US Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet 168930 giving it large, as they say.

From my archives!

RAF Typhoon Display.

Dunsfold.

Unfortunately In Very Bad Weather.

I have no idea how Disney tried to pass of this creature as hideous in the Beauty and the Beast?!

Shot in Yellowstone National Park as this bull was crossing a river to join the rest of his herd.

Back to the task at hand -- afterall, can't have untidy cushions!

Short Eared Owl

Cold February walk,along the River.

He was just getting ready to call out. They fluff up when they are about to call out.

Canon EOS RP with an EF to RP adapter and a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens and processed in Lightroom Classic.

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This shot was taken at Radnor Lake. The owl had for some reason fluffed up, while resting, and here is the shot!

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Despite a hard wind today, this fluff is still holding on...

the fluff ball that is my cat, Alfie

Juvenal Sparrow, with it's Feather's Fluffed up to stay warm

ECC3 & ECC4

ECC DC Eaglecam

All the trees, shrubs and plants in the surrounding area are covered in a blanket of white fluff (seed wool) from the Black Poplars growing on Ham Riverside Lands. It is incredibly soft and delicate but not great for hayfever sufferers.

In the heart of Gauteng, lies Dinokeng - 'a place of two rivers', where you will find the amazing KwaThabisile. Wake up in the morning to game grazing peacefully under your bedroom window; enjoy sunset drinks overlooking the valley and watch various animals live in the bush nearby. The game in the area includes kudu, zebra, blesbuck, impala, wildebeest, eland, waterbuck, duiker, steenbuck, warthog, porcupine, jackals, caracal, mongoose, vervet monkeys, bushbaby, baboon, reptiles, snakes, frogs, and tortoises. There is a range of activities close to the lodge that will delight and occupy visitors for many hours upon a time. Visit Ostrich Paradise, Lion Camp or Roodeplaat dam; go to Cullinan and enjoy a wonderful diamond tour or a relaxing game of golf; the Kollonade shopping centre is close by as is the gaming haven of the Carousel Casino. The old Thabisile farmhouse was originally built by Italian war prisoners and has since been converted into 3 self-catering units. In case you need any amenity, there are shops, a liquor store, butchery and petrol station just 2km away.

Info source: www.afristay.com/p/5346

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The photo was taken during February 2019 at KwaThabisile Bush Retreat, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa.

It's time for a chicken. That is all.

Chincoteague national wildlife refuge

A portrait of our Top Cat, our much loved old Fluff who is beginning to look old now.

Fluffing.

Wellington harbor, New Zealand.

taken along the canal on tuesday

Gray Jay looking well fed. Manning Provincial Park, BC

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Our my front door.

Strange weather here in W. Kentucky! Bitter cold, (well for Kentucky) and then 75 degrees, and then temps plummet and tornadoes carve a path of death and destruction through the Mid South. Prayers, please, for those who lost loved ones and for those who lost things they loved.

Fluff peers out of the bushes.

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Cat did a macro of a Dandelion the other day which inspired me, given our road is over run with the things.

We sometimes address Karma cat as "Miss Fluff" for obvious reasons. Here Miss Fluff stretches out in a sunbeam she found in a room we are remodeling.

A Long-Tailed Tit soaks up some late afternoon sunshine before it goes to leave a sub-zero night.

In order to prevent larger animals from stepping on their nests, Killdeer preform a display in order to grab the threat's attention and force them in a different direction. This display is slightly different from the well know "broken wing" display . The display for unaware, non-predatory animals such as horses and cows consists of the bird fluffing up, raising and opening its tail, and then charging at the potential threat.

- Info from Cornell

one from may ,juv long tailed tit

another pic of the rook on the garden wall ,don't often get a chance to get this close to these.taken through a double glazed window

American oystercatcher fluffing up its feather

Let's hear it for the more subdued hues of the female Common redpoll (Carduelis flammea).

Redpolls survive harsh winters with an enlarged esophagus. This allows them to store and digest seed while they sleep during long, cold nights.

Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200mmf/2.8, 1.4x (240mm)

1/1000 sec; f/4.0; ISO 800

manual exposure, monopod

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In about 3 weeks these little fluffs will be able to go to their forever homes. I must say it's very hard to think of giving them back. I feel a deep sense of betrayal when I have to take them into the vets to be re-homed like I am abandoning them. This is the down side to being a foster mum. I am happy if they have homes to go to but when I walk into the vets 2 weeks after I have dropped a cat off and they are still there it breaks my heart. I struggle with this.

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