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30 Days of Photos - #20 - Bird


Welcome to 30 Days of Photos, where... whoa, whoa, whoa, you really want me to go through all of this again? Yeah? Okay. 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here:

Ziva, Mike, Nicky & Mike, Mo, Meleah, Bryan, Mariann, Malissa, Nora, Laughing Mom, Tanya, Elizabeth, 00dozo, Cheryl, Kristen and Katherine


This is a cockatoo, parrot, bird thingy. He lives in the zoo at El Valle in Panama. He says "Hola" a lot.

I think he thought I was going to give him food. He poked his head through the fence. He must have been disappointed. I only took his picture.  
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Cheryl said…
You've outdone yourself on this one. Damn! This is funny.
20 April 2012 at 08:25
Ziva said…
Doesn't he know you're never supposed to stick your head trough a fence? He's probably still stuck like that.
20 April 2012 at 08:48
nonamedufus said…
I was amazed that he poked his head through the fence. I gather lots of zoo visitors feed him. But not me.
20 April 2012 at 09:02
nonamedufus said…
I guess he didn't know that. He was the most animated bird at that zoo. He may well have been disappointed that we didn't feed him.
20 April 2012 at 09:05
Quirky Loon said…
This is funny! And I thought birds had a brain the size of a pea! Howd' he know to do that? hee hee
20 April 2012 at 09:25
MalisaHargrove said…
Dufus, why didn't you feed the bird? You could have spared one of your Cheetos or something. Hell, give him a nickel to eat. I know you couldn't give him a penny because they are all in a mason jar. Wonderful photo though. I can just hear that bird making those disgusting bird noises.
20 April 2012 at 09:47
nonamedufus said…
Brains the size of a pea, maybe. But their heads are larger.
20 April 2012 at 10:43
nonamedufus said…
This bird didn't make disgusting bird noises oddly enough. It just kept screeching "hola, hola". Friendly, huh?
20 April 2012 at 10:46
Mo "Mad Dog" Stoneskin said…
I've just read reports of a cockatoo being stuck in a fence. I rang up and let them know who caused this.
20 April 2012 at 10:51
nonamedufus said…
Damn, Mo, I thought we were friends.
20 April 2012 at 11:01
Mo "Mad Dog" Stoneskin said…
We were friends until your obscene cruelty towards birds was revealed.
20 April 2012 at 11:04
laughing mom said…
When they come at that bird with a stick of butter to free his head, he'll think that he's on the menu!
20 April 2012 at 11:06
Cheryl P. said…
Nice picture, Dufus. As birds go, he looks pretty cute and the fact he can say "hola" makes him even cuter.
20 April 2012 at 11:18
mikewjattoomanymornings said…
He wasn't hoping to get food from you, NoName. He was trying to peck out your eyes. Because that's what birds do. They peck out your eyes.

Hey, how come everybody call you Dufus, but I call you NoName? I kind of like NoName better, and believe people ought to make the switch. Just a thought.
20 April 2012 at 11:57
mikewjattoomanymornings said…
It's not funny. NoName almost got his eyes pecked out. Because that's what birds do. They peck your eyes out.
20 April 2012 at 11:58
mikewjattoomanymornings said…
In NoName's defense, this bird was about to peck his eyes out. Because that's what birds do. They peck your eyes out.
20 April 2012 at 11:59
Linda Medrano said…
That is a marvelous photo! I like birds. I used to have a pair of Cockatiels. The talked some, but mainly they mimicked the baby crying. That was disconcerting. My husband used to let them fly around the house and they scared the hell out of me. They are big! I'm afraid of most flying and crawling things. But I still like them.
20 April 2012 at 12:23
Keith Fowler said…
At least he doesn't swear. Although I've always wanted a parrot that'd make the pope blush.
20 April 2012 at 12:28
Dr Max Tunguska said…
At least he doesn't swear. Although I've always wanted a parrot that'd make the pope blush.
20 April 2012 at 12:30
Mike said…
Nice parrot. In Panama, does Polly want a cracker or a taco?
20 April 2012 at 12:43
nonamedufus said…
Are you kidding me? That bird'll probably eat the stick of butter.
20 April 2012 at 12:52
nonamedufus said…
Well he could say "hello" but not "hey, how about some bird seed". I don't think that's cute in my book.
20 April 2012 at 12:54
nonamedufus said…
You're just more familiar, Mike. Noname is my first name. (That doesn't sound like it makes a lot of sense. (I'm writing this with my hands over my eyes.)
20 April 2012 at 12:56
nonamedufus said…
I remember having a parakeet that I'd let out of the cage. It'd poop all over the place and never go back into its cage. Stupid bird. If that's a parakeet I'd hate to see a oneakeet.
20 April 2012 at 12:59
nonamedufus said…
He may have sworn after I didn't feed him, but if so it must have been under his breath.
20 April 2012 at 13:00
nonamedufus said…
Max, are you related in any way to Keith?
20 April 2012 at 13:00
meleahrebeccah said…
I LOVE cockatoos! They are HILARIOUS birds! Awesome photo!!
20 April 2012 at 13:01
nonamedufus said…
In Panama Polly wants a patacone pita...pretty please
20 April 2012 at 13:07
nonamedufus said…
All I did was take his picture. He's still living the life of a King back at the Panama zoo.
20 April 2012 at 13:08
00dozo said…
So that's what became of "Fred" (Beretta's bird). I hear parrots can live a really long life.

