Feathered Dinosaurs
I saw this image over at Echidne’s and was instantly captivated. She’d lost the credit for the picture, so I hunted around a bit and found that it was taken by Hungarian nature photographer Bence Máté. The two grey herons were fighting over a fish (they both lost — the fish fell to the ice and another heron snapped it up).
All I can think is: they look like such dinosaurs! Just so gratifyingly dinosaury.
11 Responses to “Feathered Dinosaurs”
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Paul Tergeist says:
I love that picture! Conversely, I hate this:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0.....-2,00.html
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The Ghost of Violet says:
Ah, yeah, that judge is an incredible asshat and needs to be taken off the bench.
But Paul, I don’t see what you’re accomplishing by just sitting around whining about it. Get on a plane, fly to London, and kill the goddamn freak. Take ACTION, man!
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The Ghost of Violet says:
Note to Homeland Security: that was a joke.
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Victoria says:
I thought I’d reached my weekly quota in terms of things to get incredibly pissed off about, but after that article link @ comment #1, I was proven wrong.
snarl, hiss
Okay, deep meditative state. Review pretty picture above. Note the awesomeness of Violet’s invented word, dinosaury.
Thank you, I feel a little better now.
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The Ghost of Violet says:
Hey, what are you doing awake? I’m awake ’cause I’m a freak. All the other spirits are napping here in the EST lounge, so I’m having fun Googling for pictures of dinosaurs.
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Crowfoot says:
There’s tons of Great Blue Herons out where I live. They build these huge nests in great numbers in the trees, making a huge mess below, and when they fly overhead they look like pterodactyls. They SOUND like pterodactyls! *graaaaak!* *graaaaak!*
dinosaury indeed! :-D
possibly my favourite bird, apart from crows ;-)
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Victoria says:
Surprisingly, I actually did go to sleep after that last comment, and Jeff kept the kids entertained this A.M., letting me sleep in. So I ended up getting an actual 8 or so hours, like people do (or so I keep hearing).
And I’ve done far more frivolous things during my chronic insomniac stretches than Googling dinosaurs.
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Paul Tergeist says:
But Paul, I don’t see what you’re accomplishing by just sitting around whining about it. Get on a plane, fly to London, and kill the goddamn freak. Take ACTION, man!
-TGoVSI don’t have time to mess with that. I’m the fashion consultant for the first annual JonBenet Ramsey purity ball.
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Paul Tergeist says:
I thought I’d reached my weekly quota in terms of things to get incredibly pissed off about, but after that article link @ comment #1, I was proven wrong.
-VictoriaHey, it’s Monday morning and I’m back with more goodies for you! LITERALLY!
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The Ghost of Violet says:
Crowfoot –
I think I’ve only seen herons standing in the distance, so my mental image of them is that typical long-legged wading bird profile. I believe they look so dinosaury in this picture because you can see their muscular upper legs and their…arms, really, is the word that comes to mind.
It must be quite interesting to see them flying overhead and hear them go graaaak.
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Victoria says:
Sorry, Tergeist, not going there. It’s only mid-September and I’ve exceeded, now, my monthly quota.
Maybe in October.
