He regarded Huginn as only slightly more dangerous than most pets, in that he understood why people had pets but harbored the paranoia they would one day eat their owners. True, it kept Eliot from even having a pet larger than his fist, but it also kept him from being kibble.
Thomm QuackenbushTag: cats dogs paranoia pets birds
But in the early 1970s, we were not birdwatching. We were birding, and that made all the difference. We were out to seek, to discover, to chase, to learn, to find as many different kinds of birds as possible — and, in friendly competition, to try to find more of them than the next birder. We became a community of birders, with the complications that human societies always have; and although it was the birds that had brought us together, our story became a human story after all.
Kenn KaufmanTag: science nature birds naturalist am ornithology
I was caged by him like a bird with clipped wings. I could flutter but I couldn’t escape though I’m not certain I’d want to even if I could.
Paloma BeckTag: aubrey birds hold-my-hand
Birds of the same feathers flock together, and when they flock together they fly so high.
Cecil ThounaojamTag: feathers birds together flock high fly
The birds of anonymity fly high above in our shared sky. Witness their beauty.
Truth DevourTag: beauty communication birds
It would be nice to find a ‘planet of trees and birds’ in the space; only trees and birds, millions of different trees and millions of different birds!
Mehmet Murat ildanTag: birds
Heat in her birds of prey fingertips, smoke of gilded flowers in her aureate gorging hair.
Laura GentileTag: flowers hair heat birds smoke
The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.
Will CuppyTag: humor birds ornithology
Love is not only the story of butterflies or birds; it is also the story of jackals and hounds
M.F. MoonzajerTag: love story birds butterfly hounds jackals
Oh yes," said Jana. "You want the birdbath."
She let him down onto the rim of the birdbath, then watched as he dipped his head, lowered his chest into the water, and raised it. Having finished his bath, he did a dance of sheer joy, flapping his wings and shaking off the water in a circle of drops.
"He enjoys life," said a voice. Mr. Powell the optometrist, a closed umbrella in hand, was letting his two dachshunds chase each other around the park.
"As do your dogs," said Jana.
"Yes," said Mr. Powell,"they have fun in a simpler and more joyous way than most humans do. Their pleasures seem more reliable. All you have to do is say the word 'walk' and they're wiggling from head to toe....
Tag: animals dogs joy pleasure birds enjoyment
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