Winged Wednesday 1.4.2023

[Eric Gofreed]

The most popular color in the world is blue and so my contributions to this week's Winged Wednesday are animals that are mostly blue.

Western bluebirds

female Mountain bluebird

Red-legged honeycreeper

Blue morpho Butterfly

Lazuli Bunting

 

[Ben Egbert]

Gorgeous set

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful birds. I am amazed at the intensity of the blue hues in the red-legged honeycreeper.

 

[Trent Watts]

The most popular color in the world is blue and so my contributions to this week's Winged Wednesday are animals that are mostly blue. I apologize for posting this early but I have obligations for the rest of today and much of Wednesday.

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Western bluebirds

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female Mountain bluebird

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Red-legged honeycreeper

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Blue morpho Butterfly

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Lazuli Bunting

Lovely shots Eric. The blues are quite remarkable. I've never heard of a Red-legged honeycreeper but would imagine it must be quite a sight. What a great capture.

 

[Trent Watts]

I've kept to the blue theme that Eric started with.

Male Mountain Bluebird.

Not a bright blue but nevertheless it is a Great Blue Heron.

Blue Jay's certainly qualify. Interestingly the blue in their feathers is not a pigment but a special design in the feather that reflects blue spectrum light.

A Marsh Bluet Damselfly is certainly the right colour.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

The most popular color in the world is blue and so my contributions to this week's Winged Wednesday are animals that are mostly blue.

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Western bluebirds

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female Mountain bluebird

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Red-legged honeycreeper

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Blue morpho Butterfly

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Lazuli Bunting

Eric, that first image is spectacular. That's a level of wildlife photography we aspire to reach!

 

[Roger Bailey]

I am submitting a photo of Brandts Cormorants in breeding plumage to keep with the blue theme

 

[AlanLichty]

It's been a nice blues fest but I don't have any shots of things with wings that fits, I do however have another shot of our local guard birds keeping an eye on THEIR feeders. This one is lurking in our birch tree wishing I would go away.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great images as usual, Eric. Here are some more blue colors in birds.

Blue Grosbeak

Western Bluebirds

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Lazuli Bunting

Mexican Jay

 

[Trent Watts]

These are gorgeous Douglas.

 

[Trent Watts]

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This is an intense blue Roger. Nice shot.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

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That's quite a beautiful blue pouch, Roger. I photographed them years ago on the cliffs south of La Jolla. Your Brandt's Cormorants photo is so much better than mine.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

It's been a nice blues fest but I don't have any shots of things with wings that fits, I do however have another shot of our local guard birds keeping an eye on THEIR feeders. This one is lurking in our birch tree wishing I would go away.

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superb photo, Alan. Hummingbird photography is my specialty, Your photos are so good, I may devote a Winged Wednesday to just Hummers

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Great images as usual, Eric. Here are some more blue colors in birds.

Blue Grosbeak

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Western Bluebirds

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Black-throated Blue Warbler

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Lazuli Bunting

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Mexican Jay

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I'm thinking your bird photos are so good, you should be the moderator of Winged Wednesday

 

[AlanLichty]

superb photo, Alan. Hummingbird photography is my specialty, Your photos are so good, I may devote a Winged Wednesday to just Hummers

I have more but mine are all perched and easier to shoot. Oh yeah - they are entirely Anna's. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of Rufous but never with a camera in hand and often in tangles with local Anna's families in the summer.