Birdies

boingboing.net directs us to cloudboxer, where you can see pictures of birds in the guy’s backyard.

Incidentally, that was a hard sentence to write because I originally wrote: “… pictures of birds shot in his backyard.” Then images of bloody starlings came to mind and I changed it.

Incidentally again, the word “backyard” is a little weird. It can be written “backyard” or “back yard,” but it’s pronounced like two separate words even when written as one (at least, where I come from). And the meaning, of course, is the same either way.

This is different from “any time” vs. “anytime” or “some time” vs. “sometime.”

4 Responses to Birdies

  1. BruceS January 25, 2009 at 3:34 pm #

    I used that “shot” bit in a speech about seeing a deer during a morning walk. Most of the animals I’ve shot over the years never felt it. While they may well have been quite bloody after being shot, the blood was on the inside, just as it was before the shot.

  2. BruceS January 25, 2009 at 3:39 pm #

    I forgot the main point: great pictures!

  3. weeklyrob January 26, 2009 at 2:35 pm #

    Most of them haven’t? Should I infer that some animals you shot did feel it? I’d have never guessed.

  4. BruceS January 27, 2009 at 9:50 am #

    Your inference is correct. In some cases, animals I shot felt it in the form of a brief flash, though I try to avoid that. Others were close enough to hear a click. Then there were the rabbits and squirrels…

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