
The first flight on the hot air balloon. Bath, BANES. England, UK
After a short first flight this juvenile bald eagle makes it safely to what is hopefully the first of hundreds of trees that it will visit. Near St.John's, NL
On our way home from Bath we stopped to visit an Osprey nest. Two juveniles in the nest with mom 150ft away. Mom calling, presumably urging them to fly. Finally this young female moved towards the edge of the nest and took flight! Mom right behind her. She flew ~ 100 ft around the nest then back for a rest. Incredible:)
As you can see the juveniles have orange-red eyes which will change to yellow when they reach adulthood. They have white down like feathers fringing the edge of their wing feathers (primes etc). So glad Kipp was with me to settle the monopod.
------I have taken a major set back in recovering from a surgery I had last October. I am now on medical leave from work. I cannot pick up a camera and typing flares my symptoms. So catching up with your lovely work is unlikely. From here on, perhaps a few words. Will get back to Flickr slowly. I miss you all so much! And I especially miss my camera.
Be well, Flickr friends!
Dragonflies spend most of their lives in aquatic larval stage, but after right conditions are met they adapt to breathing air, climb out of the water and metamorphosize into the flying adult form. Here this individual has already gone trough the final larval moult and is preparing for the first flight.
Taken with Uniprint Anastigmat 7.5cm F3.5 (enlarger machine lens).
with First Flight hot air balloon company. It was a birthday present that was postponed several times due to weather until today. Fantastic experience with skilful pilots taking the balloon over the centre of the city of Bath. Spectacular bird’s view on the beautiful city and surrounding areas with a soft landing on the field. Compilation of images taken during about 50 min of flight at the hights up to 2000 feet. Bath, BANES, England, UK
@ Air China [ CA / CCA ] China
Airbus A330-243 - cn 909
• ENG : 2x RR Trent 772C-60
• REG : B-6115
• PAX : C30Y207
• RMK : Picture taken during the first flight
@ Aircraft History :
• 07.FEB.2008 : First flight / F-WWYG / Toulouse (LFBO)
• 11.MAR.2008 : Delivered / Air China / B-6115
Picture of a juvenile Great Titmouse (Parus Major) only seconds after leaving its nest for the first time. At first it was very hesitant to leave its secure home for the first time, but then gathered all its courage and after a very short "flight" of two meters landed directly in the middle of our lunch table - only centimeters away from my plate. It took another short jump and then rested in the nearby tree, waiting for the encouragements of its mother.
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**Pressing "L" on your keyboard or clicking on the image you can see his "SMILE" after his first successful flight all the way aroung his home base...
See it, am I wrong?! That's a cheek to cheek smile and vocalization no doubt announcing his incoming to his nest mate buried deep in the Juniper tree.
This guy is returning from his epic journey around the tree. He is so excited that it brought a smile to his pretty face! The landing was clumsy at best as he did a header right after this frame leaving only his rear end sticking up in the air and his face buried into the depths of this Cypress/Juniper tree. (?)
"Oh boy I made it, that was a scary journey!" said he!
I have to tell you my friends being a nest stalker is one of the most rewarding venues in photograph that I have encountered. How cool it is to witness the very first steps/flight not unlike we as parents looked forward to our child first steps. Such a cool thing to be part of and memorize.
~Go out and find a nest and watch the wonders of nature unfold right before your eyes.~
@ Corendon Airlines ( XC / CAI ) Turkey 🇹🇷
Boeing 737-86J ( WL ) - msn : 29120 / 202
• ENG : 2x CFMI CFM56-7B27
• REG : TC-TJG
• PAX : Y189
• RMK : named "We ❤ Alanya"
@ History Aircraft :
• 28.JAN.1999 : First flight / N1786B / Renton ( KRNT ) WA USA
• 16.FEB.1999 : Delivered / "Air Berlin" AB & with reg D-ABAT
• 29.APR.1999 : Sold / "Corendon Airlines" / TC-TJG
• 19.MAY.2017 : Tsf / "Corendon Airlines Europe" XR CXI / 9H-TJG
@ Lufthansa [LH] Germany
Airbus A340-642 - cn 897
• ENG : 4x RR Trent 556-61
• REG : D-AIHV / F-WWTI
• PAX : F8C44W32Y213
• RMK : Pic taken 1st Flight Test
@ Aircraft History :
• 05.MAR.2008 : First flight / F-WWTI / Toulouse (TLS)
• 28.MAR.2008 : Delivered / Lufthansa / D-AIHV
• 26.MAY.2020 : WFU Stored / Teruel (TEV / LETL) Spain
This nest started out with three chicks. It is not unusual when the first hatched is a female, and hatches anywhere from four to five days ahead of the other nest mates that first hatched starves the rest.. They just can not compete for food as the female by gender is bigger than the male counterpart and that much of a head start generally means doom for the others.(Natural selection and natures way of promoting the strongest) This female Red-tailed Hawk is grabbing a bit of air feeling what it is like to get off the nest and see what wings can do with oncoming winds. The King-bird often nest near or in the nest of raptors for protection against predators, and then drive the newly hatched chicks and adults crazy always dive-bombing and pecking at their heads in attempt to drive them away from their
(the King-birds) young. It is a very confused bond the king-birds have with raptors.
This juvenile hummingbird looked a bit wary after his first flight straight out of the nest.
Have an enjoyable day, everyone...
It was too cloudy for a proper moonrise pic (I was hoping for a shot over the Melbourne Causeway), and the Lunar Eclipse isn't quite visible here on the Space Coast of Florida.
The closest I'll get to an eclipse is this lucky shot of Health First's First Flight helicopter passing in front of the Full Flower Moon Tuesday evening.
📷: me
Airlander 10 first flight, Cardington, Bedfordshire, 17 Aug 2016
Leaving home in a mad rush I'd left long lens at home. So this is a crop from a shot on 18-135.
Inside the Visitor Center. Replica of their plane with view of the flight field through the windows - HWW!