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Birds and Creatures of Flight

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Featured Work

Pin Sharp by gottheshot

Nikon D300
Drinking stork by steppeland

Planckendael zoo collection / Mechelen, Belgium White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia ) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae, breeding in the warmer parts of Europe (north to Estonia), northwest Africa, and southwest Asia (east to southern Kazakhstan). It is a strong migrant, wintering mainly in tropical Africa, down to the south of South Africa, and also in the Indian subcontinent. This pic is mad in made in Planckendael Zoo, Belgium. / Whoever visits this zoo cannot miss the large free White Storks colony. The birds are nesting on the roofs, and foraging among the public, begging for food, while children are trying to catch them… / This one caught my attention, because of the great reflection on the water… Conservation and population Source: Wikipedia / Notable breeding totals occur mainly in central and eastern Europe / In Western Europe, the stork has been nearly extinct. / According to Wikipedia: “numbers in western Europe are much less healthy, with the once sizable Danish population declining to just five pairs in 1995, while re-introductions of zoo-reared birds have halted declines in Italy (30 pairs), the Netherlands (9-12 pairs), and Switzerland (120-160 pairs). / In France, twenty five years ago, the population of this bird had fallen to fewer than nine pairs in the entire upper Rhine River Valley, an area closely identified with the White Stork for centuries. Conservation efforts there, particularly by the Association for the Protection and Reintroduction of Storks in Alsace and Lorraine, have successfully increased the population of birds to 270 pairs.[3] Threats to the species include the drainage of wetlands and other agricultural intensification, collisions with overhead power lines, use of persistent pesticides (such as DDT) to combat locusts in Africa, and (largely illegal) hunting on passage and the wintering grounds (HBW). Some birds, known in German as Pfeilstorch (“arrow storks”), have been found in Europe with African arrows embedded in their bodies. The White Stork is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.” —- / Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera. Features and top10 placements / This image received a top10 placement in Mirror, mirror on the wall and was featured in Playful Photogenic Animals (Oct. 16, 2009) / Thank you! / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :) / Girl and stork / Lady stork fixing her dress
Black and Gold by Tracy Roberts

Gold-Ringed Dragonfly resting on a nettle stem.
Yellow Headed Blackbird by whalegeek

A male yellow headed blackbird near Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, USA. Nesting amongst reeds in marshes, the yellow headed blackbird feeds on insects and seeds. Migratory in nature, yellow headed blackbirds breed through the central United States into northern Canada. Winter grounds extend from the southwestern United States well into central Mexico. Common among songbirds, the male is the one blessed with spectacular plumage while females sport drab black and brown feathering. While the yellow headed blackbird is a flagrantly beautiful bird, it’s normal call is entirely non-melodic, raucous and harsh. To listen to the call of a yellow headed blackbird, / CLICK HERE Canon 50D, Canon 100-400mm lens, shutter 1/500, f/9.0, exposure bias -.33, focal length 330mm, ISO 200. June 4, 2009
Day Dreaming by Kelly Cavanaugh

Flamingo at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE Featured in All Animals Great and Small – May 2009 / Featured in Birds and Creatures of Flight group – June 2009
Rainbow Lorikeet by Daniel Spruce

Canon 40D, 400mm, f5.6, ISO 800
040509 Cattle Egrets by Marvin Collins

Shot at Silverbell lake Tucson AZ
Swan close-up by Martina Fagan

Taken on 10 March 2009 / / MCN:C93E7-7C08A-23608
Curious Kestrel by RichImage

A curious little American Kestrel at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2009
Yellow ladybug by Rick Fin

Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia. Camera: Canon EOS 350D / Lens: Canon macro 60mm [1:1] ALL profits from the sale of this work go to the: Wildlife-Appeal / — / / Yellow ladybug on purple leaved plant. This cute little ladybug was about 1 1/2 times the size of most of the others, and proved to be a beautiful specimen (& model ;) ) Featured in: / Ladybugs Wildlife-Appeal Birds and creatures of flight
Portrait of an American Bald Eagle #1 ~ Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

I put this one up just for fun….I think he is a pretty handsome guy!

Recent Work

1101095 Red Tailed Hawk by Marvin Collins

Shot in Marana AZ
PINK by puffin

flamingo from Columbus zoo.
pink duo by puffin

national aviary in Pittsburgh
Hummingbird by Artem Asanov

Nikon d300
White Faced Scops Owl by Michael Moss

Owl with a recent kill Lion Sands, Sabi Sands, South Africa
Robin eating berries by Larry Grayam

A Robin tries the berries on a wild pepper tree in my back yard in Vero Beach Florida USA. Nikon F3 300mm lens 1/500sec f11 EI400 Fujichrome
Northern, Red-shafted Flicker, Colaptes auratus by tonybat

Northern Flicker is probably the most wide-spread WP species in North America. This species is divided into 2 distinct groups, Yellow-stafted in the east, and Red-shafted in the west. Where the two groups meet, intergrades are common. The coloration of the underwings, shafts, are the most obvious difference, but on the males, the moustachial stripe of the Red-shafted is red but black on the Yellow-shafted male.
A male Northern Cardinal braving the cold. by William Brennan

The Northern Cardinal has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. The male behaves territorially, marking out his territory with song. During courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak. This poor guy had to be freezing. It was around 20 degrees that day. This was taken in my back yard in Rockaway, NJ.
Arizona Woodpecker, Picoides arizonae by tonybat

Arizona WP has the smallest range of any North American woodpecker species. By its name one would think that maybe all of AZ would be its range. But actually, its range is mostly in Mexico,barely extending into SE arizona. A more appropriate name might be its old name, Brown-backed WP, since, unlike all other Picoides whose backs are black or black and white, its back is all dark brown. This species is resident within its range, is quiet and somewhat reserved, rarely showing aggression towards other WP species found within its range. This is a much sought-after species by birders visiting AZ.
Red-tailed Hawk by Kimberly Peers

Another shot taken on my way home in Marana Az.
If flamingo will dream... by Meeli Sonn

she will dream about pink color. Everything around this bird is pink.