Little Blue Heron

Rainbow lorikeet

Colchester Zoo

2nd October 2018

Osprey

Dandelions, like all things in nature, are beautiful when you take the time to pay attention to them.

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Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) It was cold but sunny and this greenfinch was making the most of it!

Another shot of the Juvenile Black-capped Chickadee! He is absolutely adorable :)

Little Owl Athene noctua

Great Blue Heron prepares to rest after an unsuccessful feeding strike by first getting all its feathers lined up.

A gang of 6 is rocking my town, and this is one of them 😍

glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) in its breeding plumage

Three young great egrets looking for their next feeding - other photos of this group in the comments

Windy day and fluffed feathers make for an interesting scene.

Great Blue Heron - Circle B Bar Reserve

A young Kestrel fresh out of the nest, it couldn't fly, but just sat outside nest. There were four Kestrel chicks this year, this was the boldest. It's been a good year for birds around here, but bad in ways we all know about !!

Two Great Horned Owl Owlets still in the fluff ball stage.

all fluffed out

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Resting and trying to stay warm, a female House Sparrow fluffs up its feathers and poses sweetly for me.

I like its feather colors as well as the color of the beak.

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Snowy Egret with breeding plumage and lores, Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida

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Green heron preened. Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

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Pink and pretty small fluffers from Berkeley, California, with love.

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This little bunch of feathers was born a couple day prior to when I took this photo ( 16th July ) and was mostly staying very close to the mother which already had some almost grown up that must have hatched around late March ?

Marbled Godwit all puffed up.

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Even after their best, they look a pretty sight

It was a cold morning when I spotted the Northern Pygmy Owl. She was all fluffed up trying to stay warm. These birds are really tiny - 5-9 inches, but they are strong for their size and can carry prey weighing more than twice their weight.

This Horned Lark fluffs its feathers presumably for warmth.

I sure like our local House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) Usually one or two can be counted on to strike a nice pose, like this one, all fluffed up in the cold and rain.

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A yellow billed cuckoo coming to investigate a few Ovenbirds singing loudly in an opening of a forest. There are many types of birds that live and breed in the forest, and cuckoos are among the most unique. Unlike their European cousins the North American Yellow Billed Cuckoo do lay their own eggs in their own nest, even though they can be nest intruders as well. They are one of the animals that eat gypsy moths, so they are going to have a heck of year this year as we’ve got a horrible outbreak this year!

Last April, I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful male snowy owl. It this shot, it fluffed itself up and shook as the finale of its preening routine.

Aufgeplustert wie ein kleiner Feder- / Flauschball saß das Rotkehlchen im Schnee und beobachtet die Umgebung und die fallenden Schneeflocken :)

Reddish Egret at Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, Florida, USA.

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