Here’s a prime example of why I’m perfectly okay with having an only child:
For now, I’m calling this, “Demands of Parenthood” — but surely somebody can do better…
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Of course, we are presuming these birds are actually parent(s) and child(ren). It is certainly possible, though, that they aren’t related in a family sense, just as part of the same flock – in which case, the possibilities have expanded, greatly.
Parent/children theme: “ARE WE THERE YET?”
Generic: “Can you hear me NOW?!?”
Press Corps event: “Mr. President…”
Political talk show/Presidential debate: Left wing, centrist, right-wing – fence-sitters all.
And you said you were getting out of the political blogging business, Polimom – shame on you 😉
~EdT.
Do adult birds feed just any ole’ screaming young un? Because this poor Mockingbird seemed to be trying to feed all of these. I have another shot of them here (with a title you’ll probably laugh at…).
Re: out of the political blogging business. Amazingly, I think of photos I could shoot all the time in reaction to various stories. It’s one of the directions I’m thinking of going with all this…. so no, I’m probably not “out”. Go figure.
I love your Press Corps event caption!
So where’s the damned instruction manual?
OK, it wasn’t obvious from the shot that feeding was going on.
~EdT.
I’ve become fascinated by waterdrops — or rather, photographing them. They form on flowers Even on webs And they’re danged hard to capture! But oh, they’re so beautiful…
When Polimom smarted off as a kid, or thought I should have something because my friend Janey (or Johnny) had it, my father would threaten to send me to stay with my cousins. I didn’t know these cousins, but I’d …
When Adorable Child was 7, she decided she wanted to change her name to Cynthia. No… we didn’t know anyone with that name. No… it’s not a family name. It just popped out there one day. She started writing her …
Some years ago, my mother told me that she was looking forward to when AC became a teen. I truly don’t remember the exact conversation anymore (and I actually think it came up more than once), but the upshot was …
Of course, we are presuming these birds are actually parent(s) and child(ren). It is certainly possible, though, that they aren’t related in a family sense, just as part of the same flock – in which case, the possibilities have expanded, greatly.
Parent/children theme: “ARE WE THERE YET?”
Generic: “Can you hear me NOW?!?”
Press Corps event: “Mr. President…”
Political talk show/Presidential debate: Left wing, centrist, right-wing – fence-sitters all.
And you said you were getting out of the political blogging business, Polimom – shame on you 😉
~EdT.
Do adult birds feed just any ole’ screaming young un? Because this poor Mockingbird seemed to be trying to feed all of these. I have another shot of them here (with a title you’ll probably laugh at…).
Re: out of the political blogging business. Amazingly, I think of photos I could shoot all the time in reaction to various stories. It’s one of the directions I’m thinking of going with all this…. so no, I’m probably not “out”. Go figure.
I love your Press Corps event caption!
So where’s the damned instruction manual?
OK, it wasn’t obvious from the shot that feeding was going on.
~EdT.