Posted by PJ on May 05, 2001 at 12:31:44:
In Reply to: those amazing lorikeets posted by giveawayboy on May 04, 2001 at 21:54:32:
: : the other day as i was walking home from work, i came across a handsome little bird, perched in a tree. his whistling was so low and distinct that i could easily immitate it. so i responded to one of his calls. promptly he swooped down from his safe little perch and came vulnerably close to my face, actually flying so close to me that i could feel his feathers beating the air across my ear and cheek. then he flew in an arc in the other direction from me. each time i whistled, however, he flew back (looking playful and confused at the same time), lightly brushing the air against me and circling back again.....this continued the length of a full street block.....then i had to cross a busy street and i think that the bird must have had his limit. he must have flown past my face about a doxen times. he sure was brave. hmmmm.......did he think i was a female (here i am assuming two things--one that he was male, and two that i was echoing a mating call)....????
: : all i know is that i actually had a conversation with a bird. now, knowing that saint francis talked to animals, does this mean that soon i will have the stigmata and see the seraphic christ in my kitchen? just questions......but the bird thing was real cool.
: : bill
: As a followup to this bird story i have another. today i went to the enclosed aviary at busch gardens and was thrilled to see many lories and lorikeets, landing on peoples' heads and arms and shoulders and drinking nectar from tiny cups. i was also happy to see a little boy feeding a golden pheasant and stretching across some little turtle pond to do it. i was truly thrilled at the wonder of all those loose little avians strutting and flitting about with their freaky selves and us all in this little netted sanctuary. it was some sort of crazy bird and human variety show thing. pretty cool!
: bill
I got one thing to say about these stories: they are for the birds