Birds in Art/Art in Birds, Entries, 41-50
41. William Tyler, Merritt Island, Florida
I entered the photo because of the beauty of these amazing and graceful birds. I see these birds every time I go out fishing along the Indian River in Brevard County. I thought this was a great photo to share with others. It was taken with a old Sears 35mm Kx on 400 black/white film. I was just sitting fishing for about an hour or more. This beautiful Great Blue heron stood there waiting just as I was waiting to get a bite. Believe it or not as soon as I caught one, he waited till I threw it back and left.
42.Stephen Garrepy, Wilton Manors, Florida
The deep colors of the red, black, and his orange beak against the tropical greens draw me to this male who returns with his wife to my house in South Florida every winter. This beautiful red make this fella art in motion, where ever he lands he brings art.
43. David Brunius, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
I took this picture 9-19-07 in the hedge area of our yard. I have no idea what kind of bird it was, but it did not seem to be afraid of me at all, in fact came closer to me as I was setting the bird in my camera screen. The bird was not seen the following day. (juvenile Bohemian Waxwing)
44. Christopher Johnson, Satellite Beach, Florida
I feed birds near my screened-in pool enclosure. Sometimes the door is left open and the occasional bird, usually a Mourning Dove or an Eurasian Collared-Dove, gets in and usually has to be captured and taken out and released. One fine day, I came home to find that these five fine feathered friends (Mourning Doves) had all gotten trapped in the enclosure. There are two adult males and two adult females in my hands here. The fifth one, on the right, is a juvenile female molting into her adult plumage. They were easy to catch and didn't struggle, and were released unharmed. I submitted this entry because it's unusual and always gets a reaction from anyone who sees this picture.
45. Janie L. Ferguson, Cameron Mills, New York
I am submitting these photos because I love to take pictures and share
them with others. These were taken in May of 2008 on our front
porch. As I sat in my living room and looked out on to my porch I
kept seeing a bird fly up onto a rafter. Upon further searching, I
realized this was a mother bird going to her nest. This first shot is
of her sitting there. I stood on a step stool on our porch to get
these shots for a long time. I was about eight feet from her nest.
She had to get used to me being there before she would come back and
feed her young ins. So this took a while. I stood real still in
hopes that she would get used to me being there, and she did. While
she was away from her nest I got this shot of the baby birds when they
weren't very old at all, as you can see by the next shot!! I thought I'd write a poem entitled, "Mother Robin Redbreast" to send along with these photos.
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MOTHER ROBIN REDBREAST
This mother robin redbreast sits dutifully on her nest;
To keep her young ones safe and warm;
She never takes a rest.
Here I am with camera in hand, trying to snap a shot;
Of those new born babes of hers;
As she fears she might be caught.
Standing on this stepstool here, on my porch this warm May day;
I watch and wait, and watch and wait;
Then the moment comes, “Hurray!”
I see those babes snug in their nest they can’t be very old;
They hardly have any hair;
They must be, oh, so cold!
Mother returns with a worm wrapped around her beak;
They open wide, they knows she’s near;
Am I going to get a peak?
I snap a shot, and then some more, to capture this moment in time;
So here they are for you to see!
I hope you enjoy the rhyme.
46. Peter J. Morton, Melbourne, Florida
47. June S. MacArthur, Oswego, New York
These two photos are from last fall at the Sterling Nature Center's Heron Rookery, Sterling NY. What was artistic about them was knowing what would make a good shot, and standing around waiting for them to sit pretty or fly pretty.
48. Laurie Raines, Easton, Maryland
I was walking through downtown Washington D.C. on the coldest day (so far!) of the year. The air was biting and the wind gusty. Coming out of the Metro I felt I could just as well having been walking into Antarctica, when I spotted, along the metro rail, a flock of small birds. Each one fluffed and puffed until they were perfectly round, like a baseball made of feathers, and I had to stop and laugh. I hope you enjoy the photo as much as I did. It still makes me chuckle.
49. Marian Hartill, Ithaca, New York
Red-tailed Hawk -- this a.m. on campus - Tuesday - January 20th.
50. Rob Bailey, South Charleston, West Virginia
I had just finished a hike and birding outing with my two step-granddaughters and we were painting what we had seen so as to Make A Memory of our time shared.
We had the fortune to see a beauty of a Red Headed Woodpecker and he hung around close for a long while and we were all able to get a good look at him.
Katie, the 11 year old and Rachel, the 8 year old are soaking up life experiences and I am guiding them to hiking the outdoors and birding...we even have that nice book that shows the picture of a bird and the bird song at the push of a button...
