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Thursday, 13 June 2013

NatureFootstep: Winged #92

Thursday's theme at NatureFootstep is 'Winged'. For all things 'winged', but not necessarily 'feathered' (flying insects welcome).

On a warm summer day, many birds like a good nap. Here are some examples, taken at the National Wetlands Centre:

NENE GOOSE
Sleepy Nene 1

RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Red Breasted Goose

BAR-HEADED GOOSE
Bar-Headed Goose 1

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38 comments:

  1. Forgetmenot52513 June 2013 at 18:15

    Hi Mitch, this is me finally trying to do a bit of a catch up on a few posts. Was away for most of May and its taken me another couple of weeks to catch up on stuff at home. These photos are fantastic. I've been trying to do 'bird' photos and I've come to realise, its not easy. I would love to get to the point where I can take those real action shots of birds in the air.......think that’s a bit ambitious though, maybe one day. I really like your red breasted goose, fantastic colours, we don't have geese like that here.

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 01:30

      Hi Loretta!! Good to see you back online!! I rarely try those 'action' shots of birds myself. As you probably know by now, I specialise in 'up close and personal' type shots with subjects ranging from birds and animals to flowers and insects. The simple reason is I'm much better at those than I am at the action shots!! LOL. The only place I've ever seen the Red-Breasted goose is at the National Wetlands Centre, here in Wales. They have colonies of several types of goose that aren't indigenous to the UK.

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  2. Nancy13 June 2013 at 19:22

    Amazing close-ups of three very beautiful geese. Well done.

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  3. Unknown13 June 2013 at 19:22

    Excellent photos of the birds napping! Just awesome!

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  4. Annemor13 June 2013 at 19:24

    I fell for the red brested goose. Not that the others aren't beautiful But it ha something ..
    Have a nice evening.
    Mormor

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 01:31

      Thanks Mormor. They are lovely aren't they? And they make a very funny sound, too :-))

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  5. Fatos C13 June 2013 at 21:43

    They are so cute but loved the first one .

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  6. eileeninmd13 June 2013 at 22:00

    Nice collection of Geese! They would all be new to me, great photos!

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 01:33

      Thanks Eileen :-)) None of these three species are indigenous to the UK, but there are colonies of each at the National Wetlands Centre, here in Wales.

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  7. NatureFootstep13 June 2013 at 22:19

    now I´m getting sleepy too. :)
    I had the pleasure to get a glimpse of the Nene goose in Hawaii. Think it was Big Island. Is this shot from there? I think it was a local species.

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 01:34

      Hi NF. The Nene is also known as the Hawaiian Goose, and is native to those islands. My shot wasn't taken there though. There is a permanent colony of them at the National Wetlands Centre here in Wales.

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  8. Jenn Jilks13 June 2013 at 23:47

    Such amazing shots! They are wonderful!
    Cheers from Cottage Country!

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  9. Carole M.13 June 2013 at 23:55

    beautiful closeups; new ones to me; well done Mitch

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  10. Danette 14 June 2013 at 01:03

    aww, I think you woke that last one up
    fabulous bird shot

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 01:36

      Thanks Danette :-)) That last one was just dozing as I took the shot :-))

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  11. kathyinozarks14 June 2013 at 02:33

    I loved these Mitch, never thought about birds needing to sleep too-what a great subject for photo taking

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 08:31

      Thanks Kathy :-)) Perhaps we should change the phrase 'having a cat-nap' to 'having a bird-nap'. LOL.

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  12. SquirrelQueen14 June 2013 at 05:04

    It looks like the Nene is sleeping well. Great shots of all the geese.

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  13. ulla laiho14 June 2013 at 09:13

    Beatiful birds and pictures!

    This morning I have looked at your photos from Colby gardens - how interesting specially the way (macro) you look at the flowers. Some of them I can see here in the wild in Sweden, some in my gardens - but I can understand from your way of working with the camera, that I have to learn to take better macro-pictures.

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    1. MitchyLR14 June 2013 at 19:26

      Thanks Ulla :-))

      Also thanks for looking at my Colby photos. Macro photography requires lot of patience. It helps to have a good camera/lens, of course but just as importantly is patience and practice, practice, practice!! Don't be disheartened by lots of bad photos. For every one good macro I save, I delete maybe three or four bad ones.....sometimes more.

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  14. Mina fotostunder14 June 2013 at 18:56

    Beautiful shots!

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  15. Sofia14 June 2013 at 21:43

    I am amazed how you can get so close to them!
    Great shots.

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  16. Asha Ram15 June 2013 at 03:25

    How wonderful! There's so much peace in those photos.

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  17. Gemma Wiseman15 June 2013 at 09:37

    The detail of the feathers is magnificent! Especially love the second photo capturing the closed eyes of contentment!

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  18. Bob Bushell15 June 2013 at 19:13

    Lovely Geese.

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  19. Birgitte16 June 2013 at 12:13

    Det er meget fine billeder af gaser ;-)

    http://2.104.134.159/wordpress/2013/06/16/nf-winged-92/

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