Crabbing #4

Posted on August 22, 2022

Seagull eating crab's leg — Even the crab’s leg is eaten. No cracking tool just straight down the throat. Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, leg, Lincoln City, Oregon, Otis, Photography, rock, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, swallow, Timothy S. Allen

Crabbing #3

Posted on August 21, 2022

seagull eat crab — This seagull caught this crab and brought it to the rocky shore. It dropped it and began tearing the meat from the crab’s underside. I took this photo on the Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, crab, eat, fauna, fly, gray, Lincoln City, Otis, Photography, Salmon River Estuary, seagul, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Timothy S. Allen, white

Crabbing (cont.)

Posted on August 19, 2022

Seagull holding crab — The seagull has landed and will begin eating the crab it caught earlier. I photographed this on the Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, land, Oregon, Otis, Photography, river, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, shore, Timothy S. Allen, water bird

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Crabbing

Posted on August 18, 2022

Seagull flying with crab — The seagull just grabbed this crab and was flying to a dry spot to eat it. Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, light, Oregon, Photography, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, shadow, Timothy S. Allen, Water

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Bringing a Fish

Posted on July 5, 2022

Osprey flying in with a fish — These osprey eyases are growing in size and hunger. One of the eyases seems to be expressing need when seeing its father landing with a fish in its talons.

Category: animal, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: adult, baby, California, eyas, fish, fly, food, grow, Lake Sonoma, landing, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Leaving the Nest with Two Watching

Posted on June 22, 2022

Osprey flying from the nest while to babies look on. — Two eyases have their heads down, and all we can see is their eyes peeking out from the nest. I took this at Sonoma Lake, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, birds, brown, California, eyas, fauna, fly, hide, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Sonoma Lake, stick, Timothy S. Allen, white

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An Osprey Flying with a Fish

Posted on June 9, 2022

Osprey flying with a fish. — This is the same picture of the osprey that I published yesterday but tightly cropped. I’ve been learning about wildlife cropping from Matt Kloskowski’s Wildlife Editing Secrets course. He’s recommending that we consider the environment and the action of the wildlife when cropping. The crop would be based on what the photographer thought was most important.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, crop, fauna, feather, fish, fly, hunting, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, talons, Timothy S. Allen

Osprey Landing with a Fish

Posted on June 8, 2022

Osprey landing — This osprey had been in its nest, tearing up this fish and feeding its young. It had flown off and was landing on this pole. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, California, fauna, fish, fly, Lake Sonoma, landing, osprey, Photography, pole, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Aerodynamics of the Osprey, Part 4

Posted on June 5, 2022

Once touch down is successful, the osprey flattens its wings to reduce drag and settles into the nest. I took this at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aerodynamics, animal, bird, California, fauna, fly, land, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

The AErODYNAMICS of an Osprey

Posted on June 2, 2022

bird flying — Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are a very aerodynamic bird that can fly at speeds of 80 mph/ 128 kmh and glide with minimal flapping of wings. As this one approaches its nest, it must slow down.This is the 1st in a 4 part series. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, areodynamics, bird, California, fauna, feather, fly, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, speed, tail, Timothy S. Allen, wing

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Catching Itself After Falling

Posted on May 27, 2022

A fledging snowy egret catches itself after a fall. — This fledgling snowy egret was trying to fly from branch to branch when I saw it fall. It successfully grabbed long stringy branches that hang down from the eucalyptus tree where they nest. It slowly made its way up to higher branches. I photographed this bird at the W. 9th St. rookery in Santa Rosa, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: animal, bird, California, egret, fauna, fledging, fly, nest, Photography, Santa Rosa, snowy egret, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen, W. 9th St. Rookery

An Osprey Brings Half a Fish

Posted on May 25, 2022

An osprey flys into a nest — About 15 minutes later the original bird flew off with the fish. Its partner did not seem to want it. I photographed these birds at Lake Sonoma in Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, bird of prey, California, fauna, fish, fly, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, Raptor, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Turning Away

Posted on May 16, 2022

Anna's Hummingbird flying away — This Anna’s hummingbird had been at a feeder when it turned and began flying off. Their speed can be as high as 61 mph or 27 meters per second.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, Anna's Hummingbird, back yard, bird, California, Fast, fauna, fly, green, hummingbird, Santa Rosa

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Leaving the Nest

Posted on May 13, 2022

Red-shouldered hawk flying away from its nest. — This red-shouldered hawk is leaving the nest. If you look closely you can see a fuzzy head of an eyas above the edge of the nest. I took this picture at Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Park, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: animal, baby, bird, California, eyas, fauna, fly, leave, nest, red-shouldered hawk, Santa Rosa, Spring Lake Regional Park

Touch Down

Posted on April 13, 2022

Canadian goose landing on water — A Canadian goose coming in for a landing at Ellis Creek, Petaluma, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Park, Petaluma, Photography, Sonoma County, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, California, canadian goose, Ellis Creek, fly, fona, goose, landing, Petaluma, Water

Bird Behavior

Posted on April 7, 2022

bird aggression — This snowy egret has chased the other bird away and is now showing an aggressive stance.

Category: animal, bird, California, Environment, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aggression, battle, bird, California, chase, competition, display, egret, fly, fona, Santa Rosa, threat, W. 9th St. Rookery

Nesting White Heron Ready to Take Flight

Posted on March 23, 2022

Great White Heron getting ready to fly. — This is one of the many herons and egrets that are nesting at the W. 9th St. rookery in Santa Rosa, California.

Category: bird, California, Environment, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, California, fly, great white heron, nesting, Santa Rosa, W. 9th St. Rookery, white

Nesting Time

Posted on March 22, 2022

flying bird with stick — This snowy egret picked up this rather large stick and is flying it to its nest.

Category: Action, animal, bird, California, Environment, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, California, egret, feet, flight, fly, flying, nesting, orange, Santa Rosa, snowy egret, stick, W. 9th St Rookery, wing

Attempting to Land on a Persian Cornflower

Posted on January 4, 2021

Flower and Bees — This image was taken at Bees and Bloom a park and garden in Santa Rosa, California

Category: agriculture, animal, California, Environment, flower, Macro, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: agriculture, bee, Bee and Bloom, black, body, bright, California, colorful, flower, fly, gathering, insect, insects, Nature, pink, plants, pollin, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, sting

Honey Bee on a Flower

Posted on December 3, 2020

Honey bee on a flower — This image was taken at Bees and Bloom a park and garden in Santa Rosa, California

Category: agriculture, animal, Environment, flower, Nature, Park, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: agriculture, bee, Bee and Bloom, black, body, bright, California, colorful, flower, fly, gathering, insect, insects, Nature, pink, plants, pollin, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, sting, wings

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