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A mature bluebill preening his feathers in the still blue waters of Lake Erie at the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area in southeast Michigan
A cold but sunny fall afternoon.....but you would never know it from the the look of this eagle sunning itself atop an alder tree.
Mountain Bluebird MOBL (Sialia currucoides)
male
YYJ :: Victoria International Airport
(near Sidney, North Saanich BC)
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A Trumpeter swan preens near Pagosa Lake in Pagosa Springs, CO. From all the feathers in the area it is molting. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Gannet taken today at a very blustery Troup Head. Troup Head is on the North east of Scotland's coastline. These birds are something i will never tire of seeng or photographing.
Preening immature Western Grebe. Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada. 28 September 2021
Gorgeous swan preening at Christchurch Quay Dorset while keeping an eye on me and my camera
#Summertime #NationalGeographic
Now watch me my little ducklings.
This is my last lesson, on Preening yourself, before you all leave home and go into the big wide world on your own
Laratinga wetlands, Mt Barker, South Australia
Taking time out from nursing their brood both pen and cob worked their way to the centre of the lake and commenced preening. Working the feathers with the beak then fully submerging themselves, this process was repeated over and over until finally they rear up out of the water and furiously flap their wings removing the water and straightening the plumage.