Then I saw Brian King's images of House Sparrows and man... they were so beautiful.... I thought...hmmm.... I dunno.... mine are not that great in comparison.
But, then I thought....Hey !! just a darn minute..... this is not a competition..... it is just fun.
It's lots of fun just seeing other peoples amazing, beautiful, interesting, or just plain funny birds. I used to laugh out loud at Dave's photos. He used to post the butts of birds... as a matter of fact...that is the name of his blog... Birds from Behind ..... ... as that is mostly what we get trying to take photos of birds anyway. They jump out of the frame at the least opportune time. Sometimes we get a wing... a part of a foot...a butt....sometimes we get lucky on a first 'click'...sometimes you never get what you are trying for..... you get the idea.
Anyway... after all of that...I give you my lovely little House Sparrows. My sister and I have decided they are kinda like us. Our Dad used to tell us we were "homely"... miserable old shit.... our Mom used to tell us he meant "homey" to try to make us think he wasn't just rude. It's okay... maybe we are sort of middle of the road looking; even if one of his 3 girls was runner up to Miss Dominion of Canada one year ... .. feisty and fun .... and, on a good day, sort of cute. I'll take that.
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Female House Sparrow
Male House Sparrow
Female House Sparrow
Male House Sparrow
Female House Sparrow
Female House Sparrow
So cute... looking right at me and demanding I take her 'best side' ....
Linking up to Stewart's blog at Paying Ready Attention .... where there are lots of lovely birdies to see ...
