Frigging birds!

davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
edited November 25, 2005 in The Dgrin Challenges
THERE ARE NO BIRDS LEFT IN MINNESOTA!

We couldn't have done this a month ago, could we.

This is a poor pic, but it's about all I can come up with, other than going
to a pet store.

Origami Swan
I need to work this more, lighting, camera angle, so on.

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dave.

Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Get over here then Dave...thousands upon thousands of any colour & noise you want without the folding.
  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Try being in Alaska. They left MONTHS ago. yelrotflmao.gif
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  • mwgricemwgrice Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    I have a poorly framed, OOF shot of the last ducks on their way out of Wisconsin. We had ducks in the little man-made pond by my house until last week, but they left after it snowed and the pond froze.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    davev wrote:
    THERE ARE NO BIRDS LEFT IN MINNESOTA!


    Don't you have 10,000 lakes in Minnesota? headscratch.giflol3.gif

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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Gus, I'd love to go to Oz, but it isn't in the cards. (at least right now)

    Coldclimb, Alaska is another place I'd like to see, in the summer.:D

    Mwgrice, we're in the same boat.

    Andy, we have 10,000 lakes, with no friggin birds.umph.gif
    Although I did see a (one) crow this morning. We have a birdfeeder in the
    backyard that the sparrows eat from. We don't even get sparrows this time
    of year.

    The ponds are starting to freeze, the sky is a beautiful grey color, almost no
    leaves left on the trees cause of the 40 mile a hour winds we had last week.

    Yes, winter is here in the northland.

    I'll find a bird somewhere. Maybe at the nature park on friday.:D
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Sounds like your in bliss Dave:D
    Think Spring.
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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2005
    Hey Dave, just take a swing down 52 to Rochester, more Canadian Geese than you can count all up and down the Zumbro (aka Scumbro) river and around Silver Lake, not to mention foraging in just about any grass land with water nearby. They'll be here all winter.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    Hey John. Yeah, bliss. I'm getting cabin fever already, and it's only Nov.umph.gif

    Hey Chris. Good info. I'm going to try to find something a little more exotic,
    like a sparrow or a crow.:D

    I think if I get an order of fries at Mac & Dons, I might be able to coax a
    seagull in.ne_nau.gif

    I know a few spots where pigeons hang out also.


    I hope everyone know this is tongue in cheek.1drink.gif
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • muddykneesmuddyknees Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    November
    By Thomas Hood
    No sun - no moon!
    No morn - no noon -
    No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
    No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
    No comfortable feel in any member -
    No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
    No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -
    November!



    http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/poems/hood2.asp


    (So I think you should go with your origami idea - I like the one you have, but if you feel you need to try again, maybe place it on some ice, or with a piece of down, or with a wintery landscape in the background, or on your birdfeeder?)

    davev wrote:
    THERE ARE NO BIRDS LEFT IN MINNESOTA!

    We couldn't have done this a month ago, could we.

    This is a poor pic, but it's about all I can come up with, other than going
    to a pet store.

    Origami Swan
    I need to work this more, lighting, camera angle, so on.

    52488477.jpg
    Gary http://muddyknees.smugmug.com
  • eye-maxeye-max Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2005
    davev wrote:
    Gus, I'd love to go to Oz, but it isn't in the cards. (at least right now)

    Coldclimb, Alaska is another place I'd like to see, in the summer.:D

    Mwgrice, we're in the same boat.

    Andy, we have 10,000 lakes, with no friggin birds.umph.gif
    Although I did see a (one) crow this morning. We have a birdfeeder in the
    backyard that the sparrows eat from. We don't even get sparrows this time
    of year.

    The ponds are starting to freeze, the sky is a beautiful grey color, almost no
    leaves left on the trees cause of the 40 mile a hour winds we had last week.

    Yes, winter is here in the northland.

    I'll find a bird somewhere. Maybe at the nature park on friday.:D

    We have 100.000 lakes in Manitoba with lots of ice and no birds. Well there are the Sparrows, (not the most photogenic creatures), then there's the Ravens, however as soon as you point something in their direction they're gone .......
    max
  • Sask2005Sask2005 Registered Users Posts: 140 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2005
    I think this is a welcome change from real birds. Bruce clap.gif
    davev wrote:
    THERE ARE NO BIRDS LEFT IN MINNESOTA!

    We couldn't have done this a month ago, could we.

    This is a poor pic, but it's about all I can come up with, other than going
    to a pet store.

    Origami Swan
    I need to work this more, lighting, camera angle, so on.

    52488477.jpg
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