Photo 365 - Day 227 (Indiana Bird)

Day 227 (February 15th, 2011)
Title: Indiana Bird


Finishing my "trifecta" of bird photos, I have for you, Indiana Bird!  I was watching this bird walk carefully from one paver (paving stone) to the next, with a very dedicated/intense look on his beak.  Of course, the first thing that I think of (and who wouldn't) was the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  Specifically, the part in which Indiana has to walk on the stones, "In the Name of God" and missteps and nearly falls like 3,000 stories to his dooooom!  This pigeon had that same look.  I'm not sure if the bird was after the Holy Grail, but I'm more inclined to think he was looking for the Holy Breadcrumb. 


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Photo 365 - Day 226 (Yes Sir)

Day 226 (February 14th, 2011)
Title: Yes Sir

This is a follow-up to yesterday's "Punk Bird" shot.  When I saw this photo, I immediately pictured in my mind, this is what "Punk Bird" looks like when their dad shows up.  I can imagine the conversation:

"Coo!  Boy, what are you doing standing on one leg?!"

"Sorry sir, coo."

"And what's with that silly hair?!  Do you want to look like you just flew into a window?! Coo!"

"Sorry sir, coo."

"And stop squinting!  You've got eyes, open them! Coo!"

"Sorry sir, coo."

"Goodness, in MY day..."



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Photo 365 - Day 225 (Punk Bird)

Day 225 (February 13th, 2011)
Title: Punk Bird

Lately, whenever we go to the local mall, there are always (as old folks say) "Punk Kids" hanging out.  They are just sitting around, trying to look cool (course, just hanging out at a mall all day, at least to me, automatically reduces your cool level to zero), having an attitude that only a 15-year-old who gets a $50.00 a week allowance and has their parents pick them up when it time to go home, can have.  They also have these remarkably silly haircuts ("faux-hawks" and the like) - not that I'm giving them any flack for that, I know when I was a kid, I had some epically silly haircuts.  But, I find is slightly amusing that they are all trying to express their individually and anti-establishment they are - but they all have the same $45 haircut that more than likely they got at a "stylist" (rather than a barber, like I used to back in the "good ol' days").  I'm sure, in 30 years, they'll be at the mall, see a group of "Punk Kids" with their silly Bowl Cuts (it's a look that could come back! You don't know!) and say: "Man, thank goodness I was never like that when I was a kid!" 

The more things change, the more they stay the same!...

Of course, this photo ties in with the story only because when I saw the bird, I couldn't help thinking: "I wonder if other animals in nature have the same problems..."  Here was this pigeon, standing on a rail with only one foot ("Punk Birds" always got to be doing something different), with a "avant garde" hair-do (at least, for pigeon's it is), just hanging out at the mall.  I wonder what he say's to his friends when they show up: "Sup, coo.  Coo.  Yo." ... Probably not.

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Photo 365 - Day 201 (Spy Bird)

Day 201 (January 20th, 2011)
Title: Spy Bird


This one I took just because it was a bit silly (which seems to be a reason I take quite a few photos).  When I say this bird, it was standing in one place, hidden by some trees and it just kept turning its head back-and-forth, looking for something.  I could picture him saying: "You hear something?!  I know I heard something!  You were followed, weren't ya?!  You hear that?  What was that!?"  Poor little stressed out CIA bird... 

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Photo 365 - Day 191 (Got Seed?)

Day 191 (January 10th, 2011)
Title: Got Seed?

I like birds, I think they are fun to watch and take photos of.  Now, normally pigeons aren't the smartest of all the birds (I like to compare them, intelligence-wise, to a brick).  But, this little fella was stalking me.  We had a lovely lunch all ready to go at my favorite deli in Santa Cruz (Eric's!), and down flew this bird.  I thought, "Oh, a bird.  How lovely!  I should take a picture before he remembers how to fly and leaves! (again, IQ of a brick)."  I shot a few photos and got my yum-wich and ignored the bird.  He didn't fly away.  In fact, he slowly side-stepped closer and closer till he was about 2 feet from me.  Then he gave me this look like: "Sooo... I see you sitting there, enjoying your lovely sammich.  I was just thinking, perhaps you might have some seeds in your pocket that you might want to be tossing over here.  No reason why you might want to do that, if you have any seeds... Course, it would be tragic, just TRAGIC if anything happened to you while you were eating that darn yummy looking sammich.  Yep.  Tragic." 

I realize that I might have read a tiny bit more into that look than probably was there.  Perhaps when he went "Coo?" all he meant was "I'm a brick that can poop on your sandwich!"  Either way, I was worried and gave him a cracker.  He was appeased and we finished our meal, albeit with sidelong glances at him the whole time, just in case. 

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