Stretch

by morpheus71

The elegant (near fledgling) Peregrine falcon chick 'VK' stretching her wings at the edge of her nest.

St Michael's Church
Mount Dinham
Exeter

Pentax K3 Mark1
Sigma 50-500mm APO OS lens at 500mm hand-held
Uploaded22/06/2019 - 20:12
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GIULIO57
Posted 23/06/2019 - 06:44 Link
Stretching her wings and more important "sipping"air in her lungs(air sacs)....to become lighter. Useful feature of all birds allowing them to get a better flying
PPG
Edited by GIULIO57: 23/06/2019 - 06:44
morpheus71
Posted 23/06/2019 - 23:52 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
Stretching her wings and more important "sipping"air in her lungs(air sacs)....to become lighter. Useful feature of all birds allowing them to get a better flying

Many thanks for sharing your wisdom Giulio I guess this is because they don't have a diaphragm?

Can't wait to see the youngster start learning to fly this week coming, due to fledge on Monday or Tuesday
GIULIO57
Posted 25/06/2019 - 05:26 Link
morpheus71 wrote:
GIULIO57 wrote:
Stretching her wings and more important "sipping"air in her lungs(air sacs)....to become lighter. Useful feature of all birds allowing them to get a better flying

Many thanks for sharing your wisdom Giulio I guess this is because they don't have a diaphragm?

Can't wait to see the youngster start learning to fly this week coming, due to fledge on Monday or Tuesday

I'm not wise.....I read it on science books (wisdome of other peoples. Not mine....)...
PPG
morpheus71
Posted 25/06/2019 - 17:45 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
morpheus71 wrote:
Quote:
Stretching her wings and more important "sipping"air in her lungs(air sacs)....to become lighter. Useful feature of all birds allowing them to get a better flying

Many thanks for sharing your wisdom Giulio I guess this is because they don't have a diaphragm?

Can't wait to see the youngster start learning to fly this week coming, due to fledge on Monday or Tuesday

I'm not wise.....I read it on science books (wisdome of other peoples. Not mine....)...

Still, I appreciate your sharing of that knowledge. Thanks

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