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Sophie Martin as Odette in the world premiere of Scottish Ballet's new production of Swan Lake, choreographed by David Dawson.
I took this at the dress rehearsal at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, on Monday.
You can see other shots of this production in my Swan Lake set.
It will also be touring to Aberdeen, Inverness, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Liverpool.
this bird preened and cleaned for about 15 minutes before deciding to come down and have a closer look at what I was up to...it eventually got SO close that my lens couldn't focus properly on it...
I was taking some pics of the very early morning light at the Gap when I spotted the resident suplhur crest cockies wheeling and screeching around. I was using a 14-24 and 28-70 for the cliffs and kept changing my 80-200 for the cockies, but they kept flying off! Eventually I jumped the fence and sat down and waited and they returned and started preening on the edge of the 60 metre cliffs.
I was trying to capture the swan's reflection, so any advice on how to make the reflection stand out would be appreciated.
A wood duck drake preening his wing feathers. This photo was a challenge to capture with the bill tucked into the wing and the dark colors contrasting with the bright water and light. Possibly a flash would have brought out lighter colors in the duck.
The same Swallow as in the previous shot.
These, like most birds, preen their wings in order to keep them healthy. Even flightless birds like penguins preen to keep their modified flipper-like wings in good condition.
Here's the Hawk that This Robin was avoiding. I believe it's a Red-Tailed (Broad-Winged?), but it's hard to tell from this angle and distance.
I had a nice, but brief, experience with a Kestrel this evening--five or six good photos to share soon.
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Initially saw meadowlarks fly and land East side of spit… then saw another bird flew into shrub containing a WEME …but seemed to light and flew wrong for WEME….when i got it in binoculars…O..a Northern Shrike(.ie the recent adult NSHR)
2 meadowlarks took off , with the shrike in hot pursuit of one that looked to be a somewhat smaller (than the others) sized WEME.They flew over and disappeared into a small bushy arbutus tree on the west side of the spit.
Then i watched a final meadowlark fly slowly and deliberately over from original area…and attack the shrike!
I wonder about parental instincts or dominance or what was motivating the meadowlark.Needless to say the shrike didn’t like that! It began to dive bomb the meadowlark and a general skirmish ensued with the meadowlark holding its own.
Following Video shows a glimpse of the end of a diving pass by the NSHR at the WEME. Then it begins to preen.Eventually they went their separate ways….although i didn’t see the other 2 WEME leave the arbutus tree.
Western Meadowlark WEME (Sturnella neglecta)
Northern Shrike NSHR* (Lanius excubitor)
Saanichton Spit
Central Saanich BC
Taken on October 30, 2016
This beautiful Ibis was only a few feet away, up in a tree just preening away while Jacob and I walked the Jacksonville Zoo. Ibis are often found frolicking the zoo as intruders, not part of the exhibits. They roam free wherever they wish.
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This goose preened for a good fifteen minutes before I got bored and walked away. I think this is a Taverner's Cackling Goose. I say this with no certainty. www.sibleyguides.com/2007/07/identification-of-cackling-a...