Once again thank you very much for visits, favorite and comments. It's much appreciated.

** I guess we all take birds ability to fly for granted, I still think the fact that they can defy the gravity that holds us to the ground is pretty extraordinary . Most birds do look perfectly adapted to the activity of flight, Gannets come to mind . There are some birds however that really do not look like flight is part of their nature . These flamingoes fall into this category they look perfect in a lake but flying !!. Of course they fly perfectly well and to see a group of them over ones head is a remarkable sight.

The photograph is from 2018 at the pont de Gau reserve in the Camargue

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“Once you have tasted flight,

you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,

for there you have been,

and there you will always long to return.”

HSS

Close up view of a Seagull in flight.

Thanks for your faves and comments. I am back in the groove at last after my laptop died and I bought a Mac :-)

puffin. skomer island

A Roseate Spoonbill passes over-head between me and the setting sun.

This photo was quite accidental - I was facing away from the setting sun, taking photos of birds in flight headed to their roosting areas in the wetlands. I saw this big shadow, turned around and this spoonbill was passing behind me - also headed to the wetlands for the night - but the lone spoonbill - the ibis were in huge numbers, as were the cattle egrets - the wetlands borders the cattle ranches. Other birds in pretty good numbers were great egrets, snowy egrets, blue herons, there were a few Great Herons, some Green Herons and Night Herons. There were also a lot of Anhingas. I saw two hawks and various smaller birds.

A Short-eared Owl quartering a field.

Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.

This American wigeon was about to cross the path at Commonwealth Lake, when a pedestrian approached. So it took flight to hurry across.

These majestic birds are frequently found at the Colca Canyon and ride on the uplifts there

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Corvus monedula

Choucas des tours

Dohle

La grajilla occidental

Kaie

Dvergkráka

Gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta

Naakka

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In the Portland area, when gulls show up, it indicates that there's stormy weather at the coast, so they come in to shelter. We've been seeing gulls the last several days, and I've heard that there are gale-force winds at the coast. Does make for opportunities to catch these guys in flight!

Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis formerly Grus canadensis - Gruidae)

Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area

Leopold Wetland Management District

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Waukau, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

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This Great Blue Heron flew by where I was shooting ducks, and made a fine subject.

Żuraw w locie.

Another photo of a dragonfly in flight but with a dark background this time

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This was a territory chase

Hawk

Osprey in glide flight looking for a meal

It's worth looking at this enlarged to see the intensity of this bird of preys gaze.

Other photos of this same bird / same flight are in the comments below.

This shoveler couple was at the lake the other day; caught the in flight, but the thing that I noted was the light coming through their bills from the hole in the backside!

Captive ~ Was too close cropped some off the bottom thou but still liked it.

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This is another flight shot from Whitaker Ponds.

Great Blue Heron

From Audubon : Widespread and familiar (though often called "crane"), the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers or lakeshores, or flying high overhead, with slow wingbeats, its head hunched back onto its shoulders. Highly adaptable, it thrives around all kinds of waters from subtropical mangrove swamps to desert rivers to the coastline of southern Alaska. With its variable diet it is able to spend the winter farther north than most herons, even in areas where most waters freeze. A form in southern Florida (called "Great White Heron") is slightly larger and entirely white.

Incoming Dunlin at Boulmer beach.

Texture by Lenabem-Anna J.

www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/

This pretty Roseate Spoonbill in flight.

I tend to struggle with birds in flight, so was quite pleased to capture this one.

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This cormorant was working one part of the lake, then evidently was dissatisfied, so moved to the west end. Fortunately for me, I was well situated for the flight.

Murcia, Spain 2019.

Thank you for taking a look at my images.

Erithacus rubecula