Just-fledged baby swallow... [Hirundo rustica]

The swallows’ third clutch is now beginning to fledge. It’s a bloomin party in my yard from the crack of dawn, through the day, then in the evening, as all the fledged babies take up position on the rone pipes and cables, awaiting tasty morsels from their over-worked but über-attentive parents.

Here, this wee guy completely ignored me as I was sitting at a table in the yard. His parents were coming and going around the yard and into the byre (barn), feeding the fledged and the yet-to-fledge youngsters.

I thought he looked as though he were singing a power ballad, complete with vibrating wings, with hyper-emotion and wordless intensity (I know: I’m utterly guilty of anthropomorphism) calling out to mum and dad for a feed. Maybe, “All By Myself” - Eric Carmen or “I Wanna Know What Love Is” - Foreigner.

Poor wee hungry soul! 😀

In my yard,

South Carrick Hills

SW Scotland

(cropped)

A lovely row of beach cabins at Hoek van Holland. Not sure if they are singing or yawning :-)

The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.

― Alan Turing

I'm raiding my archives again....this was taken in Oregon.

Well, that's what it looks to me like he's saying :)

(Anthropomorphism alert!) Crazy eyes and messy mullets all over the place in mid-June at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida, as with this fledgling tri-colored heron. It's chick-and-fledging season there, and the trees in the fly-in rookery are covered with cuteness and bird poo. Although this bird rookery is within the confines of a zoo, all of the rookery birds are free to come and go, and indeed by midsummer 99 percent of the birds will be gone. The reason they come to this rookery is because the swamp where they nest has 200 alligators in it, making it a place of safety from foxes and dogs and bobcats and raccoons and other predators. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

I was out in the back yard looking for something to shoot, when I saw this dried Japanese maple leaf, holding down a bird feather. There's something anthropomorphic about this to me :)

The Iron Lady is the most common nickname for the Eiffel Tower.

While the name, the “Eiffel Tower”, entered the common language at the time of its inauguration, its female nature appeared more gradually over the 20th century. Of course, it can be traced back to the fact that the noun “tour” or tower in French is feminine. And if we add a bit of anthropomorphism, we can see that the monument’s four pillars, also known as legs or feet, are covered with a lacy “skirt”, from the mesh structure enhanced with fine decorative arches between the pillars.

As a symbol of the arrival of iron, industry and science, the Eiffel Tower can also be seen to be in an atypical conversation with another lady of Paris, her Gothic older sister and symbol of religion, Notre-Dame.

In the 1930s, when the Tower was nearing 50 years old, various nicknames flourished in the press and publications: “the Tall Lady”, “the Tall Beautiful Lady”, then “the Tall Iron Lady”, sometimes, remarking on her age, it was “the Old Iron Lady”... However, it was simply “the Iron Lady” which stuck and was picked up particularly by the press.

Text source: Tower’s official website.

Silly gerenuk face. Samburu National Reserve, northern Kenya. Of course this gerenuk is neither silly nor crazy, but anthropomorphism is fun, and this face cracks me up. ©2022 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

(Anthropomorphism alert!) A little dazed-and-confused snowy egret chick waits for a parent to bring supper at St. Augustine Alligator Farm, where it's fledging season and there are cute baby birds galore. Although this bird rookery is within the confines of a zoo, all of the rookery birds are free to come and go, and indeed by midsummer 99 percent of the birds will be gone. The reason they come to this rookery is because the swamp where they nest has 200 alligators in it, making it a place of safety from foxes and dogs and bobcats and raccoons and other predators. c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

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A brightly-painted building graces part of a street in Staunton’s Historic District

This image was taken during the course of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, and if I indulge in a bit of whimsical imagination it seems as if the three birds on the left are “judging” the Bohemian Waxwing on the right. Pardon the anthropomorphism…. Meanwhile, this photo does show the chestnut undertail coverts that are a distinguishing feature of this species vs. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) which has whitish undertail coverts. Bohemian Waxwing is a winter visitor to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, while Cedar Waxwing is mainly seen here in summer.

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My trusty and almost constant three season daytime companion takes a well-deserved rest.

(And yes, I am a fan of anthropomorphism...)

Perhaps anthropomorphism, but it sure does seem to have a bad attitude about having its picture taken

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon

The immature Bald Eagle of the previous two images eventually had its place at the feeding bonanza on this Sea Lion carcass usurped by this adult. The older bird landed nearby and promptly hopped on the remains and began feeding. It’s anthropomorphism on my part, but it’s hard not to read an expression of chagrin on the part of the immature, as if to say to itself “Oh well, it was good while it lasted.” This saga unfolded in Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Many things could be happening here... he is waving hello ( with a sinister look in his eyes), foot cramp, Freddy Kruger impersonation, he is thinking he needs a nail trim, he is trying that Crocodile Dundee finger trick thing on me. Who knows but I think it is fun just to put human- like characteristics to the little fella! lol!

Jasper ready for a night on the town. (Yes I know anthropomorphism runs deep in my veins. But it makes me happy. And Jasper gets treats so it makes him happy.)

Early morning walk on the south side of the Logon aux Boeufs, northeast Haiti near the Dominican Republic, SPSA's seem solitary... they are not normally seen in mixed species groups here... yes, they seem... lonely (OK, apologies for the anthropomorphism)

To me, this archive photo appears to portray an older bird on the left that is imparting wisdom to the younger bird on the right, which looks to be listening intently. But your interpretation may be different. They are both female Eastern Bluebirds, I believe.

- Convento da Arrábida, Portugal -

A gray squirrel in the midst of having an afternoon snack. He seems very well-mannered to me.

No one can ask a bird why they often rest on one leg. The two leading theories are heat conservation and presenting a reduced presence for the portion that is underwater. Those who wish to impose anthropomorphism into the mix would say they are practicing yoga.;->