Picture of a plastic bird

[Alan Henry]

It's sad when people have to upload pictures of plastic birds as is the case of the below

http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery16

Mikado Pheasant, , Taiwan May 2009 © Jeff Higgott
Excellent prolonged views of this endemic species out in the open on the TerryTours 2009 Taiwan trip.


So why post a picture of a plastic bird?? for a superb picture of a real bird scroll down a couple to Pete Morris's picture

Cheers

Alan

[Brian S]

Hi Alan

Knowing Jeff, I feel sure he was just injecting a bit of humour (not sadness) onto the site.

Brian S

[Colin Key]

This thread could prove to be an interesting "diversion". How many other members have shots of "artificial" birds?

Here is an Eagle Owl spotted by my wife perched on a boat in the marina at Lagos - it fooled me for an instant:

http://www.pbase.com/accentor/image/112676341.jpg


Colin :ohdear::beer:

[SEQUELLA]

Hi Alan

Knowing Jeff, I feel sure he was just injecting a bit of humour (not sadness) onto the site.

Brian S

Thanks Brian - and yes!! :rolleyes:

And Alan - I didn't HAVE to post a picture of a plastic bird (well done though for recognising the construction material from the photo!). I could have posted this one:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3515721125_87e9f71cd3.jpg


...though having raised the subject of plastic birds here's a 1 metre high Kirtland's Warbler in a glass case (i.e captive, so you can't tick it) in the high street in Mio, Michigan:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/527737629_b43fb49dba_o.jpg

[MichaelF]

There's a huge wooden Goshawk on every major road entrance into Kielder Forest, but I've never bothered to take a photo!

[Alan Henry]

Hi Jeff,

Superb Picture (the top one of course!!!)

Regards

Alan

[Nigel Lindsey]

Electricity sub-stations in West Sussex have fake Eagle Owls on top of them - if spotted from a fast moving train they can be vaguely worrying until you have seen the third.

Nigel