"Hola!"

Fun shot, too.

;-)
20 April 2012 at 13:10
nonamedufus said…
It's okay Mike, I was wearing sunglasses. But thanks for looking out for me.
20 April 2012 at 13:11
nonamedufus said…
You know an awful lot about birds, Mike. Or else very little.
20 April 2012 at 13:12
nonamedufus said…
This one was pretty funny, Meleah.
20 April 2012 at 13:13
nonamedufus said…
Yeah, Fred fared far better than Robert Blake, that's for sure.
20 April 2012 at 13:16
meleahrebeccah said…
They are awesome birds.
They say some crazy shit too.

I love them.

If I was allowed to have a pet in my house, I would TOTALLY get one.
20 April 2012 at 13:19
nonamedufus said…
Then what the heck was that thing you were wearing in your hair today?
20 April 2012 at 13:34
meleahrebeccah said…
As I've stated in the comments of my own blog....

It's my friend, Tiffany's, bird. Clementine.
And she is the sweetest little creature.

I don't own a cat OR a bird.
The cat photo I posted belongs to my friend Jennifer.
[Also previously mentioned!]

:)
20 April 2012 at 14:19
nonamedufus said…
I was by too early...before you shared the info it was your friend's bird. It seems to like your head, though. That's nice.
20 April 2012 at 14:24
Mo "Mad Dog" Stoneskin said…
Mike isn't looking out for you, he wants to peck your eyes out. Because that's what, um, wait, wires crossed I think.
20 April 2012 at 14:31
frankleemeidere said…
Since today's theme is "bird" I'm checking each of my regular reading blogs to see if there's a photo of Charlie Parker. No luck yet.
20 April 2012 at 14:51
nonamedufus said…
Good one, Frank. Careful, thigh, he may poke your eye out. Or so I'm told.
20 April 2012 at 15:43
nonamedufus said…
You know he does seem kinda preoccupied with poking eyes out doesn't he?
20 April 2012 at 15:44
Keith Fowler said…
I had finger trouble with logging in to make a comment. I'm an idiot.
20 April 2012 at 16:31
Keith Fowler said…
Still am.
20 April 2012 at 16:31
Nicky said…
I really, really like this picture, Dufus. He looks like he's being strangled in the fence. :-)
20 April 2012 at 19:05
nonamedufus said…
Don't be so hard on yourself, you fool.
20 April 2012 at 19:42
nonamedufus said…
Okay. Are you taking your meds?
20 April 2012 at 19:43
nonamedufus said…
Thanks, Nicky. Too bad it wasn't one of Nora's cats, eh?
20 April 2012 at 19:44
jc collins said…
Perhaps Mr Slater's parrot, then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIGjUf4fppA
21 April 2012 at 10:03
Nora Blithe said…
That's just mean.
23 April 2012 at 18:04
nonamedufus said…
Oh, Nora, I thought you were at the writer's workshop?
23 April 2012 at 18:09
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