Thanks for visiting Marty, and welcome to Payne Hollow Chris. I like discussing things with our friends over to Stones Cry Out, and look forward to continuing to visit.
I remember one early morning at a freeway rest stop in eastern Colorado in late June; we were returning from the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and had stopped to sleep for a few hours, but our sleep was serenaded by a mockingbird who gave a full nonstop repertoire from cardinal to robin to mallard. beautiful.
There are rare reports of mockingbirds here in Minnesota, but usually we have to rely on their cousins, the brown thrasher and catbird.
As much as I love to hear mockingbirds sing, I perhaps enjoy the bright flash of their wing stripes as they fly even more. Thanks for stopping in Deb, I have probably the opposite situation, in that I've seen one or two brown thrashers here in Louisville, but pretty rarely.
I have to admit that I don't know what a catbird looks like - I don't reckon it's half cat and half bird?
Thanks for asking, Wordsmith. I tinker around with taking pictures, that's all. I'm currently using a digital Kodak z740 (I think) which is a mid-priced camera with a nice bit of zoom to it.
Nice photo. I can never catch an animal with my digital before they run or fly away. The shutter is too slow or I don't know how to use it properly, which is more likely.
Thanks, I was actually trying to catch the bird in flight - Mockingbird wings seem to flash in flight because of the bars on their wings, and I was wondering how it would look in a still photo.
I never did catch one in flight and so, we have the sitting photos instead.
Ah..the beautiful songbird of Texas. It is said that our mockingbird has 25-30 songs in it's repertory. You never tire of listening.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great photo. Of course my wife and I just got back from seing "Failure to Launch" when I saw it. A mocking bird plays a part in the film...
ReplyDeleteYou've given me some food for thought over at Stones Cry Out. Good stuff to ponder...
I'm sure I don't have all the answers.
Thanks for visiting Marty, and welcome to Payne Hollow Chris. I like discussing things with our friends over to Stones Cry Out, and look forward to continuing to visit.
ReplyDeleteI remember one early morning at a freeway rest stop in eastern Colorado in late June; we were returning from the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and had stopped to sleep for a few hours, but our sleep was serenaded by a mockingbird who gave a full nonstop repertoire from cardinal to robin to mallard. beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThere are rare reports of mockingbirds here in Minnesota, but usually we have to rely on their cousins, the brown thrasher and catbird.
As much as I love to hear mockingbirds sing, I perhaps enjoy the bright flash of their wing stripes as they fly even more. Thanks for stopping in Deb, I have probably the opposite situation, in that I've seen one or two brown thrashers here in Louisville, but pretty rarely.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I don't know what a catbird looks like - I don't reckon it's half cat and half bird?
Are you into photography, Dan? What kind of camera are you using?
ReplyDeleteThanks for asking, Wordsmith. I tinker around with taking pictures, that's all. I'm currently using a digital Kodak z740 (I think) which is a mid-priced camera with a nice bit of zoom to it.
ReplyDeleteI'm still learning about it.
And thanks for the link, ER, I'll check it out.
Nice photo. I can never catch an animal with my digital before they run or fly away. The shutter is too slow or I don't know how to use it properly, which is more likely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I was actually trying to catch the bird in flight - Mockingbird wings seem to flash in flight because of the bars on their wings, and I was wondering how it would look in a still photo.
ReplyDeleteI never did catch one in flight and so, we have the sitting photos instead.
Mock.. YEA. ing...YEA. Bird...YEA. Mocking Bird's gonna make you sing...YEA.
ReplyDeleteSweet shot. I love the city blurred behind it.
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