Comments on: It is nature that is all

By: Cowtown Pattie

Cowtown Pattie — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:50:37 +0000

Speaking of birds, the other day when we got home from work our two McDogs had bird doo-doo splattered on both of their heads. We have laughed ourselves silly over our goofy mutts.

By: Bakerina

Bakerina — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:15:36 +0000

Oh, now you’ve done it.

Cold Cape Cod clams, ‘gainst their wish, do it
Even lazy jellyfish do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love…

All kidding aside, the photos are indeed beautiful, and your words, as always, leave me lost in thought.

By: srp

srp — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:07:48 +0000

The birds around here have already “done it.” The robin who toiled and built his nest in a sticky, thorny holly bush was rewarded. There are now four blue eggs in the nest and parents taking turns keeping them warm.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:01:36 +0000

Nice post and great photos.

By: Raehan

Raehan — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:11:49 +0000

What a lovely mouth she has. So earnest and lovely.

By: Christine Thresh

Christine Thresh — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:05:32 +0000

Well, they could have named it “brown and cream mottled feathers pale golden patch on the throat bird,” but that is quite a mouthful. I love the red-winged blackbird. I enjoy the flash of red, then begin to search for the females.
Christine, on an island in the California Delta

By: lindy

lindy — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:01:15 +0000

What lovely birds. Super photos.

The presence of birds adds an extra audio-visual dimension to everything. This year I have had to adjust to a bird-song related dilemma.

I live in an apartment bldg which is arranged like a double decker set of 8 row houses (from the 1920′s.) It is set on a pretty good sized hill above the sidewalk level, on a street with lots of old trees, and there are quite a few trees on the hill, too. So my apartment is level with the tops of lots of trees, a nice treehousey effect. This also means there are birds-tons of them-all the time. I don’t always see them, but I always hear them.

This spring there are birds I haven’t seen them yet-and don’t know what sort- whose song is just about identical to the ring of my phone! I was answering the phone when no one called all the time, until I learned to listen for the interval between, as well as the distinctive sound. The birds’ intervals are irregular, unlike the phone.

By: TravelingMermaid

TravelingMermaid — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:47:47 +0000

I love it when I find a fellow human who enjoys the small miracles of nature as I do. Great post!