The last two shots of the series, in which the pink granite of the cliff above the village becomes visible.
At that point, there were five red kites flying in that area but I was never to get them all into one shot.

Two red kites, maybe a mated pair, doing synchronized aerobatics above my Mom's house.
#Corsica, #France, November 2025.
Ten shots divided into a series of 3 posts.

#Birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Raptors #BirdsOfPrey #BirdsInFlight #Kites

With minimal training in the previous weeks she was last after the first run but she is fearless so she passed several people in the mountain bike portion (with mud, sand, llamas, donkeys, chickens, and pigs in the way) who never caught up. She didn't make a podium but had fun.

I am not sure if this was love of an argument. I think the latter but I don't speak flamingo

That's also a photographic challenge when everything is so large.

They were imported from the Andes to clear brush. They adapted well to the environment & became an attraction. The duathlon ran through their pasture & I took some hilarious shots. I'll post some if I can figure out how to blur faces (didn't ask permission to post shots and many runners were kids).

I was afraid of this question 🤣
This place is called Riva Bella near Aleria. In summer it is a naturist camp but in winter they host competitions (clothes on). We went for a duathlon my sister was competing in (clothes on).

Those tree make the giraffe look small. That's telling us something about the height of those trees 😳

Stunning!

As they should all be!

Love it! It's an excellent rendering of a monarch caterpillar. Down to every line on the body.

Thank you!