Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Wonderful birds flying. Beautiful birds sky.
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Glad you liked this rajkkhoja. It is different than the usual photos … lots of birds flying every which way.
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Yes, here Mostly bunch of crow fly the sky. Some time I see.
Thanks, Linda!
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Wow – now that is a bunch of birds.
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That first picture doesn’t do justice to the murmuration of Starlings that passed over me. I was looking at some movement in the bushes (which I thought was a fox, but it turned out to be a cat), so I was distracted, then saw them out of the corner of my eye and scrambled to take the photo. Amazing to see that many birds at one time fill the sky.
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We have a lot of Starlings in Arkansas. I have seen huge groups of them flying over, but have never gotten a good picture – as they filled the sky.
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Another amazing thing we get to witness thanks to Mother Nature!
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Photo #1 looks like a ticker tape parade! (Not that your younger readers know what “ticker tape” is – ha.)
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Dave, I also wonder how many readers know what a ticker tape parade is? I’ve seen a few of them in my day because I worked in the Downtown Detroit business district for many years before my boss/I moved a mile down the road. The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Pistons won back-to-back NBA Championships so there was a ticker tape parade for all these. The cool thing about this was many of the office buildings were old and had windows that opened up so people were hanging out the windows throwing confetti and streamers as well as what was scattered by helicopters and the like.
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That’s a nice memory, Linda. The Red Wings not so much. They were the Avalanche’s rivals back when we first moved to Colorado, the hated Red Wings. It was only because they were so much better while the Avalanche were just getting their footing. Nice to be defending champions for once 🙂
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I remember the rivalry and a big fight Dave. The Wings were good then, now they’ve been in rebuilding mode for a while (same as the Tigers and Lions).
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I never thought about it until you mentioned the Lions and the Tigers, but the Wings or the Pistons should’ve been the Bears so you could talk about your pro sports teams with a Wizard of Oz “Oh my!” 🙂
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Funny you say that line Dave, because awhile ago, I can’t remember the year, the Tigers were in the first round of playoffs and da Bears were in town for a Lions game and both stadiums are downtown. In fact, all of our Detroit teams are based in downtown Detroit now. Anyway, the traffic was expected to be horrendous and I can remember seeing a newspaper stand with a newspaper headline “Lion and Tigers and Bears – Oh My!”
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Safety in numbers is what comes to my mind!
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Yes, that sounds like a good idea!
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We have groups of crows like the ones in your photos near our mall too. I wonder what it is that draws them to a mall? A murder of crows!
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Laurie – Maybe the crows are crowing about the sales! A murder of crows draws them like human gawkers. I was amazed seeing so many birds fill the sky.
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I love it when the huge flocks just up and go in a big whirl. I never can figure out how some can stay so tight in flight and not knock each other out of the sky. In human terms, I’m sure the malls were getting packed with early Christmas shoppers!
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I wish I could have gotten the “swoop” part of this murmuration as well Terri. I was distracted by movement in the bulrushes, which turned out to be a cat, then I looked up and saw this.
There was a video online several years ago about birds, I believe Starlings, in a huge murmuration. It was a small Mexican town and townspeople were watching and videotaping the sight of so many birds in the sky. The birds were suddenly startled by a loud noise and many did in fact crash into one another and buildings and trees as well. They were almost flowing together effortlessly in the sky until that point and it was sad to see what happened.
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That’s a lot of birds Linda! Love the title of your post.
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Yes, the sky was just filled with them Diane – it was incredible to see. Glad you liked the title. I thought I’d do some Christmassy themes leading up to Christmas.
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Clever title to your post. Aren’t those flocks so fascinating to watch? I always wonder, who is the natural leader? Or maybe they all say in unison, “Let’s go!”
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Thanks Shelley! Yes, one leader or just do your own thing? I wish I could have gotten the “swoop” part of the murmuration in the header photo, but I was distracted by movement in the bushes, so I was watching and hoping maybe it was a fox or a mink (yes, they don’t look alike). 🙂 It turned out to be a cat which glared at me and then I saw the sky so I could have taken a photo of that huge flock instead.
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Yes, the swoop part is cool to see and not always easy to capture in photos. It’s good to be aware of creatures in bushes, you never know when you’re coming up on a nest they’d like to protect. The cat just wanted to say Hi, I guess! LOL.
