Winged Wednesday 10/6/2021

[Eric Gofreed]

My contributions for today's Winged Wednesday are birds taking to the air.

Cinnamon teal blasts off without a hint of intent. Spontaneous thrust with his legs and wings.

female Black-headed grosbeak taking wing.

Female Common merganser runs to gain speed for take off

Double crested cormorant hops on the water while flapping his wings to reach take off speed

Great egret's graceful yet powerful ascend to flight

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice launches Eric. Interesting how different each type of bird is in their efforts to become airborne.

 

[AlanLichty]

For the longest time I have been occasionally trying to get a shot of my favorite colorful avian raider that visits our yard - the Stellars Jay. They are quite skittish in our urban environment and never stay put for more and one or two seconds but I finally managed to get a shot of one working over a corn cob on our back deck through a window.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Still butterflies in the garden.

A Comma

The same Comma with the edges to the wings it looks a lot like a bad cut out in photoshop

Red Admiral

Red Admiral "ready for takeoff"

 

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful kick off as usual Eric. I managed to get a couple while I was at he Maze in Canyonlands.

This brewers black bird was hanging around camp looking for scraps, which we did not provide.

This great blue heron was maybe 150 yds away and spent most of the day in the vicinity of the Green River. Way too far away for good feather detail, but probably my longest shot. Hand held, RF800 f11 lens at 1/1000 iso 1600

 

[Jim Sanderson]

A couple from the local refuge from this morning and earlier this week. It's a great time of year for photography.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Still butterflies in the garden.
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A Comma
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The same Comma with the edges to the wings it looks a lot like a bad cut out in photoshop
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Red Admiral

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Red Admiral "ready for takeoff"

your butterflies are stunning

 

[Eric Gofreed]

A couple from the local refuge from this morning and earlier this week. It's a great time of year for photography.

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black-necked stilts are gorgeous! Perhaps a least sandpiper because his legs are yellowish

 

[JimFox]

My contributions for today's Winged Wednesday are birds taking to the air.

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Cinnamon teal blasts off without a hint of intent. Spontaneous thrust with his legs and wings.

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female Black-headed grosbeak taking wing.

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Female Common merganser runs to gain speed for take off

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Double crested cormorant hops on the water while flapping his wings to reach take off speed

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Great egret's graceful yet powerful ascend to flight

So awesome Eric!

 

[JimFox]

I was able to capture this today in Iowa.