🇫🇮 Lapintiira
🇬🇧 Arctic tern

I’m genuinely wondering howcome these living missiles do not get any neck injuries when plunging headlong to the sea. Haven’t seen any terns using wheelchair so they must know what they are doing

And this was actually the first time I ever saw a tern braking in the air and then flying briefly backwards when he re-positioned himself to align with the target. Spectacular!

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Cat's tongue.
Beauval Park, Saint-Aignan, France.
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I don't take it personally, they always look a bit grumpy, don't they? Northern Hawk-owl, Southern Finland. Cropped, taken from respectful distance. 🪶🦉 #owls #BirdsSeenIn2026 #NaturePhotography #birdsofmastodon

My last bird transect for the winter completed today. One of the highlights, a few Hazel Grouses on the snowy forest floor. 🪶
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Whack-it!!! A male Three-toed Woodpecker looking for grub to eat. 🪶🇫🇮
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Hawfinches been popping in my garden through the winter. 🪶🐦 #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇫🇮
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A Eurasian Woodcock resting on the forest floor at sundown, just before showtime. Southern Finland 🪶 #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇫🇮
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Yellow blooms awaken hope at dawn,🌼
Red flowers carry love till dusk is gone.🌺
Between them, life finds its meaning on.🌼🌺
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