Tag: birds

Never stop looking up

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It’s a question of perspective: the stork looks down and I look up to him.

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And it even looks down on tall towers, water towers, and

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church spires, and

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artisans’ trees.

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Or real trees.

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Looking up, it’s more than one bird,

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yet the single one stands out

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even as it settles down.

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Point your camera upwards.

 

Sticking together

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Six ducklings, can’t tell if it’s boys or girls.

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Six ducklings, all grown up.  Everybody can tell: three boys, three girls,

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Lots of pigeons, anytime. Sitting anywhere at all.

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Lots of pigeons, in winter. Sitting in a row.

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And flying high!

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: 5+ items. Click on the link for more than 5.

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Birds minus

Birds missing vital parts in the following pictures.

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Stork minus a leg.

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Duck also minus a leg.

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Gray goose without a beak.

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Duck also without a beak.

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Canadian goose without a neck, or possibly without a head.

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Two ducks without any upper body parts.

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Pigeon without head.

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Swan also without head.

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Flamingo without neither neck nor head.

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Cockerel without colour.

For Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge.  More odd photos or photos with odd subjects can be found here.

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Birds of many feathers

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The theme for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is birds.  I’ve decided to go with selective colour although in the last picture of the Canada goose it was difficult to find any colour in the animal itself.

Here are more monochrome photos of birds.

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Threesome, twosome, flysome

Nancy Merill at A Photo A Week asked for mismatched sets.  Can you spot which one is the odd one out?

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Find the lack shee… seagull.

And some more birds.  Spot the odd one out:

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A Photo a Week: one of these things.  More mismatched sets can be found here.