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Macro Mondays: Reflection
Found a butterfly wing in the garden ... it's so light it kept blowing over and leaving wing dust behind.
The Blue-winged Teals continue to hang around so I was glad to get out on this sunny, calm morning because just a few hours later a severe thunderstorm rolled through with hail and high winds!
A male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in full display trying to attract a mate in a cattail marsh east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
10 May, 2022.
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Back again after few days. I took a few days off because sometimes Flickr is overwhelming and takes a lot of time out of my days. I just post no more than two photos a day because that.
I find Maple (Acer) seed pods more beautiful than the flowers it produces in spring. A maple leaf is on the coat of arms of Canada, and is on the Canadian flag. The maple is a common symbol 🍁 of strength and endurance and has been chosen as the national tree of Canada.
The father of the family is a picture in front of this.
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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
A Saffron-winged Meadowhawk in all its splendour on an alfalfa bloom in a meadow at the Lois Hole Park on the west edge of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
29 July, 2020.
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Borrego Springs, CA
White-winged Dove was a lifer for me. It was a pleasant surprise to see a pair of them showing up perching on a tree for mroe than 20 minutes right in the backyard of a house where my wife and I happened to be staying in Borrego Springs as one of our stops during this multi-day road trip to southern California.
White-winged Crossbills are slightly larger than Pine Siskis. They have unique shapes of beaks. They can use their crossed bills to pry open the cones to eat the seeds.
St. Albert. Mar. 2023. Overcast morning.
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The mallard hen took off from one pond to wing over to the bigger area - and finally in decent light!
Libellula auripennis. Adult Golden-winged Skimmers are about 2.0 inches long with reddish-brown eyes. It is found in North America. Near my home in Fairfield Harbour, NC
The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat. (Wikipedia)
White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are semi-tropical doves whose native range extends from the southwestern U.S. through Mexico and Central America, into parts of western South America, and to some Caribbean islands. They are also residents in Florida, where they were introduced. The majority of White-winged Doves are seasonally migratory. They overwinter in Mexico and Central America and come to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in April to breed, departing again in September. Some will overwinter in their breeding range, especially in residential areas where food remains available. In the southern parts of their range, they are year-round residents. There are twelve subspecies of White-winged Doves. Western or Desert White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica mearnsii) and Eastern White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica asiatica) are the most numerous and widely distributed subspecies.
White-winged Doves feed on a variety of seeds, grain, and fruit that vary depending on their range and seasonal availability. They consume seeds and fruits of wild trees, grasses, and herbaceous plants, as well as those of ornamental cultivars. Domestic grain crops including sunflower, barley, sesame, sorghum, wheat, corn, and safflower are also an important food source in many parts of White-winged Dove’s range. To supplement their seed-based diet, White-winged Doves will also ingest shells of small snails and other gastropods, or bits of bone extracted from raptor pellets or mammal feces. The bones and shell are an important source of calcium for the doves, necessary for eggshell and crop milk production.
I found this one in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.
This red-winged blackbird was calling in the wetlands, and perched where there were few obstructions. Makes for a great shot!
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Saltator atripennis
(Black-winged Saltator / Saltador de alas negras)
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the west slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Colombia. It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
The oldest known Green-winged Teal was at least 20 years, and 3 months. It was a female banded in Oklahoma in 1941 and recovered by a hunter in Missouri in 1960.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Saltator atripennis
(Black-winged Saltator / Saltador de alas negras)
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the west slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Colombia. It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
Red wing blackbird.
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A female Red-winged blackbird on a gray Saturday. Wildwood lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Worn Common Buckeye butterfly at rest.
Migrant from southern states. Presence irregular, year to year. They can be everywhere. Last year, I did not see any.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Saltator atripennis
(Black-winged Saltator / Saltador de alas negras)
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the west slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Colombia. It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
We had just walked a trail without seeing or photographing anything.
As we were returning to the car, suddenly a group of these beautiful parrots appeared. They spent some time feeding in the grass and then disappeared.
Uncommon and classified as Vulnerable.
Bruny island - Tasmania - Australia
From the Cornell Lab:
"One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel."
I guess this one is feeling pretty confident.
We found him at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas.
A handsome Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) perched on a Phragmite reed. This species has a striking yellow coloration accented by beautiful blue wings. Always fun finding and photographing this species of wood warbler. View large for best viewing experience.
Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there. Enjoy the Day ~!
A Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male has set up its territory in a small cattail marsh and through vocalization lets any male intruder know they are not welcome, females are another matter.
This marsh was on the prairie landscape near Burstall, Saskatchewan, Canada.
25 May, 2016.
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Blue-winged Teals have the highest annual mortality rate (reaching 65%) of all the dabbling ducks; possibly as a result of hunting and long over-ocean migration.
Nothing like a good wing stretch at the end of a preening session along the shore of Saint Charles Bay, Aransas County, Texas.
The female Red-winged Blackbird was on a old cattail stalk that waved in the strong breeze :-)
I was fascinated by the matching sharp points on her bill and the tip of the cattail (which resembled an awl in my toolbox).
Red Wings will eat the seeds of cattails in the Spring, which is probably why she is clinging to this stalk.