Swan Farming

 

The farmers of Chipping Farkleton meeting to harvest the swans by hand.

Nowadays, this is done by machines, but sometimes, the old swan-strangling ways are best.

Bonus - 

Ducks Deluxe

 

If you hailed from Aylesbury, you would already know that today (the second Friday in June) is Duck Day.

It's a local holiday, dating from 1363, celebrating the contribution that ducks made to the local economy. From their eggs (omelettes), to their meat(for stir fries) to their feathers (The Aylesbury Pillow Collective), ducks were the driver for Aylesbury's wealth.

Even their feet were used, for waterproofing deerstalker hats. No waste here.

Bonus - 

 

"Is This Your Sanderling?"

 

I don't have to explain, do I?

Bonus - 

"The Pigeons Followed Me From Norwich to Nepal."

 

I think the title explains the slide well enough.

Norfolk pigeons, loyally following their master around the world.#

Bonus - 

It's the natural way...

The Pink Cockatoos

 

...would be a great name for a gay nightclub in Sydney Oz.

That is all.

Bonus - Roads ... Flights ... Ships  

Click  for Big

Winter Bird Condo

 

I know that technically, this is a Tedious Tuesday slide, but I do actually like the subject.

Just a simple bird house / feeder, but .... with some 1960's architecture. Noice.

Bonus - 

Also nice...

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"There's a Bear in the Raven Exhibit"

 

From a set marked as "American Zoos", and I can't really disagree.

Looks like a Grizzly Bear to me, which leads me to remind readers to watch the documentary "Grizzly Man" 

Bonus - 

The Curious "Knee" of the Flamingo

 

Have you ever stopped to consider the Flamingo's knee?

How come it flexes forward, when every other animal has knees that flex backwards.

Well, Have I got astonishing news for you.

Bonus - Trump 2024 flags being sewn in a Chinese factory…

Colourful Pigeons

 

Today's slide is marked "Iquassu Falls. Barbara and Macau."

And that rather tells you everything you probably wanted to know. (Except for the fact that Barbara is an escaped serial killer from Martha's Vinyard, but we all have skeletons in our cupboards. Actually, Barb.....)

Bonus Shoebill with a shoe bill.

Bonus 2 - The lonely death of Charles McCunn

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The Snow-Ducks

I expect that this explains were Tesco's frozen  ready-stuffed ducks come from.


Bonus - Actually, that's barely any snow, really.  For comparison...
30-second timelapse of 24 hours of snowfall in Newfoundland, Canada.  No, Really !

The Swans and the Swimming

The Swans
   and The Swimming

Bonus - Swans and The Swimming

Bonus 2 -

Pelicans and Boat.

That's all I can say about this.

Two pelicans and one boat.


Bonus - Creative Graffiti

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Pink Flamingos

Pink Flamingos is a 1972 American black comedy exploitation crime film directed, written, produced, filmed, and edited by John Waters. The film stars the countercultural drag queen Divine as a criminal living under the name of Babs Johnson, "the filthiest person alive". While living in a trailer with Edie (Edith Massey) and Crackers (Danny Mills)—her mother and son respectively—and companion Cotton (Mary Vivian Pearce), Divine is confronted by the Marbles (David Lochary and Mink Stole), a couple of criminals envious of her reputation. The characters engage in several grotesque, bizarre and explicitly crude situations.

Pink plastic flamingos are one of the most famous lawn ornaments in the United States, along with the garden gnome.

Bonus - Top 10 Worst Superheroes

The Snow Birds

Day Three of the Beast From The East (or is it Day Four?...) and the ambient temperature remains "Brass Monkeys"

The snow?  O man. The snow must be 2.0 mm deep - drifting up to 7 mm in some parts of the city.

So, have some vintage birds, in a snowy environment.

Nice.

Bonus - How Richard Nixon Accidentally Smuggled Three Pounds of Pot for Louis Armstrong

Bonus 2 -

Word Bodging

One of my favourite anecdotes concerns Humphrey Lyttleton and..Orthni...Ornolot....Orthinology.

Bonus - The Return of Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski

Pink Flamingos

I thought this slide might be a suitable (tho' late) way to mark the death of Divine on March 7th 1988.

Farewell you Trash-Queen.


Bonus - My Blog, My Choices.

The Penguin Pool

I'd like to tell you which zoo this is.

But I can't.

Bonus - R.I.P. Alistair Urquhart

Bonus - Booby Trap

The Stealth Chickens

From playing with the brightness, contrast and gamma, I think this shows a lad petting a stealthy chicken, while another sneaks up behind him, ready to steal his wallet.

Alternatively, it's the Romania Police Fife and Drum Band, preparing for a summer holiday.

Anything is possible.

Bonus - Rago National Park, Norway

Pelicans

"A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
   He can take in his beak
   Enough food for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican!"
Dixon Lanier Merritt, 1910



Bonus -

A Proud, Tall Ethnic Cock

Alongside a smaller, fluffy hen.


Bonus - Yeah Gods!

Prepare yourself for the full horror of NecroPants. Probably NSFK.or Work.