F/10.0, 1/400, ISO 400.
Black Vulture
Why can’t you give Elsa a balloon?
Because she will Let it go.
Interesting Fact: Black Vultures lack a voice box and so their vocal abilities are limited to making raspy hisses and grunts. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Vulture/lifehistory )
F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 250.
European Starling
What’s the difference between a guitar and a fish?
You can’t tuna fish.
Interesting Fact: Starlings turn from spotted and white to glossy and dark each year without shedding their feathers. The new feathers they grow in fall have bold white tips – that’s what gives them their spots. By spring, these tips have worn away, and the rest of the feather is dark and iridescent brown. It’s an unusual changing act that scientists term “wear molt.” ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/640, ISO 7200.
Pied-Billed Grebe
Why do sharks make terrible lawyers?
They’re too nice!
Interesting Fact: Pied-billed Grebe chicks typically leave the nest the first day after hatching and spend much of their first week riding around on a parent’s back. They usually spend most of their first 3 weeks on or near the nest platform. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pied-Billed_Grebe )
Through Open Lens 