Today was a long day filled with a lot of pleasurable activity, including office duties, obtaining some new stamps, a precious meeting with my old friends, drinking wine, tea, coffee and a lot of chatting. And in the morning some photography also fit in! So, this post goes for 'Show me a photo (of a bird)' contest, round #239. (Week had no specific thematic suggested).
A notice to the public. The city has received some nice, sunny weather — but according to the forecast, it's only for two days—so I took advantage of the offer and brought my camera with me today. Last week, near the metro station where my office is located, I was drawn to a (trivial) sight: a huge congregation of pigeons perched on the wires. Passing by this spot every day, I occasionally see this scene, but usually the pigeons are grazing on the lawn or asphalt... Why they sometimes gather together on the wires is truly a mystery to me! I can only assume they need to hold a meeting from time to time... (A similar situation sometimes happens in my office—top management doesn't want to work, and then we "meet"... a waste of time and pointless conversations with zero efficiency. But forgive me, I digress.)
So, today, the following coincided: a) nice sunny weather, b) a camera with a telephoto lens, c) the pigeons sitting at the correct spot. I was delighted with my foresight... and took several captures. Nothing brilliant or extra special, but it's exactly what I hoped to get and what I wanted to get. So, I could not but share the whole photo-set with you.
A Headless HorseMan! huh - I wanted to say: a headless pigeon, of course.
В город завезли хорошую солнечную погоду - но если верить прогнозу погоды, всего на два дня - я поспешил воспользоваться этим предложением, и взял сегодня с собой камеру. На прошлой неделе возле станции метро где находится мой офис, меня привлек один (тривиальный) сюжет: огромный конклав голубей, заседающий на проводах. Проезжая это место каждый день, я иногда наблюдаю эту сцену, но обычно - голуби пасутся на лужайке или асфальте... почему иногда они собираются все вместе на проводах - для меня на самом деле загадка!
Могу предположить, что время от времени им нужно провести совещание... (похожая ситуация случается иногда у меня в офисе - топ-менеджмент не хочет работать, и тогда мы "совещаемся"... бесполезная трата времени и разговоры ни о чем с нулевым коэффициентом полезного действия. Но простите, я отвлекся). Так вот: сегодня совпали в одной точке места и времени а) хорошая солнечная погода, б) камера с телефото-объективом, в) голуби сидели на нужном месте. Я обрадовался своему предвидению.. и сделал несколько фото. Ничего гениального или сверх-удачного, но это именно то что я рассчитывал получить и что хотел. Поэтому - делюсь.
Greetings @qwerrie ,
What lovely photography you have presented here.....so very apt for the moment...at least in the Northern Hemisphere anyway. Beautiful, colourful, dynamic images of Autumn.....thank you!
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Meoww!! 🐈 yes, it is fresh stuff, not something well-mufmmified from my waste vaults. Sadly, here where I live we move at sufficient speed to rainy autumn skies, freeze, 'dog weather' and tiny light day - all it is unbearable for me, and impulses to go out in search of a beauty to capture... -> fall below zero. Probably, soon I will entertain myself with movies and mulled wine. But the Southern Hemisphere and Hive travel blogs help to keep the spirit... well, a bit.
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In my mind the answer is two-fold. They line up to watch from a high spot if anyone will come out to feed them, and at the same time they can preen themselves. If anyone comes to spread a handful of bread crumbs below, the whole flock will rush down to eat.
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The hypothesis is fine, but it leaves a question: why aren't they sitting on the wire all the time? ofc maybe it's a case of random distribution...
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You are right about the random distribution :)
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Oh my! Fantastic photos, all lovely, but I especially loved the close-ups of the chicks perched on the wires and in black and white!... Applause!
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its cute to see them lining up like that, but the chaos and the poop, well a little bit of a mess.
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I am well-awared of a poop option thus I was accurate and did not come too close. Camera did not get in touch with the results of pigeons digesting :D
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Photos are brilliant, the pigeons are great models.
I don't know either why birds and pigeons in particular like to perch on wires, but it always a good spot.