Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

At Arches National Park Utah.

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A male tundra swan shows off for his mate. Alas, she she wasn't impressed.

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Radar, my cat, waiting for his dinner and looking mysterious.

Walvis Bay, Namibia.

At Agate Beach. Newport, Oregon.

One of the most fascinating and impressive displays in the bird world...in fact all of nature.

From the National Wild Turkey Federation website:

“Strutting is an instinctive or innate behavior. The word is used to describe the courtship display of the wild turkey. The strut of a wild turkey consists of five main components:

1. Turkeys will drop their wings down to allow the primary wing feathers to touch the ground.

2. The bird will hold its tail in a vertical position and spread its tail feathers to form a fan.

3. The gobbler will place all the back and breast feathers in an erect position, making him appear larger.

4. The head, naked skin and caruncles of a wild turkey may range from blue to bright red or flesh tone. The bird’s crown is usually pure white.

5. The bird will bring its head and neck down into an “s” shape and elongate the snood (or leader) near the base of its beak."

We found this gobbler in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona. I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is the Gould's subspecies.

Photographed at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Nikon FA with 80-200 Nikkor using Fujicolor 400 film

Sandhill crane looking for love

Trafalgar Square, London

Red Winged Blackbird - female

couple of pheasant shots from today

An interior shot of a massive commercial greenhouse under construction. Feels alien, somehow...

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A common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in my neighborhood, right before migrating to southwestern Europe or western Africa this past autumn.

Now they are back, and I sat on the beach for a long time this evening - watching and photographing them and all the other birds searching for food in the evening sun. Will show them some other time.

(Sandlo in Norwegian)

My album of birds and nests here.

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The Octagon room at Bath Assembly Rooms, Bath, England

In with all the cattle egrets, this snowy egret struts in high fashion. (Ok, they don't care, but all of them are amazing creatures to watch!)

Mardi Gras 2024

New Orleans, LA

Under the sea defenses at the Arun estuary.

This young rooster was a "strutttin his stuf"f but no takers around.

A male Pheasant happily crossing the Furlong Walk at Arley Hall, Cheshire.

A fine looking Stag struts his stuff amongst the bracken whilst trying to impress hinds. It's always great to watch this behaviour as they always look so snooty.

Grey Heron at Chiswick House and Gardens, London.

This Great Blue Heron was seen at Lake Balboa, Van Nuys CA

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on the Fremont Bridge. From last months fun PDXNightowls photo walk, details of Friday 2/21/14 nights SW skyscraper photo walk can be found here. NB21481

Red deer stag @ Wildpark Neuhaus