Your Monday Photo Shoot: Snap some shots of the birds around you. Whether they're out your window or in your house as pets, let's see some pictures of your fine feathered friends. You can take new shots or use old ones -- but try not to use shots you've already used before.
I decided to use older pictures. Mostly because the newest ones, of our neighborhood cranes, have already been shown off. These first two were taken *gulp* over 20 years ago, when I was just a wee lass. This is our orphan robin Scrappy (Dad called him "crappy"), with me and with Mr. French:
And here is a picture of our orphaned starlings circa 1990. These two actually lived long enough to be released back into the wild. In case you were wondering, the "nest" here is a heavy ashtray lined with paper towels. Isn't it amazing how, when they are bald, all birds look a little like Thanksgiving dinner (the body...not the giant yellow beak)?I'm glad I got to be a part of raising baby birds. They start out so tiny that you have to force-feed them. Then they get feathers and learn to fly. And every time you see that type of bird for the next year or two, you wonder if it's one of "yours."
4 comments:
The photo with you and Srappy is adorable!
Srappy = Scrappy
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Do you remember the sparrow triplets? We have a video of them flying around in my bedroom in Marlton. Remember the single starling who learned to come to my smoker's cough? Do you remember the baby rabbits that were given to us in some kind of trunk? Do you remember the 13 baby ducks who used to follow each other in a circle ... each one thinking that someone up the line HAD to be following Mommy! Ahhhh! Memories like this almost take the sting out of me killing your hamster with an avacado pit ... and all the fish with tainted water!
Oh, and one more thing! What the eff is that handicapped symbol doing beside the word verification? Is that so dyslexics can leave comments too?
Kids and birds, good combination. Thanks for sharing.
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