Birds in Flight

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Capturing an image of a bird in flight is a fun challenge: skill in aiming and focusing; luck in ending up with something interesting.

A turkey vulture
A Turkey Vulture soars with wings spread wide
Dark-eyed junco just taking off from a honey locust branch.
A Dark-eyed Junco takes flight amid thorny branches
Cliff swallow
A Cliff Swallow with wings spread wide
Purple Martins
A Purple Martin slows down as it approaches a nesting gourd
Two Turkey Vultures
Two Turkey Vulture soaring a different angles
Turkey Vulture
A Turkey Vulture soars

Additional Photos from Spring, 2026

Barn Swallow
Northern Flicker blasting out of its nesting cavity
Purple Martin putting on the breaks
Grackles and Redwing Blackbirds taking off from the top of a sycamore tree
Turkey Vulture flying low above a walnut tree
Woodducks flying low over a dormant hayfield
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