“Hey Buddy, let’s swap poles!” # Wordless Wednesday # “I guess that’s a ‘no’?”

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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31 Responses to “Hey Buddy, let’s swap poles!” # Wordless Wednesday # “I guess that’s a ‘no’?”

  1. Dan Antion's avatar Dan Antion says:
    August 13, 2025 at 6:44 am

    I like that 🙂

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  2. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    August 13, 2025 at 7:27 am

    It never hurts to ask…

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  3. J P's avatar J P says:
    August 13, 2025 at 7:36 am

    Polish birds vs American birds – how can you tell the difference? 🙂

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  4. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    August 13, 2025 at 7:44 am

    Wonderful capture the Bird. Wonderful photography.

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  5. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    August 13, 2025 at 12:01 pm

    Nice closeups and a clever title! 😀

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 13, 2025 at 7:41 pm

      Thank you Debbie! (Something interesting about the title re: WP quirks … if I put a hashtag and no space and then a left quotation mark, WordPress turns the quotation mark backward, but it only appears like that in final, not in the draft. I know you appreciate these little computer quirks, like you told me about the “shoulder shrug” and the embedded YouTube on your site. I didn’t notice it in view mode, but saw it after it published. I went back in and put a space before the hashtag and it works. Looks dumb but the quote was backward like each bird’s head!]

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  6. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    August 13, 2025 at 4:25 pm

    Miss Linda………………………………..never argue with talons that big……………………………….

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  7. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    August 13, 2025 at 9:52 pm

    Cute, Linda! I could imagine that squawky conversation!

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  8. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    August 13, 2025 at 10:47 pm

    The looks on their faces match your title perfectly. I think the gull is sadly out of luck.

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  9. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    August 13, 2025 at 11:07 pm

    Love your title Linda! Your pictures look great!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 14, 2025 at 8:45 pm

      Thank you Diane! It was funny watching these two and I thought about the title as I watched them that day. The Seagull was glancing at the Osprey and the Osprey seemed to be scowling back! I’ll have more Osprey shots this Sunday.

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  10. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    August 14, 2025 at 12:22 am

    Great photos, Linda! Yikes, that Gull might be for dinner. He (or she) better be ready to flee quickly.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 14, 2025 at 8:57 pm

      Thank you Tom! My post this Sunday will be about the Osprey platform nest at the DNR Headquarters for Pointe Mouillee. I went there because I knew there were three fledglings in the nest as I follow a few photographers who go there looking for Osprey photo ops. So this was one of the youngsters, but he is really scowling at the Seagull – it never dawned on me that the Osprey might be considering the Osprey as a dinner meal until reading your comment, but it sure makes sense!

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  11. TD's avatar TD says:
    August 16, 2025 at 7:19 pm

    Love the photos, Linda!

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  12. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    August 16, 2025 at 10:39 pm

    great title for the post and the patina on the poles is very interesting – and great bird portraits – it is like they posed

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 17, 2025 at 7:54 pm

      Thanks Yvette! I took these photos while I was near the Osprey nest which will be the topic of my post today. These two birds sure do look as if they posed and they looked really angry with one another. In retrospect, I wish I’d done a collage-type pic, side-by-side as they stared at one another. I don’t know what the poles are for – they are in various locations in the water but yes, the patina, as well as the rust made for an interesting shot.

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  13. E's avatar E says:
    August 17, 2025 at 4:38 am

    Beautiful

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