Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Unknown Beautiful Flowers



Originally uploaded by Luke Brown
These lovely blooms were photographed and uploaded to Flickr by Luke Brown, who is located in England, and who also is responsible for the "robins" on one of my recent blogs which I did not believe were robins. Well, they are robins--European robins, which is why they are so different from American robins. It's never too late to learn, and learning is something I love to do.

I would like to learn what these beautiful flowers are. I hope someone will enlighten me by leaving a comment.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

brant-geese-estero-bluffs


brant-geese-estero-bluffs
Originally uploaded by mikebaird
This simple and perfect picture of geese just being geese caught my eye, and I had to add it to the birds I have been intrigued by lately. It was uploaded to Flickr by Mike Baird, whose photos can be seen at http://bairdphotos.com, and who is one of my favorite photographers of bird life and other things in nature.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Watching Me


Watching Me
Originally uploaded by CharlesLam
Another little bird person. They turn their heads to look at us. I love this one. More later.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Sparrow


Sparrow
Originally uploaded by izzie_whizzie
Here's another bird I couldn't resist. I will soon be writing a blog about birds, and will make an attempt to tie together all my miscellaneous bird pictures.
I find birds endlessly fascinating. Even the Turkey Vulture, whom I used to dislike, now entrances me. He has such an interesting personality. Turkey Vultures are not aggressive, they are generous to each other, they like to play together in the wind currents, and often, when rescued by humans, they bond to them and will follow them around like a dog. One in California that was rescued when it was tiny, bonded with people even though its rescuers tried to prevent that. It was released it into the wild, but ended up in a parking lot following people around, so its rescuers had to take it back, concluding that it didn't qualify for release. In my mind's eye I could see this poor bird trying unsuccessfully to find a buddy in the parking lot.
Turkey Vultures are ugly, its true, but beautiful in other ways. They are beautiful when they fly, floating on the air currents without flapping their wings. Plus, they do a clean up job that none of the rest of us would want to do, a job that benefits us all.