A leafcutter bee having a clean, in the garden on day 19 of 30 Days Wild.

I was out for a walk and about to head home when this beautiful Great Egret landed not far from me. I was able to sit about 15m away for the better part of half an hour whilst it preened itself.

Wittersham, Kent

This sandhill crane was preening in the early morning sun at Cypress Creek Natural Area in Jupiter, Florida. Prints, and many other products, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!

A sanderling going through the morning rituals at Point Reyes. Cropped from a horizontal frame.

Buff Orpington Duck taken with a sigma 50-500mm handheld.

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Shags have a preen gland on the top side of their tail near the base so perform these contortions so collect the oil to waterproof their feathers.

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Birkenhead park, Wirral.

Canada Goose

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Killdeer preening its belly

Some Canada Geese and a female mallard preening (or sleeping).

Kingfisher preening. (Video).

Hard backlight.

Nikon D7200. Sigma 150-600mm (S)

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Preening his or her feathers after a bath

Sunny Blue getting ready for his photo shoot...all to show up (aka show off) for Old Beak!

.....an juvenile preening an adult. The juvenile Kea have yellow ceres and eyelids which fade to grey as the bird matures.

Kea are the only alpine parrot in the world located only in the South Island in the high country and alpine basins of New Zealand. They are endemic and protected. Unfortunately they are on the decline.

The geese preeing in the morning light at the Annandale Water Motorway Services A74(M)

A male Blue Grosbeak preening in the Central Oklahoma Cross Timbers.

A duck preens itself in Hebden Water in Hebden, UK. I liked this one more turned on its side. I think more people should experiment with turning pictures on their side -- it can have different effects on the image. For example, doing this to this image completely confuses the sense of perspective; it seems more two dimensional this way.

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A beautiful Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) preening those magnificent white feathers, reflected by the still waters of the San Diego River, near Robb Field in Ocean Beach, CA.

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Cleaning one's flight feathers is all part of the job of being a Common Hoopoe at the Berlin Zoo, in Germany.

A mute swan preening at the boating pond in Saltcoats this brighter than expected afternoon.

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Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) delicatelyu preens its impressive collection of feathers with its deadly beak on the rocks of Little Manly Point, Sydney Australia

Taken at the Bird workshop some weeks back.

Flamingo Gardens, Florida.