It was perfect timing to photograph an eagle on top of Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah, even flappimg the wings
Eagle on the Forsyth Park Fountain
Eagle Flapping Wings
Eagle with Robed Woman on top of Forsyth Park Fountain
Eagle Flapping Wings on the Forsyth Park Fountain
Finding Wings, as a sculpture, while real wings are in the background at the Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina
Finding Wings – by Elizabeth Foley
Australian Shaducks, at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, are large, rusty brown and black ducks with extensive white on their wings. The female has white around her eye and bill, while the male has an all-black head.
Australian Shelduck
In addition to flowers at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, we spotted a heron.
Heron is a long-legged, long-necked wading bird with a long, tapering bill and large wings. Herons are in the Ardeidae family and are found all over the world, but are most common in tropical regions. They feed by quietly wading in shallow water, catching fish, frogs, and other aquatic animals.
Heron in a Pond
The King Vulture is an uncommon, large, and spectacular bird of lowland tropical forest, mainly in wilder areas and not around human habitation. Most often seen soaring overhead in mid-late morning, often fairly high up; rarely seen perched. Striking adult has a colorful head and neck, piercing white eyes, and mostly white plumage with a black trailing edge to the wings and tail. Here is a captive, perched vulture at Carolina Raptor Center, North Carolina.
King Vulture
The red-shouldered hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. With large, broad wings with long tails and heavy bodies, female red-shouldered hawks are larger than males. Here is a female fluttering its wings at Carolina Raptor Center, North Carolina.
Red-shouldered Hawk Female Fluttering Wings
Red-shouldered Hawk Female Fluffing Wings
The Eurasian eagle-owl is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 30 inches, with a wingspan of 6 ft. 2 in, with males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish coloring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred and the underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker coloring.
Here is a male Eurasian eagle-owl at the Carolina Raptor Center, North Carolina.
Eurasian Eagle Owl Male
Eurasian Eagle Owl Male Piercing Eyes
Outstandingly maneuverable, Lanner Falcons use their large tails and relatively low wing loading to perform exceptionally to the lure and can take a range of small birds as prey. The piercing eyes of a Lanner Falcon at the Carolina Raptor Center, North Carolina.
Eyes of a Lanner Falcon Male
Lanner Falcon Male Closeup
A winged horse springs from a mass of clouds, forelegs bent and head lifted in the upward rush. He soars on massive wings, bearing a rider lightly stretched along his back.
“Pegasus” by Laura Gardin Fraser at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Pegasus
Pegasus – Another View
“Presidential Eagle” by Sandy Scott at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
A majestic eagle caught in the moment before flight. The wings are extended overhead and the body is crouched and ready to take off, talons gripping the rock base.
Eagle
Captured a rooster fluttering its wings in a rural farm in India
Fluttering Its Wings