March 5, 2010

there's always that one...


he's nasty and mean
and
has the power to scare away the woodpeckers that are three times his size
but
he's the only one who does gymnastic like maneuvers
~a round off with a back hand spring and then off to the uneven bars~
on the bird feeder
so he kind of makes me laugh
but
oh
he's nasty
and
when i'm trying to take photos
while the feeder is filled with every species imaginable
like a cheap motel
on the weekends
and
with one quick fly by
like tom cruise
in top gun
he completely unsettles the feeders and sends everyone running for the hills
well
let's just say
oh
let's just say
he still makes me laugh
~~
damn him
*

42 comments:

  1. he is quite the sport isn't he? he's the bad boy that our momma warned us about.

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  2. LOL! there's always those ones. whether birds or people. they are always there.

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  3. yep, he's got the "small guy" syndrome!

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  4. They are nasty...but so beautiful and you are right..comical!!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  5. What a great shot. Nice work with the background and corners too. And I'm wondering if he could be a she? I'm just saying. . .

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  6. Well he may be mean, but he makes a gorgeous picture!!!!!! Great shot!

    Also, I am relieved to hear that your eyes are okay.

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  7. oh how i love to watch the sweet little birdies on my feeders! don't know what i'd do with out them!! even the mean ones.........
    sorry to hear about your scarey eye problems...hope they are resolved at least you know what it's not.....

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  8. great shot! and like that little nuthatch, you always make me laugh.
    (But you are not mean, or nasty, and that is so much better!)

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  9. small but mighty! but oh so sweet!

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  10. beth please please tell me your secret on how you are making the backgrounds for your photos lately, i am crazy about it!
    kt

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  11. Love nuthatches. They don't seem as tough in our back yard. The jays take them on.

    Very cool photo. Love how you do the texture. I sooo want to learn how to do that...

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  12. nasty & beauty all in the same breath..you really captured him in all his glory!!

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  13. This is inspired. I love it. LOVE it.

    :) Debi

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  14. OMG you so earn your stripes!
    Beth The Artistic Photographer

    Awesome photo, awesome background and oh do I ever love your story esp. the species at motels part. HA!!!

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  15. Oh those nasty birds that scare the others away. Lately out my window I am seeing the big black crows scary the other more beautiful birds away from the feeders. We love placing ourselves behind the window watching their antics, me and my cat Joey. You can see Joey just twitching in anticipation of getting those birds to run away.

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  16. i could sit and watch your bird feeder all day!
    Love that!
    Amazing photo!

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  17. oh... btw, I am off icecream this week b/c I am doing a cleanse... NO, I did not give it up for lent...that would be WAY too long! This will be 9 days! Long enough!
    I am having ice cream for breakfast on Tuesday!!!! ... and lunch and dinner!!
    I love ice cream!!!!!!

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  18. Oh, I can so relate! Great photo! Even if he's a mean ol' bird!

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  19. I am thinking only you can make birds at a bird feeder (motel) sound sexy. lol. great photo, that is what our blue jays do up here, scare everything away...next time I will think of Tom Cruise. Have a great weekend. loved this post.

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  20. Fabulous shot, Beth! What length was your lens, do you know?

    Sorry to hear about your recent scare, too. Glad the pain is gone!

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  21. Oh I'm so gladd you've cauth the dare devil. I adore them for there tricks and boldness.

    And it's not that I'm throwing the towel in because of my looks (thanks for your sweet words I couldn't care less what others think of me and my looks, I am who I am wheater they like it or not) but because never ever I got one right when it came to focus....grrrr it's to hard. To be up and running over constantly and then returning to the camera and find out only half of me is on it, or when it's out of focus.

    Well I'll guess I need a lot of practise...Hugs Dagmar

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  22. what a great shot!!
    it's true the nasty ones are a bitch, but they make the rest of the world stronger in dealing with them.

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  23. He may be mean...but man-o-man did he provide you with the perfect photo op! Awesome shot!!!

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  24. I know that bird!
    They are awful and fascinating at the same time. Fowl creatures.

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  25. maybe it's because the nuthatch spends so much of it's life going the opposite direction ...

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  26. How could you not love his antics, he is full of the flying floozy seediness.

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  27. Wow - a nasty nuthatch?! Ours are all like church boys - perfectly behaved, timid, and modest. I'd love to see your ferocious little guy!

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  28. Well plus, you know... he is famous now. Hundreds of people coming over to see him in all his nastiness, and yet I can still see where one could technically laugh at him :)

    The contrasts in the picture are striking!

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  29. What a great shot! You have shown his 'personality' in the photo!!
    Smiles,
    Jackie

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  30. What a great shot! You have shown his 'personality' in the photo!!
    Smiles,
    Jackie

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  31. I love this photo and I loved how you described him.....don't you just love a bold and pushy bird...
    .......:-) Hugs

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  32. Such a great photo Beth.

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  33. Those nuthatches move so fast. It's difficult to get a good photo of them. But they do pack a lot of chutzpah in one little bird!

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  34. Cool shot. I used to enjoy watching the birds at our feeders, but our cat population got to large. Feeding birds to bring them close to cats..bad idea.
    We kept the cats but stopped feeding the birds

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  35. Love this photo and the processing you gave it...and I laughed at Char's comment that he is the bad boy that was so easy to fall in love with:)

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  36. oh my, such a FANTASTIC shot... ♥ seriously wonderful... yet again...

    i love coming here. :)♥ kim

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  37. oh my, such a FANTASTIC shot... ♥ seriously wonderful... yet again...

    i love coming here. :)♥ kim

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  38. cheeky little bugger!

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  39. I love the Tom Cruise Top Gun analogy! : )

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  40. Yup- that "birdie" reminds me of the type of kids I work with...and yes sometimes comical. Great pic Beth!

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  41. He may be nasty and mean, but he's also incredibly gorgeous. Oh, wait. A lot of that is due to you. Gorgeous treatment you've ever shown us. I am love, love, loving that background.

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  42. That's how I feel about a particular hummingbird that HOGS my feeder..won't let anyone else near it..little bugger...but I love him.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth