Great song, the original as well as the remixed version!Heard this and thought about the resident fisherman.
Yeah, there's not much meat on 'em either.Depending on the caliber and type of shot, there may not be enough of the hummingbird left to photograph.
I recall a book about a seagull...This thread reminded me of a book I once read. It was about a Great Blue Heron. I tried looking for it on Amazon but I don't think I found. There was a title by Avi and it was titled Blue Heron. But it wasn't what I was looking for.
I did find this book about photographing birds
I ran across this colorful specimen recently. It's a purple gallinule, a rare sighting for the area where I live:
If he keeps to himself and doesn't wander off too far from the lake, he should be fine for the foreseeable future, I hope. On the bright side, I haven't seen anyone harass him in a while, for several weeks at least.Sorry if someone asked this before SK, but do you know what will happen to Charlie yet?
Gorgeous colours! Like a little, tail-less peacock! Thank you!I ran across this colorful specimen recently. It's a purple gallinule, a rare sighting for the area where I live:
Afterwards, I kept thinking of things I should have said, in a nice way, to make them realize that they were intruding upon the moment instead of taking it in as quiet bystanders who were fortunate enough to come upon the alligator in its natural element.Well, he certainly is a handsome gator. And good for you, SK, those people sounded like real pieces of work.
Come to think of it, it does look a little peacock-ish.Gorgeous colours! Like a little, tail-less peacock! Thank you!
Instead, I said, "Your car is parked illegally on the side of the road over there."
I took a picture of their vehicle, then walked around to the back and got one of the license plate. They were all looking at me, so I took a group shot of them by the side of the lake.
Before I could wave goodbye, they were hustling toward the car and on their way, leaving the gator in peace for the time being.
I'm pretty sure most boys that age would want to bean an alligator with a pine cone; but that's the exact time when the adults in the group should discourage such conduct and explain why it's so very uncool instead of stand by and watch...
Go get 'em, Tiger.
I loathe people like that.
I would have been handing out butt whoopings after the second pine cone hit the water. Of course my boys were more likely to be stripping to their underoos, with grand plans of wading in and catching him.
A stunt they once saw their mother pull with a big snapping turtle. But we won't go there. *counts toes one more time to be sure they're all there*
You're a nice guy, SK. I suspect the only reason the little darlings were using pine cones was a rock shortage in the immediate area. And good on you for speaking up! So many of us would have just shook our heads and moved along, rather than deal with the less-then-positive response.I'm pretty sure most boys that age would want to bean an alligator with a pine cone;
Yeah, but how many fingers do you have?
Those turtles are vicious! Somehow they never know that you're trying to help them across the road...
I'm really not that nice, as my first reaction was to march up to them and raise hell. But I kept my emotions in check, mostly for the sake of the boys in the group, who didn't need to see their mom and grandmother yelled at by a stranger, or anyone else.You're a nice guy, SK...
What I felt like saying to the grandmother was, Did you raise that idiot by yourself, or did your husband help?