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Multimedia Bird Blitz

Hi all,

Thought we'd throw a little bit of everything at you in this post... Birds in photograph, birds in illustration, birds in video, and finally, birds in song... First, here is a nice shot of our Cooper's hawk...

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I mentioned in my last post that the Coopers didn't seem to be particularly concerned with me... Well, that was even more apparent today. After Mrs. CCA got finished taking his picture, it was clearly time for him to go. Unfortunately, he didn't want to cooperate, and it took some considerable commotion to convince the creature that there were better hunting grounds elsewhere. (The old John Belushi skit, "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave" comes to mind.)

Onward...

Ah, the good old Tufted Titmouse... Tough to be down when this guy is in town... The illustration below is from a 1916 piece by Louis Agassiz Fuertes... (I'm very fortunate to own two of the original books that contain this artwork.)

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And then there's our video of a couple of tufted titmouse... Neato, keeno...

Let's see... That only leaves the audio portion of this post. Hmmm... Ok... True, crows are birds and what follows is their "song", but if they're "singing" it might be prudent to think of them as the avian version of the Ramones. Just be ready to adjust your volume control.

See you by the feeders,

CapeCodAlan

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Posted by CapeCodAlan on October 3, 2009 2:32 AM |

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Very funny - the Ramones bit!
I did listen a little but I prefer the crows!

Posted by: Josie | October 5, 2009 11:30 PM

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