Ah, yes…the story. I really like this one. You see, I was walking along and I looked down. There was a duck.

Gary Bendig

a large white bird standing on top of a sandy beach

An amusing moment of a beautiful swan being distinctly ungraceful as it tries to crane its neck and beak enough to clean some neck feathers. It's a low angle shot looking up at a full standing mute swan on the shore of a lake in a park with water, trees, and a clear blue sky behind it. Look at the teeth on that thing!

Chris Linnett

a pink flamingo standing on a sandy beach

Robin Teng

shallow focus photography of multicolored bird

A Rainbow Lorikeet preens itself at Kuranda Birdworld, Australia.

David Clode

a pink flamingo standing in a pool of water

Bonnie Kittle

a pink flamingo standing next to a pink flamingo

a close up of a flamingo with a black background

Pink flamingo pluming feathers at Jersey Zoo (Durrell), Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands

Preening