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Showing posts with label flight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flight. Show all posts

Friday, July 13, 2012

FLYday- Canada Geese

FLYday - Canada Geese


FLYday - A Foursome of Canada Geese. These geese flew so low that I could hear their feathers whistling.

"Force-'em" is what they do to geese (and ducks) to make  foie gras. Foie gras is made from hypertrophied goose liver. Domestic geese are force-fed by gavage. Their necks are hyper-extended upward. Then, a funnel is shoved down their throats and hideous amounts of food pushed into their bellies. The quantity of food is far more than would be consumed by geese in the wild or in captivity. The diet of corn boiled in oil causes subsequent fattening of the liver and a buttery taste favored by gastronomes. In about fourteen days, the liver grows so large that the goose often can not walk. They are never allowed to fly.

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, May 11, 2012

FLYday - Magnolia Warbler, Phippsburg, Maine


Magnolia Warbler in flight, Phippsburg, Maine May 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly! 

To see more of my photographs of birds in flight, click on this link:

http://www.robinrobinsonmaine.com/BIRDS/BIRDS-IN-FLIGHT/14827970_JBkfCq

Friday, April 27, 2012

FLYDAY- Osprey Talons

Osprey, also known as a Fish Hawk, with talons extended. Brookville, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, April 13, 2012

FLYday - Crow With Nest Material


American Crow, Corvis brachyrhynchos in flight with nesting material. Everybody is mating and building nests now!
April, Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, March 30, 2012

FLYday - Great Blue Heron Food Battle

Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias engaged in food battle. The heron on the left is biting the legs of the fleeing heron on the right!
Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

FLYday - Great Blue Heron


Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias in flight, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.  

To see more photos of birds in flight in Maine, click HERE.
To see more photos of wading birds in Maine, click HERE.

Friday, March 16, 2012

FLYday - Bald eagle

Bald eagle, adult, Phippsburg Maine

FYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

This post was chosen for the cover of Open Salon as Editor's Pick. It was the fifteenth of my works to be chosen. For the first time, I had two Editor's Picks on the cover at the same time, this one and my previous post which also had eagles. For more please see http://open.salon.com/cover

Friday, December 2, 2011

FLYday - Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby Throated hummingbird, female feeding at Impatiens

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, November 18, 2011

FLYday - Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper in flight, Phippsburg Maine October
These birds are very fast fliers and are difficult to photograph in flight.

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, November 11, 2011

FLYday - Red-winged Blackbirds and European Starlings In Flight


Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds and European Starlings on flight take off, Maine

Flyday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, November 4, 2011

FLYday - Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron in flight Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

FLYday- Red-Tailed Hawk

Red-Tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicenis, Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Flyday - Ravens

Raven in flight, Phippsburg, Maine
 I found this bird after it had been shot out of the sky. It's legal to shoot crows. Swing low, sweet chariot. 

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

(This post was Editor's Pick for Open Salon {Salon.com}, August 25, 2011)

Saturday, July 30, 2011

FLYday - Double Osprey Delight


FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

These are Osprey, also called Fish Hawks. The bird on the left is an adult female chasing a first summer, male bird away from the nest. The mother bird on the left has two new chicks in a nearby nest. The younger bird on the right was hatched last year and probably was trying to come back to the nest it knew when it was a new chick. Kind of sad!

Friday, June 17, 2011

FLYday - Common Tern

Common Tern with fish - Phippsburg,
Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, June 10, 2011

FLYday - Red-tailed Hawk And Ravens


Red-tailed Hawk harrassed by Ravens, Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered freiends do best, fly.

Friday, June 3, 2011

FLYday - Osprey

Osprey

Osprey, or "Fish Hawk" in hover flight. Phippsburg, Maine May 2011

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Friday, May 27, 2011

FLYday - Ring-billed Gulls

Ring-billed gulls in flight. Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

FLYday - American Kestrel


An American Kestrel diving from its perch for prey. The kestrel is our smallest hawk. Phippsburg, Maine 2011

An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Note:  For those of you who may have been wondering where I am, I've been working on a project and Weeding For Dollars as 'tis the season. In the mean time, our dog took a face full of porcupine quills which has really fouled up my time lines. Thus, a FLYday that is on Sunday. I do know it's Sunday and have not totally lost my mind, yet. I'll be back, never fear!

Friday, May 6, 2011

FLYday - Bald Eagle

 Bald Eagle In Flight

Bald eagle, adult Phippsburg, Maine

An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.