Blurry Crows in Flight, (And an Update on the Contest!)
More about the contest in a minute... But first about the crows... As I’ve mentioned, the wife and I take a lot of pictures of the birds. Some pictures come out quite well, and some don’t. (My photos fall squarely in the latter category.) And usually, the ones that are unfocused junk, (mine) just get deleted, and that’s that. But there was something special about the following three photos.
The first is of a crow taking flight. And yes, I know that the picture ain’t great – but the subject is. Look at the lean and launch of the thing, and the incredible arc of the wings.
The next is a photo of the same crow perhaps a second later. The remiges (or flight feathers) are shown in all their glory as he climbs for altitude.
Finally, there is this guy coming in for a “landing”... The twelve retrices (or tail feathers) are visible - extremely cool.
Now, back to the contest!
It’s still not too late to enter the “’Tis the Season to be Jolly (to the Tune of $100)” Contest!
Once again... Here are the rules...
All you need to do is respond to the original contest post (see above for the link) by entering a comment describing How Feeding the Birds has Improved My Life using 200 words or less by midnight 12/15/2006. The winner gets a $100 eBirdseed.com Gift Certificate. Multiple comments (entries) for this contest are acceptable, but each must be unique, distinct, and will be judged as such. Finally, the ruling of the judges (owners Dan and Gordon, bloggers Kathryn and Alan) is final. Employees of eBirdseed.com (and their families) are ineligible.
But time is getting very short!
See you by the feeders,
Alan
The first is of a crow taking flight. And yes, I know that the picture ain’t great – but the subject is. Look at the lean and launch of the thing, and the incredible arc of the wings.
The next is a photo of the same crow perhaps a second later. The remiges (or flight feathers) are shown in all their glory as he climbs for altitude.
Finally, there is this guy coming in for a “landing”... The twelve retrices (or tail feathers) are visible - extremely cool.
Now, back to the contest!
It’s still not too late to enter the “’Tis the Season to be Jolly (to the Tune of $100)” Contest!
Once again... Here are the rules...
All you need to do is respond to the original contest post (see above for the link) by entering a comment describing How Feeding the Birds has Improved My Life using 200 words or less by midnight 12/15/2006. The winner gets a $100 eBirdseed.com Gift Certificate. Multiple comments (entries) for this contest are acceptable, but each must be unique, distinct, and will be judged as such. Finally, the ruling of the judges (owners Dan and Gordon, bloggers Kathryn and Alan) is final. Employees of eBirdseed.com (and their families) are ineligible.
But time is getting very short!
See you by the feeders,
Alan