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Months from now I’ll get to that post and show the cat. It was hidden, just rusting … always hopeful to see a fox wherever I go … maybe next year. I won’t be greedy as I’ve had a ton of fun bird sightings this year. They are graceful in such large groups – it is impressive.
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I look forward to seeing more!
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I hope it does not take all Winter to churn that post out Shelley!
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I’m sure you’ll find a way to make it happen!
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Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, ‘The Birds,’ came to mind while looking at the photos, Linda. But that’s the dark side of my brain kicking in.
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You know I should have thought of associating that header image with “The Birds” Hugh. It was an incredible sight to see. They were high above me swooping and diving.
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I’ve got to stop tossing potato chips for the birds at the mall! 😉
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Ha ha – yes, looked what you’ve created Tom!
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Oh wow! What amazing photos. It’s not often we get to capture flocks this large.
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It sure was amazing to see Michelle. I wish I could have captured the “swooping and diving” the starlings make during a murmuration, but I was looking at something in the bushes, thinking it was a fox or a mink and it was a cat!
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Amazing sight but I too thought of The Birds.
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I wish I could have captured the “swoop” part Barbara. I like how the murmurations move together and suddenly swoop, then regroup in a matter of seconds. There was a movement in the bushes and it was a cat … I was hoping for something exciting like a fox or a mink, so I looked up and there were the birds. There are mink in the marshy areas of this park. Alfred Hitchcock would have been happy to use them in his movie as they filled the entire sky.
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Black Friday sale! We have a congregation of birds too in our neighborhood. Kiddos say they are having an afternoon meeting and snack together before they go home for the night. lol
Wonder why they do that though.
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It is pretty amazing to see isn’t it, especially the first photo of the murmuration. They swoop and dive and I wish I had captured that part instead of the regrouping part. They fill the entire sky – so amazing. Kiddos have a great imagination. 🙂
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Another hypothesis is that the birds meet to hatch a plan on how to poop efficiently on moving cars. 🤔
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Oh I like that hypothesis. They did that to my car the other day. I have been taking the car to the Park to drive it more. But, I no longer park in the parking lot as there is glass and so I park on a sidestreet. Must be that neighborhood’s birds giving me the business for parking there. 🙂
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Lol. Sorry to hear that. Birds are on a mission here and in Michigan.
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Ha ha – I always carry diaper wipes and vinyl gloves in the car. Ugh!
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smart move!
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To see a murmuration in person is definitely on my bucket list.
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When I mentioned this murmuration to you awhile ago, I had hoped there would be a little swooping in some of the shots, but there was not. Truly, the best way to capture it is by video. I hope you get to see one Janis.
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Hi Janis – a while back you and I were discussing murmurations (before I did this post). My still photo really never showed the beauty of a murmuration. I found this video – is this not a beautiful and calming natural event?
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Thank you for the video! They are truly amazing… it’s like they are creating ever-changing artwork in the sky. Do you know if anyone knows (or, has a theory) why they do this? Nature always has a reason.
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Glad you liked it Janis. It was like it was choreographed and like artwork. You and I lived through the 70s and Lava Lamps. It reminds me a little of a Lava Lamp as to the movement. I’m going to hold onto that video – it was so relaxing to watch. I have read that Starlings flock like that and band together when there is a predator (safety in numbers) and that helps thwart the predator from attacking any member of the flock. There are Osprey, Eagles and Hawks at the park where I saw the murmuration and I’ve seen smaller murmurations there before – that is likely why.
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It’s amazing how many starlings can flock together and fly in unison. Sometimes, when flying back and forth between different trees, they can’t seem to make up their minds which way the group should go!
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I am amazed they don’t bump into each other more Barbara. I wish I could have captured their “swoop and dive” when the whole group becomes a blur. I often see them at this park and that’s the largest murmuration I’ve seen to date.
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I guess I’m now dating myself when the Hitchcock movie is the first thing these shots made me think of.
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Nope, you’re not dating yourself JP because if you ever see a starling murmuration, they just fill the sky and swoop and dive all at once. It’s incredible to see it as they move like they are choreographed. If the murmuration is big enough, like this one, you can’t see the sky for birds!
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I hope one day to take a video of a starling murmuration. It is a beautiful sight. Here is a short YouTube video JP:
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