This is my entry for the Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 28! The theme for this round is "Bird Feet and Legs". You can learn more about the contest and how to enter HERE!
My first photo is my entry and I took my photo at the Conowingo Dam area in Harford County, Maryland. Can you guess what bird these slender legs and feet belong to?
I hope you guessed the Great Blue Heron! It was a lot of fun watching this Great Blue Heron sneaking up on a photographer who was shooting in the opposite direction that this pretty bird was approaching from. I think someone motioned to her that the Heron was behind her because she turned around and I'm sure got some terrific shots of this beautiful bird!
I have to say that I did have a little bit of a hard time with this one. For some reason my brain read 'bird feet and legs' but only registered the feet part .. lol. So, I did some re-cropping on the photos that I had already cropped because you know I'm not just gonna show off the feet and legs of just one bird now! I tend to have a "love / hate" relationship with this next bird.
That's right! It's the Blue Jay! I love them because they are so pretty but I hate that they can be so aggressive sometimes. Mostly, I love them though but prefer to see them from a distance.
Shhhh! I don't want to spook you but these legs and feet do look a little scary!
They just happen to belong to a Black Vulture. There is a 'committee' of Black Vultures that reside at the Conowingo Fisherman's Park in Harford County. They can be scary looking especially when they are perched quietly up in a tree and you just happen to look up without expecting to see them. You would think that I would be used to seeing them up there already! I do think they are pretty cool looking birds though and I love seeing them when I visit there.
The next bird feet and legs belong to a very common bird and it is an easy one to guess?!
If you guessed "chicken" then (sorry) that is incorrect! They belong to this Gull that was hanging out in a parking lot. The feet do resemble the feet of a chicken but the webbing is a definite give away.
Speaking of webbing ...
I photographed this Goose while I was visiting Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County, Maryland. Loch Raven Reservoir is a less than ten minute drive from where I live.
My last collage of feet and (little) legs are from a bird that lives even closer!
They belong to, Jimmy, our Sun Conure! Honestly, I'm not even sure if the feet match up to the photos at this point. I took so many photos trying to get his feet but Jimmy does like to move around quite a bit!
As a matter of fact, it almost looked like he was doing an Irish jig at one point! 😁
Thank you @nelinoeva for the Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest!!
Thank you @melinda010100 for #featheredfriends!!
Thank you also to all the sponsors and @oks2crypto for judging!!
All photos and text by me @deerjay. All rights reserved.
Thank you so much @pixresteemer!! 💞
I love reading your posts, Dee and you always manage to make me smile.
Great shots of different birds and their legs and feet and all look amazing,
But Jimmy stole my heart. He is like a little sun. No wonder it is called Sun Conure. 😀❤
Thank you very much Neli!! That makes me happy to hear that it made you smile! I can see why Jimmy would have that effect..lol. He is a like a bright sunny spot and when I saw that last photo I knew just how I wanted to end my post. 😊💕
This is so beautiful, and motivating. I guess I will have to pickup my camera and go in seach of birds and animals! Lovely!!!
Thank you @sunnyag!! Feathered Friends is an awesome community! You can post any kind of bird photos in Feathered Friends and Feathered Friends Show Me A Photo aka #smap has a different theme every week. 🙂
Thank you so much @ackhoo and @qurator Team!! Much appreciated!! 💖
Nice selection of varied feet and legs Dee ! 😊
Thank you very much @barbara-orenya!! You know I couldn't show just one set of feet and legs..lol! 😉🙂
I know exactly what you mean 😁
Oh my goodness, I love Jimmy. That's so cool he sits on your hand like that.
Good stuff, great photos.
That black vulture looks a little scary to me, especially his feet.😨
Hi @farm-mom and thank you!! My husband is the one that handles Jimmy and I just take the photos. Jimmy does bite once in a while and it is too much for me. I love seeing the Black Vultures when we visit the Conowingo. They are interesting birds and a little creepy especially when they do the 'horaltic pose' where they open their wings up and kinda hunch over. 😱🙂
it's always a pleasure entering this fun contest. here's my entry titled: herring gull
https://ecency.com/hive-106444/@eolianpariah/entry-smap-28-legs-and
Hi @eolianpariah! I think you made a mistake posting your entry link on my post. You will want to post your link and photo on the #smap entry post. Here is where you want to post it: https://hive.blog/hive-106444/@nelinoeva/feathered-friends-show-me-a-aef0dbee5b0a6
you are correct. thanks for letting me know. i don't understand how that happened
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Nice collection of sexy legs you have here @deerjay although some could do with a bit of nail polish 🤣
Lol..thanks so much @kohsamui99!! We think alike as I thought the same thing about sexy legs and nail polish. You know what they say about 'great minds'..lol! 😁
Haha, yep it keeps us intrigued 😜 Have a great week my friend 👍