April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by photonatureblog

Look Ma, No Wings!

I found this pair of birds today ( House Finches? ) as one was showing off, speeding through the air without the use of its wings. Of course that was just for the split second I froze the moment with my camera 🙂

Photo Copyright Jeffrey Foltice

No_Wings

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amrn65 April 18, 2017 at 7:28 pm

EPIC!!!!

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:59 pm
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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wordsfromanneli April 18, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Yes, house finches. What a shot!!

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:59 pm
  
  Thank you Anneli! 🙂
  
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hitandrun1964 April 18, 2017 at 9:25 pm

Incredible and wonderful.

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:59 pm
  
  Thanks very much! 🙂
  
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avian101 April 18, 2017 at 10:34 pm

Jeff, better change that to…Look Dad, no wings! Great shot! 🙂

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:58 pm
  
  Lol, thanks! Well, I used it as a turn of phrase that people might recognize, with “wings” instead of “hands” and you are correct that the bird on the rail is a male and the one in flight is a female. They are probably a matched pair and the one on the rail isn’t likely its father.
  
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76sanfermo April 19, 2017 at 2:51 am

Wonderful!

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:58 pm
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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asahjaya April 19, 2017 at 1:03 pm

Nice. It gives the illusion the bird being catapult through the air. The expressions of the bird looking down at the road travelled and the other a surprised onlooker, priceless.

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1. photonatureblog April 19, 2017 at 4:58 pm
  
  Thanks so much 🙂
  
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dweezer19 April 21, 2017 at 9:09 pm

Great shot!

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