My first hoverfly in flight where you can see the compound eye. Taken tonight at Brockadale. Used a different rset to normal and it's bit of a rush edit so may have another go later. Been after this shot for ages! So any feedback on how to get it better welcome!

good to go

Just sipping juice enjoying the night.

Turmfalke

Falco tinnunculus

European kestrel

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A hover fly sits on a sunflower

At the side of a trail along the Grand River in Waterloo Ontario.

The Dahlias were just stunning!! I found the Hover Fly just sitting in the sun! It stayed there for ages!

A bit of blown out highlights, but still pretty decent.

This bee hovered just long enough to let me take this shot.

A distant hover by this Kingfisher at Brandon Marsh.

Despite the strong winds yesterday, there were brief sunny spells and the little hovers took full advantage of the dandies in the garden !Raining today, but I gotta go out in it ! Catch up later flickr friends !

My Garden

Above the cliffs at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

On its way to Gorgeous Green Thursday.

Another I've had sitting hovering around for a few days.

Vrrrooooom

Buff-winged Starfrontlet [Coeligena lutetiae]

Yanacocha Reserve

Pichincha, Ecuador

1918*

First time I've really taken a flying shot of an insect before. Macro lenses are hard to focus for these shots!

Where have the wheels gone?

This hover has already started laying it's eggs (bottom left leaf) Coming in for the next try, dodging the aphids and ants! HBBBT ;0)

It was hovering just off the cliff at Bude, Cornwall. Apparently, Kestrels are the only bird of prey that can hover.

Three terns hover in the ocean winds over the beach of Cayo Ensenachos as a fourth watches from the sands.

Thanks for viewing and have a great day!

Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens in the morning

The wind was blowing hard here at Kilmurrin Cove due to an oncoming heavy shower. The gulls, including this Herring Gull, looked like they were having fun, floating and hovering in this very blustery wind

Offshoot Outing to Russborough House Walled Garden

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Photographed on Gran Canaria.

I'm not sure what kind of hover fly it is?

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Caught this little terrier in full flight running to greet my dogs! :)

They love going into these Allium bell flowers!

Hover flies, are beautiful and their amazing hovering abilities, make them ideal photographic subjects. There are about 250 species in the UK. The adults feed mainly on nectar but the larvae include carnivores, vegetarians and scavengers. Depending on the species, they fly from March to November.

Photo # 3 of 4, of Meeney the Kestrel at the British birds of prey centre. Watch out for some larger birds soon...

Stacking queue....hover flies..

Chicago

Osprey at John Chesnut Senior Park, Palm Harbor, FL

On a technical note, I did crop off the left end of the wing during photo editing because otherwise it made the osprey's face smaller and harder to see. I generally don't do that but, for this image, I felt it provided a better image.

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On our Dahlia. My scary Halloween photo.

One from two years ago and a trip to the National Trust managed Rievaulx Terrace.

These hover flies make a great subject as they are often statuary for long enough and the narrow depth of field allows for backgrounds to be blurred.

The Archives Revisited.

November 2008.

A day trip to Brandon Marsh in Northamptonshire. Not many photo opportunities. But i had forgotten that i had this sequence of Kingfisher hovering images.

A sequence of 4 images.

Images best viewed in "lights out" L key

A male Pileated Woodpecker in mid jump....