Winged Wednesday 7.24.2024

[Eric Gofreed]

For today's Winged Wednesday, My contributions are birds in flight. Of course, please post any animal, mineral, vegetable, man-made thing, or landscape with wings.

American Bittern, North Dakota

Black-crowned night-heron, Arizona

Ferruginous Hawk (Raptor free flight-Tucson Arizona-Sonoran Desert museum))

California Condor, Arizona

Bald Eagle

Eastern Kingbird, North Dakota

 

[Trent Watts]

Nice group of flying birds Eric. You always set such a high standard with your incredible photography.
That Condor shot is remarkable. Are they still endangered?
Here are my 'flying' shots.

Dragonfly over a pond on my daughter's property in Slocan B.C.

Redf-winged and Yellow-headed blackbirds gathering in the fall prior to heading south for the winter. Near Saskatoon.

Bumblebee, Saskatoon.

Another Bumble bee in Saskatoon.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great start from Eric and Trent. Here are mine.

Explosion of Snow Geese.

Balck Skimmers

Pintail

Mountain Bluebird

Lesser Yellowlegs

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Great start from Eric and Trent. Here are mine.

Explosion of Snow Geese.
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Balck Skimmers
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Pintail
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Mountain Bluebird
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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WOW!!! That lesser yellow legs is awesome. Likewise the pintail. I think I see some Ross's geese in the explosion.

 

[Marcy]

went out to the Jetty at Ft Stevens in hopes to get a Tern

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Nice group of flying birds Eric. You always set such a high standard with your incredible photography.
That Condor shot is remarkable. Are they still endangered?
Here are my 'flying' shots.

Dragonfly over a pond on my daughter's property in Slocan B.C.
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Redf-winged and Yellow-headed blackbirds gathering in the fall prior to heading south for the winter. Near Saskatoon.
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Bumblebee, Saskatoon.
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Another Bumble bee in Saskatoon.
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superb work, Trent. That dragonfly is a darner. Perhaps, Lake Darner or Paddle-tailed Darner.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

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Superb photo of the Caspian Tern, Marcy

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Nice group of flying birds Eric. You always set such a high standard with your incredible photography.
That Condor shot is remarkable. Are they still endangered?
Here are my 'flying' shots.

Dragonfly over a pond on my daughter's property in Slocan B.C.
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Redf-winged and Yellow-headed blackbirds gathering in the fall prior to heading south for the winter. Near Saskatoon.
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Bumblebee, Saskatoon.
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Another Bumble bee in Saskatoon.
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Yes, California Condors are still endangered. Despite successful conservation efforts that have increased their population from a low of 27 individuals in the 1980s to over 500 today, the species faces ongoing threats. These include lead poisoning from ingesting spent lead ammunition, habitat loss, and micro trash ingestion. As of recent estimates, there are approximately 537 California Condors in existence. This total includes 334 wild, free-flying condors and 203 in captivity

 

[AlanLichty]

This is an example of how nice modern processing software can be. My BIF image is Canada Geese over the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge from the second day I owned a Canon D60 DSLR in late 2002. Noise reduction and sharpening with Topaz software and Adobe Lightroom.

 

[DES]

A Calliope. One of our more interesting (seldom seen) hummingbirds - with the scarlet gorget and the musical sound its wings make.

 

[Trent Watts]

superb work, Trent. That dragonfly is a darner. Perhaps, Lake Darner or Paddle-tailed Darner.

Thanks for the Id Eric.

 

[Trent Watts]

Yes, California Condors are still endangered. Despite successful conservation efforts that have increased their population from a low of 27 individuals in the 1980s to over 500 today, the species faces ongoing threats. These include lead poisoning from ingesting spent lead ammunition, habitat loss, and micro trash ingestion. As of recent estimates, there are approximately 537 California Condors in existence. This total includes 334 wild, free-flying condors and 203 in captivity

How wonderful that you have s great image of this species.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

How wonderful that you have s great image of this species.

An easy bird to get. Navajo Bridge is located in northern Arizona, spanning the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon. It is situated in Marble Canyon, within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and connects the two sides of the canyon via U.S. Route 89A.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

A Calliope. One of our more interesting (seldom seen) hummingbirds - with the scarlet gorget and the musical sound its wings make.

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[Eric Gofreed]

This is an example of how nice modern processing software can be. My BIF image is Canada Geese over the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge from the second day I owned a Canon D60 DSLR in late 2002. Noise reduction and sharpening with Topaz software and Adobe Lightroom.

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Superb photo, Alan. You know that gees fly in a "V" formation and one side of the "V" is longer than the other side. Do you know why? There are more birds on the longer side.

 

[Trent Watts]

Great start from Eric and Trent. Here are mine.

Explosion of Snow Geese.
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Balck Skimmers
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Pintail
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Mountain Bluebird
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Nice series Douglas. Great stop motion on these birds.