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This cygnet was busy preening itself and quite oblivious of us standing watching.
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Birds have up to 25,000 feathers, and regular preening keeps each one of those feathers in top condition, Preening is a bird's way of grooming its feathers to keep them in the best condition. While preening, birds remove dust, dirt, and parasites from their feathers and align each feather in the optimum position relative to adjacent feathers and body shape. Most birds will preen several times a day to keep themselves healthy.
A young cheetah learns to preen in the golden glow of sunset; Northern Tuli Game Preserve; Botswana; Africa
A pair of yellow-vented bulbuls (pycnonotus goiavier) preening at the top of a tree. Photographed in Khuk Khak, Phang Nga, Thailand.
or so it seems
a swan on the River Test at Mottisfont Abbey
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This heron was very attentive to it's feathers and spent quite a bit of time preening. The length of the beak is amazing.
These two Great egrets (Ardea alba) were happily preening up out of the water at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. All the recent rains were evident where the creeks and depressions had been flooded trying to get to lower elevations.
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A natural rookery for nesting birds, such as the roseate spoonbill, great blue heron, white egret, tri-colored heron, snowy egret, and a few others, the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine is the place to go for birding action in the spring.
While many images were captured with the birds either courting, mating, nest building, raising their young ... my favorite were those preening ... especially when it came to doing so in a shallow water area where the light shined perfectly to highlight the birds. In this case, the roseate spoonbill and the ibis shared the lighting which penetrated through the trees onto the birds wading and preening in the water. A lovely reflection was also provided on the surface of the water. They were so isolated, making it the perfect setting for such an image. I remember it like it was yesterday ... oh yeah! :-)
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A great Blue Heron sits on an old fencepost beside the river, preening its feathers as it warms in the first light of sunrise.
I spent some time at Pittenweem Harbour yesterday. It was very stormy out on the outer Forth with a stiff southeasterly and the Eiders had taken refuge in the inner harbour. They were mostly loafing, preening and diving for the odd tasty snack washed off the decks of the fishing boats. Showing off the stiff tail.
His name is Flower and he first came to visit me back in May, where he spent 3 nights up in our large maple tree... yesterday he spent most of the day between my house and my neighbors... and then I spotted him back up in our maple tree where he's spending the night!!!
He is always alone and wanders the neighborhood.... I'm glad my house on his list of places to visit!!