Lilac-breasted Roller [Coracias caudatus]

Chobe National Park

Botswana

The Ceder Wax Wings have stopped to Fuel up,before Migrating to South America.

Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, NL

Wood pigeon in a snow shower in my garden.

Portrait of George.

Common Tern on a post at Walthamstow Wetlands.

The last bits of this dandelion's fluff is getting ready to fly away!

From the The Dream Box, Big Dreams for Little Sleepers by Theresa J Doyle.

Bald Eagle drying off after a cooling dip in a nearby pond.

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taken from my window just love the lighting

two long tailed tit shots from yesterday . nice to see again after a horrible summer

Blue Tit soaking up the rays.

Taken in the garden.

Wedderburn, Vic.

Valentino the Kookaburra was looking after Ernie, today again. So, he sat on the neighbours roof and followed his grandson's every move around our garden.

Senecio Vulgaris or Common Groundse (wiki)

I posted the same plant a couple of days ago. There were no fluffy stuff, just flowers (buds?) then. Yesterday I saw some fluffs like dandelion seeds. Still not sure what sort of weeds.

My kind friend, PokemonaDeChroma, suggested that's "pollen bag". I thought "pollen bag" was a flower name and searched for the images.... not really flowers but some yellow handbags came out. I thought, Oh my, they're not my tastes. I am a bit too old for yellows 😂

Last one was macro. This one is not. 250mm zoom lens. I went out for birds... then only ended up seeing a funny cuckoo baby.

Western Kingbird at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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& finally, (not that you can see that well) Cadet Blue chips from Brainworm.

Just say "awww" :-).............Olympus E-M1/Panasonic 100-300mm.

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US Air Force 48thFW Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II 20-5574 generates 'fluff' while pulling hard during an early morning 'Quick Climb' out of RAF Lakenheath

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At FaMESHed ~

Emery Barcelona Top

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At C88 ~

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Wearing ~

LeLUTKA Zora Head 3.1

. Nar Mattaru . Hela Skin {Ghost}

GOREGLAM 'Romance' Eyeshadow

LaGyo_Madeline Bow Headbend - Pink

LaGyo_Alber Earrings - Baby

Sapa Poses - 56.2

All fluffed up

Glossy Ibis posing with its feathers fluffed up to protect from the cold North wind at Ocean City, New Jersey

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Love how the late evening sun spotlights the white layer of fluff on the slough and also floating in the air. Just click the image to see it.

"Poplar trees produce their seeds in catkins, which hang unpollinated on the trees in early spring. Once they are pollinated, green seed capsules form, and when they break open the seeds are released, each carried by a tiny parachute of fluff. This is what you see stuck in the tree, floating through the air, or lying on the ground.

Sometimes the fluff accumulates on the ground so thickly that it looks like snow! [...]." The Furry Gnome

Wishing you a wonderful new week from Bluebird Estates.

Little Egret

Canon R5

Canon Rf 100 500 + 1.4 x Teleconverter

European Starling [Sturnus vulgaris]

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

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Orchid Ensemble's lively pup running free in the Tofino Botanical Gardens

No doubt this breaks a load of photography rules - wings chopped off, half the bird etc. however I do love it when puffins fluff themselves up. Almost like they're playing to the crowd.

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Western Scrub Jay. Shot taken in GG Park, SF,CA

Have a wonderful and enjoyable week everyone! :-)

Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden, Fluff of Sieversia pentapetala

白馬五竜高山植物園・チングルマの綿毛

This is something you would never imagine from the yellow and white flowers of the Sieversia pentapetala.

黄色と白のチングルマのお花からは想像できない姿ですね。

Hakuba-mura, Nagano pref, Japan

fluff

Gallinula chloropus

Two Moorhen chicks from last summer.

The chick standing up does actually have a head, its just round the other side, preening the fluff / feathers under it's wing : )

A lovely male kingfisher in beautiful condition perched patiently watching out for his next meal. I just loved the way the wind picked up slightly from behind him to fluff up his beautiful orange feathers.