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While waiting at the Richmond Marina Bay for the Western Grebe's ceremonious dance we were entertained by this Eared Grebe that was so preoccupied with grooming that he just kept swimming in circles as he moved along the shoreline in front of us. I kept waiting for the big 'shake and fluff'...when it happened he put very little effort into it!

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Japanese anemone fluff

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A few summer macros..

Carolina Wren sings his heart out.

Fluffing

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If this Dandelion was the size of a beach ball I think the seed fluff would be as luxurious as the softest cotton!

Created for the TMI October contest: "Clouds, the design of the sky".

Created with Wombo using my photo as a template and then blending with that same photo in PS.

Blue-headed vireo

All Fluffed Up

A Savannah Sparrow at dawn braving the single digit temperatures and gusty winds at Bombay Hook NWR

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2 new moorhens at ackers pit

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Just looking through my archive again..and there are still many shots that i 'd like to share.

For some reason, these horse reminds me of the poem by Banjo Peterson; www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_-DKUimeo

"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around

That the colt from old Regret had got away,

And had joined the wild bush horses—he was worth a thousand pound,

So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.

All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far

Had mustered at the homestead overnight,

For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,

And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight."

This beautiful Pied-billed Grebe was probably just finishing a bath when I came upon him. Such beautiful little creatures ...

An adult Osprey fluffs its feathers after preening itself while keeping an eye on the nearby nest.-DSC_6412

a good morning today , finally getting to grips with the new camera , so a cute duckling a a couple of great tit shots to start tonight

New addition to the family

Coming really up close to a tiny fluffy part of an old flower is fun..

More starling mayhem from my garden hide.

Superb Fairy Wren juvenile from this recent breeding season caught confidently flitting about with its Tallebudgera Creek family. Already striking the classic pose!

This female Red-winged Blackbird was gathering fluff and transferring it to her left foot to hold it, until she gathered enough and flew off. The little bunch of fluff at the top of the cattail is being held by her foot.

. . . This female Snowy Owl was doing it's best to keep warm. Facing into the wind and fluffing out it's feathers to make a huge insulating coat made it warm enough to catch a few winks in the middle of the day. No electricity was used in the making of this photo!

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Male American Goldfinch in his favourite perch.

Better Viewed Large On Black

With a colourful mix of blue, yellow, white and green makes the blue tit one of our most attractive and most recognisable garden visitors.

This little blue flitted about fluffing itself up on this bonny perch.

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( Cyanistes caeruleus )

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One of my Bird Set

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Best seen Large on black - Press L

Snowy Egrets feathers are so smooth and white that it is difficult to make them out unless of coarse they get agitated or need to dry off as in this shot. (best large)

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

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Happy Sliders Sunday! An impression of rabbit brush in winter.

LightRoom presets: Direct Positive and Vignette, PhotoShop: HDR and Posterize, plus a lot of fiddling with exposure etc.

Thanks for talking a look, it is all fluffy fun!

Addendum: Some things I knew, and some I most certainly did not, including why it is called rubber rabbitbrush :

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/ericameria_na...

Solidarity shot for one of my first Flickr Buddies

Lost Ocker aka Lachlan

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Blue Tit in the garden

A young woodchuck cuts across the trail after coming out of the pond for a swim. l have seen lots of these lately. This one is lucky enough to live at the nature preserve, where nobody is going to consider him a pest.

We can always count on seeing common gallinules in the nearby park.

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