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maggies_lens) wrote2010-10-09 03:21 pm
maggies_lens) wrote2010-10-09 03:21 pm
In which Maggie gains the trust of DEMONS!!!
First tho: DON'T read the 65redroses blog which is currently in Spotlight UNLESS you want to cry like your heart is shattering into a million pieces!
Now: I may have mentioned, probably with much evil giggling, the birds that have been nesting in the rock garden of the carpark next door to work. They provide me and the rest of the coms room with endless amusement because the little bastards SWOOP like the devil itself. They are Masked Lapwings, commonly called Plovers (Vanellus miles). And they are VICIOUS! Well, not vicious, just very, very good parents. Can't hold that against an animal, can you? So of course Maggie views this as a challenge. :) It's taken me weeks of extremely careful approach but I did it. I have gained the trust of the demon birds. Check it out :) And in case you are wondering, yep these were taken from about six or so steps away and in the car. That's the parent birds comfort zone and I don't intend to break it. Last thing I need is to be hand raising 3 baby birds :P
The proud parents and one of the hatchlings. He's about 2 or 3 days old. Yep, they are hatched ready to run :)
This is my utter favourite shot from the whole lot. :)
So tiiiiny!
Exploring
There really are 3, I just couldn't get them all in the same frame :P
Little cutey wooty itty bitty FUZZEH WUZZY demon bird :D
It's hard work when you're just a little tacker!
I kept SQUEEEEE'ing the whole time I was shooting these :D
Daddy bird. He will mess you right up. See that yellow bit sticking out of his wing? That's a SPIKE. I kid you not, a freaking spike. They will not hesitate to use it to protect their nest and their young. Now you tell me, am I brave or just very, very stupid? :D
And yep, mumma has the Spike of Doom too. Another thing they do is pretend they have a broken wing to try and lead you away from their nest.
It's a big wide world out there, and he's gonna conquer it all!!!
But right now he just want's his mumma :)
The fact that mumma was comfortable enough to lay down and stretch her wings out in the sun should let you know how careful I was with the 'lets-be-friends' conditioning ;) I REALLY didn't want 3 baby birds to hand raise :D
I love the black tips on their heads :D
checking in with mum
Off to hunt down ants and other wee bugs to eat.
Comments? You guys wanna see more of these little dudes as they grow up if they stick around?
I kinda proud of those shots. Birds are notoriously difficult to photograph, esp the active baby variety!
Now: I may have mentioned, probably with much evil giggling, the birds that have been nesting in the rock garden of the carpark next door to work. They provide me and the rest of the coms room with endless amusement because the little bastards SWOOP like the devil itself. They are Masked Lapwings, commonly called Plovers (Vanellus miles). And they are VICIOUS! Well, not vicious, just very, very good parents. Can't hold that against an animal, can you? So of course Maggie views this as a challenge. :) It's taken me weeks of extremely careful approach but I did it. I have gained the trust of the demon birds. Check it out :) And in case you are wondering, yep these were taken from about six or so steps away and in the car. That's the parent birds comfort zone and I don't intend to break it. Last thing I need is to be hand raising 3 baby birds :P
The proud parents and one of the hatchlings. He's about 2 or 3 days old. Yep, they are hatched ready to run :)
This is my utter favourite shot from the whole lot. :)
So tiiiiny!
Exploring
There really are 3, I just couldn't get them all in the same frame :P
Little cutey wooty itty bitty FUZZEH WUZZY demon bird :D
It's hard work when you're just a little tacker!
I kept SQUEEEEE'ing the whole time I was shooting these :D
Daddy bird. He will mess you right up. See that yellow bit sticking out of his wing? That's a SPIKE. I kid you not, a freaking spike. They will not hesitate to use it to protect their nest and their young. Now you tell me, am I brave or just very, very stupid? :D
And yep, mumma has the Spike of Doom too. Another thing they do is pretend they have a broken wing to try and lead you away from their nest.
It's a big wide world out there, and he's gonna conquer it all!!!
But right now he just want's his mumma :)
The fact that mumma was comfortable enough to lay down and stretch her wings out in the sun should let you know how careful I was with the 'lets-be-friends' conditioning ;) I REALLY didn't want 3 baby birds to hand raise :D
I love the black tips on their heads :D
checking in with mum
Off to hunt down ants and other wee bugs to eat.
Comments? You guys wanna see more of these little dudes as they grow up if they stick around?
I kinda proud of those shots. Birds are notoriously difficult to photograph, esp the active baby variety!