detail: foot and talon

By neighdoctor July 22, 2014 detail: foot and talon

an osprey’s very life depends on the ability of its feet and talons to grab and hold a slippery fish during capture and flight

graceful

By neighdoctor July 22, 2014 graceful

graceful snowy egret in the fog over the Haw River this morning

By neighdoctor July 21, 2014 rock pigeon flight

brilliant, the red eye of the rock pigeon

By neighdoctor July 20, 2014 precise and delicate

precise and delicate is the talon grip that Amelia the osprey has with the fish she has just caught

By neighdoctor July 20, 2014 tare friendship

tare is an elder word for weed; I think not of any plant as a weed, but simply as a part of the Creator’s wonders; all tare are wildflowers

By neighdoctor July 19, 2014 yearling eagle fishing

head still between the leading edges of her wings, this yearling eagle has caught a small fish