"Birdbrain" tour. Melkweg Amsterdam, 1990.

Whoever coined the term " Birdbrain" as a disparagement must not have been a terribly perceptive fellow .... A lot of birds have very large brains relative to their body size and are capable of feats we are barely able to duplicate ( precisely navigating global migrations, etc.) This Robin looks pretty brainy ...

Here, she's preparing to attack me for approaching her nest , on my front porch ..... I imagine I'll be posting a portrait of her big-mouthed young ones pretty soon, but ... If I do that, I think I'll wear some head protection ...

Yellow rumped warblers

Bottom photos - crossbills

Certainly not the smartest birds, repeatedly tried building a nest inside my barbecue grill.

Later, when we were at Billie Creek Historic Village in Rockville Indiana, I saw the same two characters. They were arguing about which house to buy.

Favorite tweet:

#Birdbrains #RaveGreat #JoinRavensbourne pic.twitter.com/Py7t784oss

— tablet one trail (@TabletOneTrail) September 29, 2016

Just got them from the U.S. and so excited... n_n

A digital portrait of Gerard Young- by Tristan Viridis- Photoshop photomanipulation/ digital painting.

A squirrel pushes his nose into the snow while searching for hidden treats

Parque Zoológico del Centenario

Mérida, Yucatán, México

Mexico 2015 942

Lo mejor de la foto..... haber pasado el puente, lo proximo.... funanbulismo :)

Lab staff and children march as "The Bird Brains." By Marc Dantzker; Birdscope Summer 2003, p5

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I went for a walk on the

boardwalk today at lunch looking

for repetition. I found in in

the form of...

I broke Birdbrain, but Dottie is still broody.

Why oh WHY do they never EVER get electrocuted?

Just Ducky -

Have a gander at the state of that water

Timmy needs a beer....

This Male Cardinal at my parents homel appears to be spying through the living room window, but he is really just trying to scare away his reflection in the window which he thinks is a rivel trying to move in on his territory. This is the second year this guy has been at trying to chase himself away. He will fly against the window and beat himself half crazy. In an attempt to get him to stop my Mom posted an 8 X 10 of her cat in the window, which had no effect. Appearently he cant distinguish his own reflection from that of another Cardinal, but he can tell an 8 X 10 print of a cat from the real thing, LOL. This guy lends true meaning to the term, "Bird Brain", LOL

Photo by: Anna Hitzenberger.

Jennifer Monson, Artistic Director of iLAND Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance, will discuss her multi-year, Bessie Award-winning epic project Bird Brain.

Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents ‘09

January 31 - February 28

www.philadanceprojects.org

they are super pretty chickens. they also like to bully the other chickens even though they are a week younger.

Photo by Madeleine J

Rome 2010