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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Hanging Out

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Birds putting old boats to good use offshore from Rosebud beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Nature Notes #19
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Water bird hang out
Like feathered clothes on the line
Recycled old boats
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12 comments:

Esther Garvi said...: So cute!!; July 23, 2009 9:02 PM
RJ Flamingo said...: What a fun shot! It looks like it's their boat, and they're just hanging out in the sunshine... Where's the beer? :-); July 23, 2009 9:33 PM
Carver said...: Great shot of the birds hanging out!; July 23, 2009 11:54 PM
MyMaracas said...: What a rag-tag crew! Pirates...?; July 24, 2009 2:08 AM
Nicole said...: Heck of a Party.
They almost look like Cormorants, except for the white spots.; July 24, 2009 5:00 AM
Celeste said...: They definitely look as though they have taken ownership of that little boat! Lovely shot.; July 24, 2009 8:00 AM
Michelle Johnson said...: They are certainly rowing that boat, aren't they? Wonderful haiku.; July 24, 2009 10:05 AM
Carletta said...: Love the ruffled feathers on that one!
A fun haiku!
Nature makes do. :); July 24, 2009 2:08 PM
Marja said...: Like feathered clothes on the line
great image
the photo is wonderful too; July 24, 2009 2:31 PM
RuneE said...: I enjoyed the framing of the first one and the way you had caught the rays in the second and the third.; July 24, 2009 7:19 PM
Ann said...: Saw birds like these when I was travelling around the Gold Coast to NSW or to sunshine coast.

Thanks for visiting.

I read your personal info with interest. You are a survivor. What do you teach? I am also a teacher, teaching English as a second language.

Men are funny, my husband calls me Old Woman, used to get upset, not anymore, i call him Old man back.; July 24, 2009 8:57 PM
ramblingwoods said...: Oh my gosh..I got my weeks confused and am late visiting Nature Notes. Groan....I love this photo. One of the birds looks like it is trying to get its balance like it is a young bird. Love the haiku too..am trying, but mine just aren't very good ..@:} Thank you for being such a loyal participant in Nature Notes Gemma... Michelle; July 27, 2009 3:22 PM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman