Entre chiens et loups, le jour s’apprête à vaincre l’obscurité.
Déjà, la vie animale s’active.
Ces heures calmes et fraiches profitent aux oiseaux en quête de nourriture.
Les Ibis falcinelles sont de la partie.
Malgré leur poids plume, les oiseaux peinent à ne pas s’enfoncer sur les îles végétales flottantes.
Et lorsque la lumière apparait, découvrir les chaudes teintes du plumage est un vrai ravissement.
Les reflets changent à tout moment.
Élégance poussée à l’extrême …
Propulsion …
Décollage immédiat …
Entre ailes et plumes 
Dear Dr.Peten,
Water birds are my favorites but I have never seen an ibis
in real life. How and where did you take these photos?
I thought they all live on the Nile in Egypt.
Well, maybe on the Danube Delta? But it might be too cold
for them at winter. Just shows you what do I know.
The ibis look exotic and foreign to me, and they graceful way
they fly, it’s as if they were not real. I am surprised at the strange
color of their plumage, not what I imagined. No wonder the Egyptians
made bronzes of the ibis (and of course cats!).
I like your captions as much as the photos, they tell me that
you feel for your subjects.
I cannot seriously send you my pigeon photos to compete with
your ibis and night heron photos. The pigeons in my garden are
the only ones who let me come within a few centimeters, a necessity
with my 70 mm « telephoto » lens. I saw an hour ago the pigeon with
the lame or paralyzed leg, I quickly put out peanuts for him to supplement
the pigeon food mix the others get. He survived like this more than a year,
and another winter is nearly on us.
Many thanks for brightening up my Sunday afternoon!
All the three cats are in, including Missy the Norwegian who is normally
away somewhere, at least they are safe in here, I prefer that.
Best regards
John Kapusi
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You are right, these Ibis were photographed in the Danube Delta.
Thank you for your visit 🙂
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Belles images et joliment bien écrit.
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Merci beaucoup Nathalie 🙂
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Hello Stephan,
Quelles superbes photos et quelle élégance animale.
Bisous et encore merci pour les magnifiques fleurs.
Maman et Papa.
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Photos toujours aussi superbes, jolies mettant en valeur l’oiseau avec élégance et commentaires justes.
C’est une merveille de pouvoir découvrir cela derrière un écran à 80 ans.
Merci de nous les envoyer
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