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18-JAN-2015 Vern Rogers (fotabug fotos)

Varied Thrush Sharing the Sidewalk

Took a walk this afternoon in between showers and came across this bird, which I believe is a Varied Thrush. I was able to take several pictures of the bird and it just stood there. It sure was a beautiful bird!

After walking away, I began to think that maybe there is something wrong with the bird. From one angle it looked like a wing was hanging down somewhat. When I got home I made a few calls to see if I could find someone who knew birds and if help was possible. I got nowhere. I felt guilty about taking pictures but not finding help. But in the end I didn't know of anything that could be done. Hopefully, it just looked like the bird was in trouble.


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Yiannis Pavlis26-Feb-2015 04:34
Very good photo. Great seen and composed.
John S 23-Jan-2015 03:03
Very beautiful capture of this bird, and hope it will be fine.
Julie Oldfield21-Jan-2015 02:22
I hope the bird was OK. She is lovely.
Bob Davis20-Jan-2015 03:31
nice image Vern
barbarajoy20-Jan-2015 02:36
Excellent capture of a pretty bird but I, too, hope is is OK. V
Hank Vander Velde20-Jan-2015 01:01
Nice encounter and good shot Vern.
Jim Coffman19-Jan-2015 23:49
It is certainly a pretty bird!
Stephanie19-Jan-2015 22:53
Sure is a pretty little thing! V
I'm wondering if there's something wrong with its eye, or if it was blinking when you took this photo. Hopefully it was just being friendly and isn't injured.
Martin Lamoon19-Jan-2015 19:46
Great looking bird, hopefully it will survive.
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Buz Kiefer19-Jan-2015 19:13
Beautiful creature but it looks like his eye is damaged. Vote.
John Reynolds LRPS19-Jan-2015 17:38
Great capture. Probably not much you could have done. V.
Tom LeRoy19-Jan-2015 16:20
Oh.. the original D1x, excellent shot of this what looks like stunned bird. If it's standing up I'd expect that it flew off. V
Ed Duverger19-Jan-2015 15:11
Beautiful colors but there is definitely something wrong.
Helen Betts19-Jan-2015 12:21
A lovely bird and capture of it, but I agree, something does look a bit off, at least with its eye. Hope it's OK. V.
Yvonne19-Jan-2015 10:22
I wonder if it had stunned itself Vern? It certainly is a beautiful bird... v
Anitta19-Jan-2015 09:16
Such a beautiful little bird, hoping it will manage to survive with one eye. V
graham 19-Jan-2015 09:13
super shot Vern
Shmuel Halevi19-Jan-2015 07:26
Very nice bird and capture.
Laura Milholland19-Jan-2015 05:56
Terrific shot of this colorful bird, Vern. Not one I've ever had the opportunity to see, though they are listed as being in our area at least part of the year. You either caught it on a blink, or it is resting standing there. Hopefully it recovered and flew off. And at least you did try. :)
Steve Thuman19-Jan-2015 05:27
It's a beautiful bird. Looks like it could be blind in that eye.
joseantonio19-Jan-2015 04:43
Very nice capture of this lovely bird.Hope it´s O.K....V
Bea.19-Jan-2015 04:36
It does look a little odd, maybe eye damage, hope it manages to survive, a pretty little bird.
Guest 19-Jan-2015 04:08
Hope this beautiful bird is okay
Rebecca Leberman 19-Jan-2015 04:04
Sometimes, when I lived near Mount Batchlor, I would see birds escape the paws of the neibor's cat or bounce off our window and they would have a droopy wing, too. They would often be able to find a safe place to recover. Nice simple shot of a beautiful bird. I don't know what the term is for a shot that is true to how the subject truthfully looked, but that is one thing I like about this photo!
Kuriacose Joseph19-Jan-2015 03:49
Something similar happened to me. I found a bird sitting on my driveway recently and it looked like it was injured. When I finally reached out my hand to the bird it flew away.
Ruth Voorhis19-Jan-2015 02:48
Just beautiful, Vern. Wonderful colors. The bird looks stunned, hope it's OK.
Carl Carbone19-Jan-2015 02:31
Aw, poor thing may have been a victim of a window collision. Nicely captured.
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