Taken on my recent trip to Yorkshire.

Small falcon with distinctive male plumage; gray head, rusty back, gray tail with broad black tip. Female is brownish above, barred on back, wings, and tail. Note rather pointed wingtips (unlike rounded wings of sparrowhawks and Shikra), and distinct dark spotting on breast. Fairly common in open and lightly wooded country, farmland, heathland; often seen over rough grassland beside roads and at airports. Perches on wires and posts, and typically hunts by hovering, at times fairly high overhead.​ Very similar to Lesser Kestrel. (Courtesy e.bird)

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There were some amazing standing wave clouds hovering around the mountains tonight. This was an example of a panckaed lenticular cloud set.

There were quite a number hovering around the flowering parsley recently and I managed to get a reasonable shot. HWW

HDR, Dalecarlia, Sweden

Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake

Samsung NX11, 1/20-2.5 sec, F11, ISO 250

Schwebfliegen bei der Paarung

a nice moment when the kingfisher hovers and I manage to lock on

While I was in Vacaville the other day I decided to go & see if the Burrowing Owls had babies. Although babies didn't appear out of the burrow the owls put on a show for me. The wind was really blowing hard and when the owl spotted something in the grass below his perch he spread his wings, the wind lifted him in the air and he stayed in place 'hovering', after making several dives he was unsuccessful in catching the meal!

He would periodically fly down to the burrow, walk in, come out, fly back up to the perch and wait. A few times the mate would come out looking very perturbed, then she would walk back inside the burrow...I stayed in the car...:)

Member of the Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

Kilmacurragh , Co. Wicklow

Broad-tailed hummingbird

Hovering

An attempt at a stack (of 14 images taken with my 100mm macro lens, using Zerene stacker) of this dew-laden hoverfly, from a few months ago (18 October 2017).

It's quite wobbly in places! I should have started with something a bit easier ;D

An eastern spinebill hovers majestically while feeding.

Lucky shoot

Cette Syrphe ,posé sur une brindille ,c'est envolé au moment du déclenchement.....;-)

Song by Trust Company.

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Have tried a number of times to get a decent shot of this activity, but usually it is too fleeting, in the wrong light or the lens wouldn't lock on.

This Female Kingfisher thankfully decided to hover right in front of me for a couple of seconds.

Even at 1/3200 there is still a bit of motion blur on the wing tips!

Taken in Norfolk, apologies for my map ref, but didn't realise there was a place called Kingfisher!

Belted Kingfisher

taken in early Fall

A white-tailed kite hovering in search of food ✔️

Back to the warmer days for this one. Happy Fly Day Friday, have a great day and weekend ;0)

Canon R, Kenko#5, Mitutoyo x5

1/8th sec, ISO 100.

Helicon, P.S.

X3 Lume cube Panels.

Mjkzz Ultra rail.

137 shots, @ 20um.

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Sankey Valley.

American Kestrel [Falco sparverius]

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

1960*

I looked up and caught the Goodyear blimp floating in the evening sunset.

Hovering

Can't help but have to smile so much when I watch this happy little piglet jumping through its little piggy life.

It lives in an animal park where they try to save old breeds of domesticated animals which are no more found at modern agricultural economics where more profitable breeds are "in use". We all know how this looks like I think..

It was a great day there, and I will never forget my little piggy friend who loves jumping so much.

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Hover fly feeding on teh nectar of a wildflower

Large On Black

Some of the most interesting birds I have ever seen, are these little treasures of nature..

Have a wonderful weekend!

Graspieper - Meadow Pipit hunting in flight (Anthus pratensis)

Hovering Kestrel

Hovering

I have been out all day today (what a busy week so far), so I am adding some photos that I took a few days ago. I am still trying out manual settings and these turned out a bit dark, so I have lightened them a bit using photoshop. They were taken with my 100 mm lens and the 36 mm Kenko extension tube.

Kestrel hovered for me & a 2nd one perched in a tree but back to me & in shade. Other than the Kestrels did not see much round the back lanes away from coast. Had to fill up though @ Hunstanton & there were cars everywhere, queue for traffick lights to get in, was over 1 mile long!