New Pics - May 12, 2006 - Breakfast At The Park

[TAWhatley]

http://www.rims.net/2006May12

Terry

[Trees Gray]

Hi Terry,

It certainly looks like spring in the park. What a nice variety of ducks, geese and baby ducklings. Sure hope everyone is behaving themselves, males in particular. Hope mama and her future little ones we be well protected in the brush.

That pigeon looks like one of mine, quite domestic looking.

Are those roses in your yard or are we still in the park? The colors are quite striking.

[feralpigeon]

Beautiful pictures of the birds, babies and flowers....such pretty splashes of color. It really is spring, thank god , the rain was driving me nuts even though I know we need it.

fp

[TAWhatley]

Duhhh .. forgot the video links:

Video (4.0 MB) - Duck vs. Pigeons: http://www.rims.net/2006May12/HPIM2165.AVI

Video (2.6 MB) - Geese and Pigeons: http://www.rims.net/2006May12/HPIM2166.AVI

Terry

[TAWhatley]

The roses are in our front yard .. hubby's pride and joy.

Terry

[Garye]

Now I'm beginning to understand what's been happening here. I'm sure the gulls and crows (and a hawk or two) are attacking the pigeons. I always hope the pigeons are fast enough. Bronson is getting good at listening to the "signal" and acting fast on it. She will need to if she wants to stay with the ferals.

You do have some lovely redheads in the midst of those pigeons. But what's so funny is that I rarely see a pigeon that looks like my Garye. I guess the Garyes of the world prefer northern climates? Who knows?

[stach_n_flash]

lol i would have caught the white pigeon probly not keep it but look at it up close its gorgous

[TAWhatley]

http://www.rims.net/2006May12/CrowAndGoose

Terry

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by stach_n_flash

lol i would have caught the white pigeon probly not keep it but look at it up close its gorgous

Hi Michael,

That one is not banded and is mated up with one of the blue bar ferals at the park. I did catch a gorgeous banded white one yesterday at the park (I think it was yesterday .. time flies when you are having so much fun) .. yes, twas yesterday .. check this one out: http://www.rims.net/2006May11/target13.html

Terry

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by Garye

You do have some lovely redheads in the midst of those pigeons. But what's so funny is that I rarely see a pigeon that looks like my Garye. I guess the Garyes of the world prefer northern climates? Who knows?

Well, what can I say .. we all know that Garye is one of a kind!

Terry

[TerriB]

After hearing about all the babies that don't make it, it's nice to see the photo of the Mallard with eight big babies. Interesting markings on the young birds - the pictures I've seen are usually of either tiny fuzzballs or fully feathered adults.

The dark brown goose is really striking. It's surprising how many different breeds you rescue. Congratulations on catching that water-logged goose! When you see a bird in trouble, it just sits in your brain until it can be resolved.

Gene's roses are beautiful - I could almost smell the fragrance on them!

Loved the duck's satisfied tail-wag each time he chased the pigeons away from the seed. What a character!

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by TerriB

Loved the duck's satisfied tail-wag each time he chased the pigeons away from the seed. What a character!

Well .. another great Terri B observation! I hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it

Terry

[Maggie-NC]

Well Terry, I think each time you post pictures I say they're the best yet and so these just continue doing that. I was happy to see the mallard mother looking so fit and the first thing that popped in my head was hoping all the babies are male so they wouldn't be attacked so brutally.

Gene's roses are beautiful. I particularly loved the "old timey looking" variegated bush with the yellow, salmon and pink roses. It is amazing that so many different colors are on one bush. It reminded me of my mother's garden.

Thanks

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by Lady Tarheel

Gene's roses are beautiful. I particularly loved the "old timey looking" variegated bush with the yellow, salmon and pink roses. It is amazing that so many different colors are on one bush. It reminded me of my mother's garden. Thanks

Thanks Maggie! That particular rose bush is one of his newer ones (maybe three years here), and it is called Joseph's Coat .. makes sense, huh?

I forgot to get pics of the roses in the backyard .. sadly they are horribly neglected as the backyard is supposed to be my "territory" (for pretty obvious reasons .. all the birds and animals are back there) but they are some old timey looking roses also. Maybe I'll get pics of them tomorrow when I document today's incoming birds .. got some beauties and some heartbreaks.

Terry

[AZWhitefeather]

Wonderful pictures of your feathered friends Terry & beautiful rose bushes.
Reminds me of when I lived in Van Nuys many, many years ago.
My Mother loved her rose bushes. Such wonderful fragrances.

Cindy