Eric Gofreed
Well-Known Member
It’s Winged Wednesday, where feathers, flutters, and flight steal the show! Whether they’re zipping, swooping, sunbathing, or just striking a sassy pose, we want to see your favorite winged wonders. Birds, bugs, bats, or butterflies—if it’s got wings, it’s fair game.
This week, we’re taking a colorful turn with the primary colors—those bold, brilliant hues that can’t be made by mixing anything else. From the painter’s palette of Red, Yellow, and Blue, to the digital dazzle of Red, Green, and Blue, nature wears them all with pride. Show us your red, yellow, blue, green, and anything else that brings these pure pigments to life.
Northern Cardinal, Male
He’s not just red—he’s incoming. Wings up, eyes forward, and no time for subtlety. The male Northern Cardinal doesn’t drift or flutter. He commits. That blazing red is headed straight at you like a feathered exclamation point.
Saffron Finch
This bird doesn’t just show up in yellow—it shows up in capital Y Yellow. Like someone dipped a sparrow in turmeric and dared it to complain. The Saffron Finch doesn’t sing—it beams. It’s less a songbird and more a lemon that found religion and wings.
There’s no gradient, no restraint—just bright, sunlit certainty. Perched on a wire, fence, or fruit stand, it looks like it belongs everywhere and answers to no one. If joy wore feathers, it would look like this.
Blue-eyed Darner
With eyes like twin sapphires and a flight path like jazz improv, the Blue-eyed Darner doesn’t so much fly as vibrate with intent. This dragonfly is pure motion, pure blue, and pure nerve. Catching one in focus mid-flight is part skill, part sorcery.
Eastern Pondhawk, Female
If spring had a mascot, it would be this dragonfly. The female Eastern Pondhawk doesn’t just wear green—she radiates it. Head to tail, she glows like a stem that's been photosynthesizing ambition. No subtle shading, no complicated patterns—just unapologetic, all-over green like nature cranked the saturation slider all the way up.
This week, we’re taking a colorful turn with the primary colors—those bold, brilliant hues that can’t be made by mixing anything else. From the painter’s palette of Red, Yellow, and Blue, to the digital dazzle of Red, Green, and Blue, nature wears them all with pride. Show us your red, yellow, blue, green, and anything else that brings these pure pigments to life.
Northern Cardinal, Male
He’s not just red—he’s incoming. Wings up, eyes forward, and no time for subtlety. The male Northern Cardinal doesn’t drift or flutter. He commits. That blazing red is headed straight at you like a feathered exclamation point.
Saffron Finch
This bird doesn’t just show up in yellow—it shows up in capital Y Yellow. Like someone dipped a sparrow in turmeric and dared it to complain. The Saffron Finch doesn’t sing—it beams. It’s less a songbird and more a lemon that found religion and wings.
There’s no gradient, no restraint—just bright, sunlit certainty. Perched on a wire, fence, or fruit stand, it looks like it belongs everywhere and answers to no one. If joy wore feathers, it would look like this.
Blue-eyed Darner
With eyes like twin sapphires and a flight path like jazz improv, the Blue-eyed Darner doesn’t so much fly as vibrate with intent. This dragonfly is pure motion, pure blue, and pure nerve. Catching one in focus mid-flight is part skill, part sorcery.
Eastern Pondhawk, Female
If spring had a mascot, it would be this dragonfly. The female Eastern Pondhawk doesn’t just wear green—she radiates it. Head to tail, she glows like a stem that's been photosynthesizing ambition. No subtle shading, no complicated patterns—just unapologetic, all-over green like nature cranked the saturation slider all the way up.
