This Roseate Spoonbill was taken at Peaceful Waters in Wellington, Florida.

Juvenile male Northern Wheatear on a post. Quite a lot of these as well as Meadow Pipits all on the move today - autumn is coming

The Beginnings of a threat or warning as another swan approaches out of frame.

OLYMPUS EM-5Mark II

Red Ruffled Tulips.

Layered handmade paper

This Daylily, cultivar 'Becky Lynn', lives in my garden and is gorgeous in color, but its sculptural qualities that are revealed in black & white really captured my imagination.

"To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul."

-- Andri Cauldwell

A New Zealand Tui

Taken in British Columbia's Fraser Valley by David.

A male Peregrine Falcon readjusts his plumage, perhaps to fight off the cold or remove the moisture accumulated from the morning mists.

David

Hawaii

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ruffled grouse can typically be approached relatively closely while in the wild....this image was taken within ten yards with snowy background although I will admit their camouflage is amazing....

Florence AZ

A Roseate Spoonbill getting ready for takeoff.

feathers mostly gone

old age is coming closer

but I can still fly

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'Ruffled' is a macro photograph of an iris petal.

Dramatic image of an aggressive crow chasing another from the roof of a derelict barn against a moody sky

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

~John Burroughs~

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Osprey giving itself a fluff up on its perch by nest

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Another from a walk along the Yarra River at Warrandyte on this day in 2019.

Lovely coloured lily flower at Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens.

This Short-eared Owl was perched on a distant post this morning with it's feathers all ruffled.

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Reddish Egret

Watch their hunting habits here:

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Ranunculus

Nature gives us some very delicate features! This little fern is revealing it's new little ruffles!

California, Redwood forest

Prunus sp. | Rosaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Tis my faith that every flower

Enjoys the air it breathes!

~ William Wordsworth

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A Swallow-tailed Kite ruffles its feathers after preening.

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One of the beautiful flowers of the variety of tulips.🌷 This bud was still closed but it's still beautiful. Waiting for Spring again in few months!