Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Wild Bird Wednesday 584 - Just birds and sky.

For about the first time in a year I have been at work this week - I can assure you that I much prefer 'retired' weeks than work weeks!  I may have to resist the temptation to work again for as long as I can!

Anyway, during my time locked to a computer screen I began to wonder what I would do for this week's WBW.

I think that all (maybe not all!) of us birders / photographers can get a bit carried away at times - trying to name the species, trying to get the perfect shot.  And when we do I think we can lose sight of just how remarkable birds are.

So here are some pictures - not named deliberately - that just show some birds with nothing but the wing beneath their wings and the sky above them.  Just remarkable.













I hope you enjoy these simple shots.

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12 comments:

  1. Cloudia4 October 2023 at 03:26

    That is a Java sparrow. I enjoyed your free photos of flying birds. Beautiful! Thank you Aloha!

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  2. Lydia C. Lee4 October 2023 at 07:09

    Some lovely shots with angles on the wings.

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  3. roentare4 October 2023 at 07:43

    They look like they were pinned up in the sky

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  4. Yamini MacLean4 October 2023 at 09:52

    Hari OM
    All awesome... oh, but image #6... finest formation flying! YAM xx

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  5. Marie Smith4 October 2023 at 10:04

    Beauties all! I watch the gull along the shoreline on windy days, floating on the breeze, playing really. Amazing!

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  6. Shiju Sugunan4 October 2023 at 10:56

    These are fantastic shots!

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  7. Margaret Birding For Pleasure4 October 2023 at 16:04

    Great Images Stewart Free as a bird! Thanks for gosting and I hope you have a good week ahead

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  8. Kenneth Cole Schneider4 October 2023 at 22:23

    Lofty selections-- the grace and beauty of flight

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  9. Florida Farm Girl5 October 2023 at 03:04

    I am a bird lover as you know, and I can and do spend hours watching the birds here in the trees around my house. My birding pals and I have a standing Friday birding date mostly year round. My house is like a tree house on the side of a mountain so I'm looking out into the canopies rather than at trunks. Unfortunately there are window casualties occasionally and when I pick a bird up I am so totally amazed at how little they weigh. All that movement, color and activity for something you can hardly even feel in your hand. I just don't see how some folks never even see the millions of birds that are all around us every day.

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  10. Marcia5 October 2023 at 10:17

    Lovely to watch them from beneath.

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  11. Linda5 October 2023 at 13:45

    You make it look easy to get photos of birds on the web, but I know it is not.

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  12. Caroline 8 October 2023 at 01:50

    Hi Stewart, beautiful photos of the flying birds. Have a nice weekend.

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