Winged Wednesday, 11.5.2025

Eric Gofreed

Well-Known Member
It’s Winged Wednesday, where feathers, flutters, and flight steal the show! As always, anything with wings is welcome—birds, bugs, bats, butterflies, beetles, or whatever else manages to get airborne.

But this week, my photos are bringing the attitude.
I’m featuring Angry Birds—the feathered hotheads, the irate egrets, the tantrum-throwing buntings, and the judgmental toucans.
Whether they’re mid-chase, mid-miss, or just naturally scowly, these birds have one thing in common: they’re not here to make friends.

Feel free to post your own—whether they're blissfully calm, mildly peeved, or full-on furious. If it’s got wings, it’s fair game.

Thanks for visiting, and thanks for playing Winged Wednesday
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Lazuli Bunting (Mid-Hissyfit)
Bluebird of happiness? Not today. This Lazuli went full tantrum over nothing visible to the human eye.

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Rufous Hummingbirds (Point Taken)
When diplomacy fails, Rufous Hummingbirds skip straight to saber work.

The stabber strikes with fearless flair.
The stabbee wonders, “Was that fair?”

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Red-breasted Toucan (Possibly Furious?)
He may not be mad, but that bill says otherwise.
It’s the look of someone who’s seen things.
Or just got cut off in traffic by a parrot.

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Guira Cuckoo (Looking Perpetually Offended)
This bird doesn’t blink—it judges.
With that punk crest and perpetual scowl, it looks like it’s about to ban your account. Or just got cut off in traffic by a parrot.

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Black-collared Hawk
It sits like royalty and stares like it's reading your browser history. Whether it’s planning dinner or just radiating disapproval, no one knows.
But it wants you to know... it knows.
 

Trent Watts

Well-Known Member
That is a great series Eric. I loved the captions and the images. I had a few left over from Denmark but couldn't resist adding to the 'attitude' series so those can wait.

Apparently there was some dispute over who had rights to the bathing pond with these Bohemian Waxwings.
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These White-winged Crossbills had some issues over who had dibs on this set of spruce cones.
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It is not uncommon in the summer to hear a murder of American Crows making a terrible ruckus as they flush out a resting Great Horned Owl just peacefully resting in the daytime.
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Another Raptor being chased away by a crow.
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Chipping Sparrows with some territorial issues.
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Eric Gofreed

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That is a great series Eric. I loved the captions and the images. I had a few left over from Denmark but couldn't resist adding to the 'attitude' series so those can wait.

Apparently there was some dispute over who had rights to the bathing pond with these Bohemian Waxwings.
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These White-winged Crossbills had some issues over who had dibs on this set of spruce cones.
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It is not uncommon in the summer to hear a murder of American Crows making a terrible ruckus as they flush out a resting Great Horned Owl just peacefully resting in the daytime.
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Another Raptor being chased away by a crow.
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Chipping Sparrows with some territorial issues.
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Thanks for your Winged Wednesday shots, Trent — and for tuning in to my Substack. Those waxwing tantrums are comedy gold. Your photography’s always a highlight.
 

Eric Gofreed

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One of my shots for today's wings show a bit of attitude - ducks in flight after they were so happy to see me emerge from the forest they immediately fled the scene.

A Mallard couple with a Northern Pintail hen tagging along:

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Not much attitude in this shot of some Tundra Swans that have come to the Gorge for the winter.

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two superb photos, Alan, Good call on the pintail too!
 

Eric Gofreed

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