Winged Wednesday 1/24/2024

[Eric Gofreed]

We are on the letter "D" in the alphabet series of Winged Wednesday. Of course, your photos don't have to start with "D." All photos of winged things are welcome.

Dark-eyed Junco

Dickcissel

Dunlins are medium-sized sandpipers with a slightly down-curved bill. This guy is in breeding plumage. In winter dunlins are completely gray.

Dowitcher (Long-billed Dowitcher)

Dove (Mourning Dove)

Damselfly (Desert Firetail Damselfly)

Dragonfly (male Blue-eyed Darner)

 

[Trent Watts]

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We are on the letter "D" in the alphabet series of Winged Wednesday. Of course, your photos don't have to start with "D." All photos of winged things are welcome.

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Dark-eyed Junco

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Dickcissel

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Dunlins are medium-sized sandpipers with a slightly down-curved bill. This guy is in breeding plumage. In winter dunlins are completely gray.

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Dowitcher (Long-billed Dowitcher)

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Dove (Mourning Dove)

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Damselfly (Desert Firetail Damselfly)

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Dragonfly (male Blue-eyed Darner)

Great series Eric.. I especially like the way you caught the tongue on the Dowitcher.

 

[Trent Watts]

I was going to do some 'D' birds but was invited out to a friend's acreage this afternoon, where they have a very busy feeder. 20 or more Chickadees come to eat out of your hand and over 50 Redpolls and a Downy woodpecker were busy as well.

 

[larryj]

Blue Damselfly caught in flight!

Added a Duck (Mallard Hen)

 

[Roger Bailey]

Dipper

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Blue Damselfly caught in flight!

A very difficult photo but you nailed it. It is, Dragonfly... a blue-eyed Darner

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Dipper
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That's a great bird. Their lower eyelids are white so when they are blinking, it seems like they're using Morse code. Great shot, Roger

 

[Eric Gofreed]

I was going to do some 'D' birds but was invited out to a friend's acreage this afternoon, where they have a very busy feeder. 20 or more Chickadees come to eat out of your hand and over 50 Redpolls and a Downy woodpecker were busy as well.

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That's a yard I would love to sit in too. Beyond extraordinary photography. Trent. Of course, I expect extraordinary from you.

 

[Trent Watts]

That's a yard I would love to sit in too. Beyond extraordinary photography. Trent. Of course, I expect extraordinary from you.

Thanks so much Eric... At one point my friend has had 50 redpolls flying around and landing on him when he sits in a chair outside and sprinkles peanut and sunflower pieces all over his clothes and hands. Quite an extraordinary experience.

 

[Trent Watts]

Dipper
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Quite lovely Roger... I have seen Dippers when hiking in the Rockies many years ago but never when I had a camera. I would love to get a shot like this. The streams where I have seen them are very cold mountain streams coming off a glacier and their habit of constantly dipping their tail in the water always made us think they were thinking "Oh that's cold..Oh that's cold." Thanks for sharing that great shot.

 

[Roger Bailey]

Quite lovely Roger... I have seen Dippers when hiking in the Rockies many years ago but never when I had a camera. I would love to get a shot like this. The streams where I have seen them are very cold mountain streams coming off a glacier and their habit of constantly dipping their tail in the water always made us think they were thinking "Oh that's cold..Oh that's cold." Thanks for sharing that great shot.

Trent, This one was in Northern California/ southern Oregon along the border near the town of Klamath Falls. We were actually on a birding weekend that they used to host every year in February.

 

[AlanLichty]

I am going with Ducks as my "D" offering. Yeah they are Mallards but I am all about keeping this simple. This is an ancient (by digital standards) capture along Burnt Bridge Creek in Vancouver taken with my first digital camera (a Nikon CoolPix) sporting an almighty 2 megapixels in late 2000. Spruced up a bit with modern processing tools but still lacking the level of detail we have grown to expect with more recent hardware..

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I have been really busy the last few days, so I am late to the party. Here are my "D" birds. I decided to do different species of doves.

That is a great opening, Eric.

Inca Dove

White-winged Dove

Mournng Dove

Eurasian-collared Dove

 

[larryj]

A very difficult photo but you nailed it. It is, Dragonfly... a blue-eyed Darner

Thanks Eric for the correct identification of the dragonfly, I have a problem identifying the difference between dragonflies and Damselflies!

 

[Eric Gofreed]

I have been really busy the last few days, so I am late to the party. Here are my "D" birds. I decided to do different species of doves.

That is a great opening, Eric.

Inca Dove
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White-winged Dove
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Mournng Dove
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Eurasian-collared Dove
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So many doves, Doug. I was expecting lots of ducks on this Winged Wednesday edition Outstandingphotographs as always
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