taken in Taijiang National Park, Tainan, Taiwan

How about some evening stretches with me?

The sun was about to rise on this early spring morning at Windsor, Ontario’s Blue Heron Park. The dawn sky had been incredible, as I got down into the tall grasses by the side of the pond. These remnant grasses, from the previous season, were still stretching to the sky, as another new day began.

Lu, the neighbour showing us how good a full stretch is but she also was ensuring that I would be won over and wouldn’t shush her out of the garden and it worked. I just laughed out loud.

yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

Kruger National Park, South Africa

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A close up of a little, geometric metal ornament with stretched diamonds on a blue painted door.

Australian Darter shows its neck extension

White-breasted Nuthatch

This Marbled Godwit comes up with a sand worm between incoming waves.

Great Horned Owl stretches its wing and leg. Sky Replacement added to get rid of a mostly white background.

I've perfected my yoga stretching technique a bit 😁

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Eine juvenile Bachstelze streckt sich.

A juvenile wagtail stretches.

RKO_2639. An African elephant crossing the road at Amboseli, Kenya!

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Stretch.

I could not resist posting one more photo of a Female Goldfinch gathering fluff for her nest. The females are still hard at work even though it seems they have been doing it for weeks. They really must be creating the deluxe version of their nests this year :)

Every breath.. .♪

VUK. Arie Jogger for ACCESS

Ana Poses - Workout for The Arcade

DAPPA - Madeline Tattoo.. for Whore Couture. (01 March)

[Rezz Room] German Shepherd Adult Animesh (Companion) for ACCESS

Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) male

One of the Red-rumps that have been in our area.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

I spotted this osprey sleeping in a tree. Waited for it to take off, and after it woke up, it made some moves that I thought were leading to flight, but turned out were just stretching. Oh, well, maybe another day!

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Gland, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

This long term exposure (300 sec.) has been taken at the very beginning of the sunrise. A pure moment of peacefulness on a very still lake with no wind.

A New Holland honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae stretching getting ready to feed on a Banksia flowerspike above it. For more information about this bird see: here.

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Giraffes photographed in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature…the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

These 60+ degree February days in Indiana have me holding my breath for spring that is just around the corner.

An American white pelican stretching out after its morning preen at Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island Florida. Taken a few weeks ago on 26 January, 2022.

It will be a while before it is Easter, but Easterbear is already in the Netherlands. He visits a good friend: Ballet dancer Piggolina Ballerina.

PIGGOLINA BALLERINA:

How nice to see you again Easter Bear. It's been a year since we've spoken. You look good.

EASTER BEAR:

Thank you Piggolina. You're looking good too.

PIGGOLINA BALLERINA:

I'm just really busy you know. Soon I will have a ballet performance with the famous Scoutlova. I practise 6 hours every day.

EASTER BEAR:

Can you show some of your exercises?

PIGGOLINA BALLERINA:

I'll show you the splits.

EASTER BEAR:

Wow! How do you do that?

PIGGOLINA BALLERINA:

It's just stretch into splits

EASTER BEAR: (trying the splits....only half way)

Ouch....help Piggolina....I can't go any further.

PIGGOLINA BALLERINA:

Come...give me your paw....I'll pull you up.

Let's go for a drink...that seems more sensible to me.

EASTER BEAR:

I will never do this again!!!!!!!!!!!!

Townsend's warbler

An immature/non-breeding starling stretching it out.

Frodo Stretching

A Roseate spoonbill stretching its wings in the early morning light.

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