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Hovering is an energy-intensive activity, achieved by beating the wings more or less horizontally – to provide lift but not thrust. The ability to hover for long periods is advantageous when foraging in areas away from a nearby perch. This means that the bird can maximize its time for hunting, rather than returning to a nearby perch to scan the area.
Forster's tern was hovering above the same spot for few minutes allowing me good opportunity the snap a few shots @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
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two hummingbirds in silhouette hover, staring at each other for a momentary pause in their battle over the feeder, hummingbird migration in Texas seems to be starting a little early; cold winter approaching? Corpus Christi, Tx for FlickrFriday
Another shot from the hummingbird feeder at my parents' backporch. I love how this looks like it is hovering, frozen in midair. They have so many hummingbirds that come to their feeder. It was so much fun watching them and trying to photograph them.
Hover Fly () feeding on some minute food items on a leaf in the understory pos the aspen forest in Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
17 July, 2017.
Slide # GWB_20170717_4176.CR2
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This tiny hover fly rested on a leaf long enough for me to take a few photos and pick up it iridescent colors.
I don't see that often a Belted Kingfisher hovering in the air. I have seen Pied Kingfisher doing that quite frequently during my last trip to India. Belted Kingfishers, on the other hand, are most often seen perched on a tree and then suddenly diving into water to catch a fish. So, when I saw this one hovering in the middle of the marsh I took 14 shots that lasted slightly over a second. Later in photoshop I put 7 frames together to create this image. I lost track of the bird after the fourteenth frame when it went behind the cattails. It is interesting to see how the wings and tail feathers move in order to stay afloat. Rouge Beach Park, Toronto.
Another set of hover bikes for a Ninjago City expansion
All my bikes are heavily inspired by the amazing work showcased in the Lego Speeder Bikes group, and two of the bikes in this image have their front ends especially based on Ted Andes' Arashi bike and its variations:
www.flickr.com/photos/ted_andes/51140758293/in/dateposted/
Link to the rest of Ted's work here:
www.flickr.com/photos/ted_andes/with/51140758293/
And check out the Lego Speeder Bike group here:
This shot from Hintersee, Bavaria lay long on my harddrive unedited. I knew I wanted to do something with it, but quite couldn't figure it out.
When I rotated the image 180 degrees and the small island with the tree on it appeared to be hovering in the air I knew what I wanted to do with it.
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Diese Aufnahme vom Hintersee, Bayern, lag lange unbearbeitet auf meiner Festplatte. Ich wusste, dass ich etwas damit machen wollte, aber nicht so recht, was.
Als ich das Bild um 180 Grad drehte und die kleine Insel mit dem Baum darauf in der Luft zu schweben schien, wusste ich, was ich damit machen wollte.
. . . "To be as free as a bird"! Yes, these Laughing Gulls are free all right, but they are gladly chasing bits of crackers that I am throwing up in the air for them! To throw a cracker up into the wind and catch it on the camera is quite a feat!
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Sphaerophoria macrogaster Feeding on water plants above a small creek.
Photo Fred 5 Dec 2018
Explore 18 Feb #189
Several of these were hovering very steadily over the trail through a swamp on a cool spring morning at Howell Woods, Johnston County, NC (USA). They made no effort to perch and bite when I approached, so I thought they were males. Eyes looked wrong for those, but perhaps it was just the angle of the photo. An expert on BugGuide confirmed that this was a male. HFDF, at any rate!
Looks to be Hybomitra lasiophthalma (male, ~14 mm)
Also posted at:
bugguide.net/node/view/2234636
Caption updated 4/15/23--this is a male fly.