Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Tuesday Morning Sniping






For all you snipe hunters out there, the call of Wilson's Snipe:
Wilson's Snipe -- Gallinago delicata

Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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15 comments:

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

Could the colors reflecting on the lake be any purtier? That one bird looks like s/he got surprised.

Randal Graves said...

'tis the war god's day, after all.

Mandos said...

Your blog had a birdrobe malfunction.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Birdies haz no shame.
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21 Wits said...

Oh sweet tweet, tweet, tweeeet, chirp....tweet, caw, caw, CAW! "Hey nobody invited you caw- caw somewhere else...were singing pretty chirpy songs here my friend!".....chirp, chirp...tweet-tweet...TWEET!!!!!!!!!!

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Those titmice sure are comical little things.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

All quibbling aside, you are really developing a hand for nature photography, thndr.

Substance McGravitas said...

Pic #3 is OMG FOOD

Smut Clyde said...

Come on Substance, it's only a couple of mouthfuls.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Yes, they are hilarious, B^4.

Hanx, zrm!
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mikey said...

Some titmouses are more tufted than others. It is apparently not a true meritocracy.

You have clearly passed local "Right to Eat" legislation...

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Yep. All are welcome, no matter how big or small the mohawk...
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Alexia said...

omg cuteness attack.

The lake shot is stunningly beautiful. And thanks for the link - I didn't know that site, and have just spent half the afternoon listening to bird calls...

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

I have a couple of good links to neat birdie houses at one of my recent posts.


Nobody will click over, I know, else I would include a link sigh I am getting another drink.

laurak/ForestWalkArt :) said...

glass lake...so serene...cut through by the geese! beautiful shot!!

that one bird...with the open mouth! ha! "let me IN open the damn cage!! who puts FOOD in a cage!!" haha!!

(playing 'catch up' this weekend. i'll be back!)