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Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Well she's walking,
through the clouds
With a circus mind
that's running round
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams
And fairytales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind
When I'm sad,
she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
she gives to me free
It's alright, she said, it's alright
Take anything you want from me
Anything, anything
Fly on, little wing
Burning bush
Huso con alas
Flügel-Spindelstrauch
Burning bush is a species of flowering plant native to central and northern China, Japan, and Korea. The common name "burning bush" comes from the bright red fall color. It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to its bright pink or orange fruit and attractive fall color. This plant is regarded as an invasive species of woodlands in eastern North America.
Canon EOS REBEL T3i
New Jersey, USA
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
The complete series lives over here: birdsandmusings.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/rebel-the-rwbl/
A rare visitor to our area, Broad-winged Hawks winter in tropical forests of central America, then migrate to eastern North America, from the Gulf coast up to the boreal forest into central Canada. We were graced by this migrant's presence on a covid walk. Although Broad-winged hawks often travel in large groups during migration, this one was practicing social distancing. These hawks can travel up to 70 miles per day during migration.
A momentary pause to check her surroundings before sipping the nectar. View full size for details of this beauty's bad hair day.
Green-winged Teal: Male
Anas crecca
This bird was the third species of this morning's birding trip that I was able to photograph. I find the male to be challenging to get the right coloring of the head in my photos. I do not adjust the colors of the birds I see.
Popped in for a second and was gone. They are a member of those huge flocks of black birds we see this time of the year. Or earlier. Pretty impressive sharp beaks.
The Golden-winged Warbler is a dynamo, practically buzzing with activity as it moves through the trees. It also undertakes an amazing migration, traveling from its breeding grounds in the northeastern United States to wintering areas in Central and South America.
My last bird series consisted of shorebirds found mostly along the coast and in wetlands. Going the opposite direction, starting a series of desert denizens with this White-winged Dove found in Big Bend National Park.
From the Cornell Lab:
"Originally a bird of desert thickets, the White-winged Dove has become a common sight in cities and towns across the southern U.S. When perched, this bird’s unspotted brown upperparts and neat white crescents along the wing distinguish it from the ubiquitous Mourning Dove. In flight, those subdued crescents become flashing white stripes worthy of the bird’s common name. Take a closer look and you’ll see a remarkably colorful face, with bright-orange eyes and blue “eye shadow.”."
(Agelaius phoeniceus). I think he looks like he's wearing a very elegant cape with epaulettes - perhaps he thinks he's a general!
The boys are back in town! They started straggling in about three weeks ago but now they are back in force setting up their territories. Soon the ladies will arrive and choose their mates.
Such delicate looking birds. Photo taken during my wander around the Tropical House at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire HWW!
A Northern Shoveler gives a big wing stretch on a beautiful winter day. There is still a month to go for winter by the calendar but the birds are showing a lot of breeding behavior.
The sun has risen as this Monarch Butterfly arches it's wings fully extended to dry off the dew that collects on them, soon enough it will be easier to fly about on this new beautiful day !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul....Darrell.
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Not many birds get people as excited during spring migration in Texas as the Golden-winged Warbler does. On a recent outing in Brazoria County I kept hearing reports of them being around and was certainly on the lookout but always seemed to be just a couple of steps behind this beauty. I was told that one had been seen at the drip just a few minutes before I arrived so I waited and waited and no bird! By the end of the day I had almost concluded that I would have to look for this warbler another day when this guy popped up in the vegetation along the path near me. It wasn’t a good look but I knew I had found my bird. I watched and waited as he flitted around chasing his prey in the tangles of weeds and thorns, a wing here, a tail there… Finally, for just a moment he hopped up onto an exposed perch and I was able to click off a couple of photos before he flew to a different area.
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Vermivora chrysoptera
I saw a Lace Wing on a window with its reflection creating a fine photo opportunity. It got camera shy after a while and flew away, and all the shots I got were rubbish. This was the best of a bad lot, so I decided to try rescung it with a bit of creative processing.
Wikipedia: The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant living land bird in North America, as bird-counting censuses of wintering red-winged blackbirds sometimes show that loose flocks can number in excess of a million birds per flock and the full number of breeding pairs across North and Central America may exceed 250 million in peak years. It also ranks among the best-studied wild bird species in the world. The red-winged blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the red-winged blackbird's diet.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Blue-winged Teal are a pretty common sight at Brazos Bend State Park during the winter months; in fact, they are so ubiquitous that I tend to almost ignore them. However, during a recent visit I noticed this one swimming around very near me while I was photographing another bird. I decided to take a few photos and immediately when I saw this duck up close, I remembered why I shouldn’t ignore any bird. There really is a great deal of beauty in these birds.
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Anas discors
Nifty Nev the New Holland Honeyeater is waiting for the Loquat blossoms to open. This tree is about a week behind the other one, which is in full blossom now.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
A view of White Wing Mountain (altitude 10009 ft / 3051 m) from the top of Obsidian Dome. The dead tree trunks scattered at the top of the mountain helped date the volcanic eruption that created Obsidian Dome to 1350 CE.
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394) White Winged Tern
White-winged Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucoptera, Camar Hitam Sayap Putih
Their breeding habitat is freshwater marshes across from southeast Europe to central Asia. In winter, they migrate to Africa, southern Asia and Australia. These birds do not dive for fish, but fly slowly over the water to surface-pick items on the surface and catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects and small fish. A totally protected migrant in Peninsular Malaysia.
This was taken near at Meadows, part of Garden By The Bay.
This is one of the 3 chicks that the parent raised.
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Female white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) at the seed feeder, showing the distinctive white wing bars of the species, as well as the typical crossed bill, very effective in prying spruce seeds from cones. Also pretty effective in opening sunflower seeds.
These little gems are year-around residents, flying in (sweetly chittering) flocks from treetop to treetop in winter, feeding on spruce cones.