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06 November 2009

Photo Friday: The Birds and The Bees

post by: essexjan at: 02:25 | 30 comments

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posted by essexjan 06 November | 02:58

Damn, don't know how the pigeon footprints got in there twice. But that's one of my favourite pictures, so I don't care.

posted by essexjan 06 November | 03:14

Those are really nice, Jan!

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Yeah, I like bees.

posted by Specklet 06 November | 03:54

Woo, been playing around with a new camera, and actually have some birds!

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posted by TheophileEscargot 06 November | 05:17

I can see my office in your first photo, Theo! And I expect that's one of the cormorants I see regularly on my lunchtime walks around the dock.

Love the seagull.

What camera is it?

posted by essexjan 06 November | 05:28

Wow, you must have a good view Jan!

The camera's a Canon PowerShot SX200 IS. Pretty happy with it, chunky high-end compact, you can shove it in a coat pocket but it's still got a nice 12x optical zoom and plenty of manual options.

posted by TheophileEscargot 06 November | 06:11

Wish I did. I'm on the 4th floor so I get a view of the DLR as it rumbles past. The rest of the view is obscured by Pan Peninsula.

posted by essexjan 06 November | 06:47

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posted by ColdChef 06 November | 09:11

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posted by BoringPostcards 06 November | 09:11

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posted by ColdChef 06 November | 10:38

Pelicans:
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(That's my mom in the front with the horn-rimmed glasses and white shoes.)

posted by ColdChef 06 November | 10:41

I thought of two more! Not good pics, but funny.

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posted by Specklet 06 November | 10:50

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These guys are over two stories tall, by an artist called Dr. Evermor.

posted by Sil 06 November | 11:32

Thirsty Crow
Exitting Heron
Weather Vane
Raven
Gulls

posted by rollick 06 November | 12:05

Duck,

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Duck,

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Heron!

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posted by tommasz 06 November | 13:22

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The little owl on the front of the US dollar.

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posted by Kronos_to_Earth 06 November | 13:26

I don't see the owl....

posted by aniola 06 November | 14:54

Owl? We always said that was a spider.

posted by ColdChef 06 November | 15:52

I heard (saw) spider too, but that's a beautiful bee and thistle.

posted by Specklet 06 November | 16:11

aniola, towards the top right, there's a straight part that then curves down in a quarter-circle, and the owl is sitting in the curve.

posted by essexjan 06 November | 16:14

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posted by essexjan 06 November | 16:20

Oop! Not quick enough! More owl pareidolia instructions: If you focus on two tiny white spots on either side of a dark beak, then interpret the lines leading away from the 'head' as partially unfolded wings, it looks owl-ish.

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 06 November | 16:32

Heron in Shosei-en, Kyoto Japan:
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A sign in the same park:
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posted by kodama 06 November | 18:33

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The white pigeon who used to watch us swim. He's from a flock of those "rollers" that flip/fall/roll.

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Part of the flock of feral parrots from Pasadena.

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Parrot in the orange tree behind our house. They use their beaks to peel the ripe oranges.

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I don't have bee photos, but here are some naughty flies.

posted by simbiotic 06 November | 22:01

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posted by flapjax at midnite 06 November | 22:16

What the heck, here's a few more...

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posted by flapjax at midnite 06 November | 22:23

simbiotic, I love the parrot in the orange tree.

on preview: flapjax, the green penguins are awesome!

posted by BoringPostcards 06 November | 22:26

Thanks, BP!

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posted by essexjan 07 November | 04:01

I see it as an owl now! Makes a better owl than a spider.

Also, lovely pics, everybody!

posted by Specklet 07 November | 06:17

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