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Meet the Atlantic Puffin. Adored by many. Once you see them fly by and waddle around, you'll probably join the adoration list. Far more adept at swimming than flying, I caught his one preening before taking flight back into the nearby ocean.
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Today seems to be the Day of the Birds for me. I had heard that there were pelicans at Sheboygan's Northpoint yesterday. When I went there this afternoon there was just one hanging out with its gull friends. Preening seemed to be the activity of the moment. That made photography an easy task.
Another Venice Carnival gem from the archives...a reveler finds a lone spot where he/she can pose for photographers.
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A long bill is great for getting to those difficult-to-reach parts. Except this one is a Short-billed Dowitcher. Knowledgeable birders will immediately recognise this as a young Short-billed by those internal markings on the tertial feathers (those ones just above its left leg). On young Long-billed Dowitchers they only have a narrow pale border with no internal striping. You can see it on this Long-billed: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/48830741847/in/photolist The name Dowitcher comes from a native Iroquoian name for these birds. The two species of Dowitcher in North America are very similar and were only considered to be different species in 1950. Fortunately their calls are different and Short-billed tends to inhabit saltwater habitats outside the breeding season, like this bird on the shore at Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
I know grackles are not everyone's favorite bird, but I find them incredibly beautiful in their subtle way (till they open their mouth and screech their grating squeaky sound LOL) This one spent quite a bit of time preening his feathers and it was cool to see all his awkward poses.
In order to get those most precious feathers in top form for flight you need a good preen !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul....Darrell.
Have a fantastic weekend dear Flickr friends !
Despite a very quiet day on my local fishing lake, I managed to get a few reasonable images of the ducklings.
Leica R8, 90 Summicron, Kodachrome KR-64
The kit: www.flickr.com/photos/jbaleica/8529377840/in/photostream
Just watching these magnificent birds feels like a privilege. Photographing them just gives me the chills. What a beautiful bird.
After distant views of the pod earlier in the month, today they were posing beautifully in the sunshine close to their admiring public.
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