Winged Wednesday 2/26/2020

[Eric Gofreed]

Of course, the Winged Wednesday theme is anything with wings. My theme for today's Winged Wednesday is birds around the pond.

Wood Duck Drake

Angry Canada Goose

Mallard Drake

Say's Phoebe

Hooded Merganser (male)

Great Blue Heron with HUGE fish

 

[ckcarr]

Here's a few.

Wish this was sharper.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thanks for starting this Eric and a great start.

Here is my offering.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Here's a few.

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Wish this was sharper.
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That's some fine shooting! Love the tree Swallow... envy envy!

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Thanks for starting this Eric and a great start.

Here is my offering.
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Cinnamon Teal are one of my favorite ducks. Superb photo, Ben

 

[ckcarr]

Those Horned Larks are a bird most people would ignore and consider just another LGB (little gray bird). I spent an entire day out by Cisco photographing a bunch of them. Once you know what they are, they are quite different.

 

[AlanLichty]

Keeping with Eric's theme of wetlands here are some mallards in a pond at the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge:

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Of course, the Winged Wednesday theme is anything with wings. My theme for today's Winged Wednesday is birds around the pond.

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Mallard Drake

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Hooded Merganser (male)

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Great Blue Heron with HUGE fish

Great set, Eric. The wing position on that Mallard is perfect. Is the Hooded Merganser from Bubbling Ponds?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Keeping with Eric's theme of wetlands here are some mallards in a pond at the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge:

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That is a nice variety and number of ducks, Alan. I think I can see Mallards, Pintails, Ringnecks, and Canvasbacks.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Another Horned Lark on the hunt in my back yard. This was taken through our doggy door. I just couldn't resist trying to sneak the lens through the flap to see if I could snag a photo.

That's being creative, Brian. Nice job.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Thanks for starting this Eric and a great start.

Here is my offering.
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Beautiful Cinnamon Teal, Ben. That is one of my favorite ducks

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Here's a few.

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Wish this was sharper.
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Catching a swallow in flight is one of the most difficult tasks in bird photography, Ken. My success rate is about 1/100.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

This is a sub arctic bird named willow ptarmigan.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Here is my contribution. This is a Lazuli Bunting. They travel through Arizona in the spring during their migration.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is a sub arctic bird named willow ptarmigan.

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That is so sweet, Jameel.

 

[Amy Earl]

A pukeko in New Zealand (Australasian swamphen), seen on a camping trip in 2017. Native birds in NZ are called by their Māori names, which frankly are a lot more fun to say They're clumsy flyers, especially in the areas of take-off and landing. When threatened, they usually avoid flying and try to walk away very quickly In times of old they were often kept as pets by Polynesian chiefs because of their red beaks and legs - red was considered a noble color.

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• Amy Earl
• Feb 26, 2020

March 2017 on the North Island, New Zealand

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Here is my contribution. This is a Lazuli Bunting. They travel through Arizona in the spring during their migration.

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That is so colorful Doug.

 

[Amy Earl]

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Great Blue Heron with HUGE fish

Eric, was that heron successful in eating that gigantic fish? Seems unlikely considering the tiny circumfrence of his neck compared to the fish

 

[Douglas Sherman]

A pukeko in New Zealand (Australasian swamphen), seen on a camping trip in 2017. Native birds in NZ are called by their Māori names, which frankly are a lot more fun to say They're clumsy flyers, especially in the areas of take-off and landing. When threatened, they usually avoid flying and try to walk away very quickly In times of old they were often kept as pets by Polynesian chiefs because of their red beaks and legs - red was considered a noble color.

Pukeko

• Amy Earl
• Feb 26, 2020

March 2017 on the North Island, New Zealand

Nice one, Amy. These look a lot like our Swamphens, and Galinules here in the US except for the colors.

 

[Amy Earl]

Nice one, Amy. These look a lot like our Swamp hens, and Galinules here in the US except for the colors.

Interesting to think how these birds evolved different coloring after separating geographically from what must have been a common ancestor.

Your Lazuli Bunting is so colorful. Must be so nice to see them come through each spring!