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Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/21/2009 04:03:20 PM · #1

We rented an olllld cottage for the weekend, and the door had a windbreak on two sides that were originally, I think, old doors of multipaned glass. This little guy had gotten in and didn't seem to realise that if he just turned around 180 degrees he could fly right out again.

When we came home from the beach he was clinging to the molding, perfectly still, fluttered a bit like a moth against a lamp as we approached, then settled again, face pressed tight against the window. After a while I decided he just couldn't stay there, so I got out a towel and, with great care, managed to wrap him and carry him out. He was so light that I couldn't even tell if I had him until I moved the towel away from the glass.
It was sooooooo nice seeing him zip away, apparently unharmed :)

frisca

Nikon D70

04/21/2009 04:07:30 PM · #2

lovely photo and so sweet of you to help the wee little thing out. :)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/21/2009 05:58:46 PM · #3

It's amazing how frail and insubstantial a little bird is, no? And when they tremble in your hands (I catch them in cupped hands) the pitch is so high it's incredible...

R.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/21/2009 06:26:30 PM · #4

my first thought was you painted that poor chap along with wooden bars.

Message edited by author 2009-04-21 18:26:40.

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/21/2009 06:29:51 PM · #5

A true photographer. Oh poor guy, I must help him.......but first, where is my camera?

04/21/2009 08:03:12 PM · #6

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

A true photographer. Oh poor guy, I must help him.......but first, where is my camera?

Lol, yeah yeah. I actually took this one as we approached up the path and I first saw him, before I realised he didn't know how to get out. :P

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

04/21/2009 08:05:26 PM · #7

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

It's amazing how frail and insubstantial a little bird is, no? And when they tremble in your hands (I catch them in cupped hands) the pitch is so high it's incredible...

R.

I was too afraid of hurting him with my clumsy big hands to try that with something sooooo incredibly tiny :( I read that it takes FIFTY of them to weigh as much as a cup of water.) I love the powerful birds like eagles and vultures but I am in total awe of hummingbirds.

edit to close my brackets.

Message edited by author 2009-04-22 01:07:18.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

04/21/2009 11:34:18 PM · #8

Glad you got him out.

The silly little things used to get stuck in my garage all the time, and they are so fragile!

I never lost one, but I sure had a hard time herding them out some days with the fifteen foot ceiling!

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

04/21/2009 11:46:21 PM · #9

I love a story with a happy ending. : )

k9logic

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G

04/21/2009 11:49:16 PM · #10

Yes --- happy ending AND a nice photograph too. :-)

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/21/2009 11:58:55 PM · #11

when I was a kid, we rescued a bird that had gotten into our house. wrapped him in a towel, stepped out the front door and let him go.

Our cat was hiding behind the hedge...

04/22/2009 02:46:04 AM · #12

Oh... my....

That's horrid! But the way you told it made me laugh... :)

04/22/2009 02:57:59 AM · #13

Originally posted by posthumous:

when I was a kid, we rescued a bird that had gotten into our house. wrapped him in a towel, stepped out the front door and let him go.

Our cat was hiding behind the hedge...

One more 'satisfied pussy' thanks to

posthumous.

:-D :-D.

Message edited by author 2009-04-22 02:58:20.

04/22/2009 03:03:35 AM · #14

And my last comment applies to zxaar's post as well...

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/22/2009 04:27:31 AM · #15

Originally posted by BeeCee:

And my last comment applies to zxaar's post as well...

So you are not angry with my screwing around in your thread.

Anyway to come to OP.

I really never remember doing something as good as setting a bird free or helping any animal.

But there are few things that had profound impact on me. There are lot of incidents but from most memorables. I remember when i was i think less than 5 years old. I lived in a small village. We used to have our fields. One day i saw a cute little rabbit roaming around. And next thing i remember is that i ate that poor thing for dinner. This was probably earliest thing that still i feel sad thinking about.

Anyway during around the same time. In india we call animal sacrifice. On some occasion my family did that. (actually i remember it done twice). That particular day, just before that animal was killed i remember that he could sense that he was about to be killed. He was shivering. I did eat him too for dinner.
But these thoughts never left me. Every time i thought about it I felt sad.
Anyway fast forward few years, when i was 15 i did stop eating non vegetarian. I can not think about eating another animal.

so the most hurtful thing that someone (actually my wife) say to me is, when we visit supermarket and she tells me today chicken is cheap. Can i buy it.
And I start thinking about how cheap today life has become. It takes few just yens to enjoy someone's flesh.

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PS: If I had to narrate the supermarket thing like i did about pussy. It would go something like this.

Whenever we visit nearby supermarket. My wife looks around. Her face lights up. And she tells me - look darling now a days, cocks are so cheap. Can I have one.

aliqui

Nikon D300s

04/22/2009 04:33:03 AM · #16

Originally posted by zxaar:

PS: If I had to narrate the supermarket thing like i did about pussy. It would go something like this.

Whenever we visit nearby supermarket. My wife looks around. Her face lights up. And she tells me - look darling now a days, cocks are so cheap. Can I have one.

I don't think anyone was asking you to narrate the supermarket thing like that.

04/22/2009 04:35:04 AM · #17

Originally posted by aliqui:

Originally posted by zxaar:
PS: If I had to narrate the supermarket thing like i did about pussy. It would go something like this.

Whenever we visit nearby supermarket. My wife looks around. Her face lights up. And she tells me - look darling now a days, cocks are so cheap. Can I have one.

I don't think anyone was asking you to narrate the supermarket thing like that.

just kidding of course. As usual.