Chilean Flamingo

preening

Shot from the breakwater at the La Jolla Childrens' Pool.

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Preening helps waterbirds keep their feathers waterproofed.

WWT London, Barnes

I realize owls have to preen like any other bird. But when I'm trying to take some elegant photo of him? And I get a stiff neck just looking at this photo.

This guy was sitting on a building in Huntsville State Park. Vultures usually spend early morning preening and waiting for the temperature to heat up and provide a little lift to their soaring efforts.

RAW, PS Elements.

A drake shoveler preens and shows me some of those colorful secondarys and coverlets. This is an angle I've been wanting for a while now.

Adrian.

Two Blue and Yellow Macaws perched upon a branch preening each other

Rainbow lorikeets preening each other

Sunny takes a break after getting his head rubbed to preen his feathers

Coyote Hills, October 2015

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Some shots taken around Greenwich.

Some geese busy preening on the Greenwich shore.

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This Juvenile Domestic Goose had chosen to ignore its parents which were further along the Esk Riverbank at Whitby - there was a whole lot of honking going on, but the youngster was too busy completing its ablutions!

Red-breasted Sapsucker

I had a nice opportunity to shoot the resident Cooper's Hawk juvie, as he preened after a night of rain.

My work.

I spotted a pair of Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea) taking a bath in a small muddy pond in Yangmingshan National Park. The light was difficult, but after taking dozens of shots, I managed to edit out a few okay ones.

Preening female Northern Shovelers on the big pond. Hallbrooke, Norman, OK.

Hawk preening its feather

Cadence the Green Cheeked Conure and I give Sam the Cockatiel A morning preening

It was a bit chilly this morning... otherwise I might have joined in.

Brolga crane at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin.

Taken at Pensthorpe NR

They look so graceful and majestic in the water but this shot shows that on land they look quite gangly with big webbed feet that look out of place.

Beautiful animals though.

Puffin preening at Hermaness, Yell

Watched this bird for over an hour, on and off. It sat here preening for about 40 minutes alone. The black marks on its chest are where it has burrowed into the feathers, exposing what is underneath the red chest colours. After a fluff up, the marks disappeared.

Fotografia presentació col.lecció Hivern 2008 Preen (Londres)

Preen with Prem.

Preening its Black Tail