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Friday, October 29, 2010

Red Bird


Drinking water, yesterday.

The amount of energy this bird devotes to checking out surroundings while trying to get a drink is amazing.  And this is in an area well sheltered from predator birds.

Of course, I have seen a cat visiting the yard.

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  1. helenNovember 1, 2010 at 3:03 PM

    These are great - have never seen such a red bird!

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  2. Jean SpitzerNovember 1, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    Helen, thank you! I don't know about how unusual this is; I suspect it's pretty common for this part of the US.

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  3. helenNovember 1, 2010 at 4:12 PM

    You may be right...I don't know birds very well. But I am impressed by the stag out your window. I didn't realize Austin was such a wild place.

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  4. Jean SpitzerNovember 1, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    Really irresistible straight line:

    Austin is a very wild place, much of it on 6th Street, downtown.

    There's a lot of suburbia and exurbia in Austin area, with amazingly beautiful places where people and other animals co-exist.

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