tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15120774394758129312024-03-14T04:29:48.185-05:00Twin BeaksThe first blog by birds for birds.<br><br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger876125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-69036479437229225362017-09-30T23:10:00.004-05:002017-09-30T23:10:35.442-05:00The Judgmental Aracari<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/37390563562/" nbsp="" title="Collared Aracari"><img alt="Collared Aracari" height="500" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4402/37390563562_42ae30c7be.jpg" width="351" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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Seriously, people? I mean, WTF!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-10151679926535410902016-02-28T11:36:00.004-06:002016-02-28T11:37:21.530-06:00The New Peter PrincipleI decided to officially cut the "Trump" out of my name. So for the rest of the year, please call me the Peter Swan.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-20730473673129500772016-02-10T15:56:00.002-06:002016-02-10T15:56:44.798-06:00Okay. You want Hillary. I want Bernie. But if we don't stick together in the end, we won't have a rock to stand on. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/10299303875" nbsp="" title="Let's call the whole thing off"><img alt="Let's call the whole thing off" height="427" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/10299303875_f3da26e9b2.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-78897554236355839942016-02-05T15:20:00.002-06:002016-02-05T15:20:13.344-06:00For the rest of the year, I'd prefer that you call me the Horn-player Swan. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/3179044269/in/photolist-9PJvsF-9PMpfb-9PJvcX-85uUJP-85y4Jb-85y3K5-85uUzZ-85uUSt-85y4xb-85uVjT-85uWrt-85y3Zf-85uVMe-85y6yh-85y5DA-85uW4z-85uWCZ-85y5rC-85uTE8-81xGRQ-7g25ab-7g23KG-7fX7ek-7fX5zc-7fX6kP-5QVr76-7fX4Lc-7fX3RF-7g1XMw-7g1X7U-7g1WC5-7g1VNw-5QVt2R" nbsp="" title="Trumpeter Swan"><img alt="Trumpeter Swan" height="375" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3089/3179044269_e940f388a4.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-75582705394667567602015-09-05T10:09:00.003-05:002015-09-05T10:09:36.182-05:00Happy Vulture Awareness Day!Whether their food is going in<br />
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Vultures are cool<br />
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Really. How dare you call me a LISP?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-89647567655468753662014-02-12T09:14:00.002-06:002014-02-12T09:53:49.539-06:00Excuse me??!!! What did you call me??<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/8715644302/" title="Dickcissel by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Dickcissel" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8715644302_d3f408dd22.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />
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Why, oh why are you calling me a DICK??? I don't even have one!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-12449038815435234312014-02-12T09:11:00.001-06:002014-02-12T09:11:09.276-06:00I may play with them, but I am not a LEGO.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/8516769783/" title="Lesser Goldfinch by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Lesser Goldfinch" height="350" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8516769783_963c09b306.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-19112270692693397022014-02-12T09:07:00.001-06:002014-02-12T09:07:41.601-06:00Like the pine trees lining the winding road...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/3385583557/" title="Pine Warbler by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Pine Warbler" height="352" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3543/3385583557_d959b12bdb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I got a name. And it's not PIWA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-90118668070245619702014-02-12T09:04:00.001-06:002014-02-12T09:04:53.178-06:00My name is not GREG.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/3826710268/" title="Great Egret by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Great Egret" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3449/3826710268_81a01f6667.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-71414285021139584392014-02-12T09:00:00.001-06:002014-02-12T09:00:22.817-06:00Keep me off your TUDU list!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/11558826743/" title="Tufted Duck by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Tufted Duck" height="323" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11558826743_5a09e8f0c8.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-10305357202377410102014-02-12T08:57:00.002-06:002014-02-12T08:57:44.972-06:00CITE research about me all you like. But call me a Cinnamon Teal.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/6377542151/" title="Cinnamon Teal by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Cinnamon Teal" height="315" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6039/6377542151_0041ddccb1.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-7193586550061676452014-02-12T08:53:00.002-06:002014-02-12T08:53:46.566-06:00AUGH! Don't bind me in a TRUS!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/3179044269/" title="Trumpeter Swan by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Trumpeter Swan" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3089/3179044269_e940f388a4.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-82912549631049156992014-02-12T08:51:00.003-06:002014-02-12T08:51:56.750-06:00We like nice, succulent plants, but no BRAN for us!!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/8202928421/" title="Brant at Park Point by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Brant at Park Point" height="340" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8202928421_d409de02ff.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-49538025935502520462014-02-12T08:48:00.001-06:002014-02-12T08:48:57.936-06:00It's just not right to CACH a wild bird.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/8512226736/" title="Carolina Chickadee by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Carolina Chickadee" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8512226736_bb2c615d14.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-22573342358844320242013-10-17T01:35:00.003-05:002015-04-10T09:47:38.157-05:00No, we don't see eye to eye. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I may always face left and you may always face right, but we stand on the same foundation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-4560265264870959952013-08-28T12:45:00.001-05:002013-08-28T12:45:06.178-05:00Who am I to judge?<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/4600091119/" title="Baltimore Oriole by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3408/4600091119_f6f21da959.jpg" width="500" height="358" alt="Baltimore Oriole"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-78824539383423238042012-11-09T22:19:00.003-06:002012-11-09T22:19:36.025-06:00Happy Jays Are Here Again!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/7781456462/" title="Blue Jay by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Blue Jay" height="347" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7781456462_735fd38c32.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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By our very nature, we can't help but prefer blue states.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-35474184191337534262012-10-16T21:53:00.003-05:002012-10-16T21:53:38.595-05:00First Mitt went for Big Bird. Then he went for migratory birds. No more pardons for me?<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/6351829569/" title="Wild Turkey by Laura Erickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Wild Turkey" height="367" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6218/6351829569_99104f929d.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-77120365927181994502012-09-22T10:30:00.001-05:002012-09-22T10:36:22.996-05:00From my perspective, YOU'RE the upside-down one.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512077439475812931.post-1380008242982634992012-09-21T20:47:00.002-05:002012-09-21T20:53:01.253-05:00I am most seriously displeased. <div style="text-align: center;">
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So THERE, Clint Eastwood!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0