I Bet You Wish You Could Have Shot This One....

By Penny written 7/28/06 7:29 PM, published 7/28/06 7:29 PM
My husband told me there was a baby bird in my drive way.  He wanted me to put it somewhere safe so it wouldn't get run over.  So I went out to move it and take pics.  It was a baby Popup Linkblue jay.  I was taking pics and heard  Popup Linkmom.  She was not happy with me.  So she started dive bombing me. I went in the house after grabbing the baby and sitting it in a safe place.  Then couldn't resist.  Came out and found another Popup Linkbaby.  At this point mom had had enough of me.  She was really ticked  Popup Linksitting right above me on the roof.  Then I had went off taking other pic.  Came back in the area looked at the baby and didn't see mean old mom.  Got side tracked taking pics of a weed/flower and WHAM right in the head!  She hit me!  Right on top of the head.  I think I pushed it too far.  I had went to Lil's house came back stepped out of my van.  About an hour or longer later and she got me again.  It had to be something to see.  I have never in my life actually seen a bird hit someone like that.

Bonus: While on the subject of feathered ones
Popup LinkLight Popup Linkas a Popup Linkfeather


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  • Penny 7/28/06 7:32 PM
    I forgot it. Put the wrong one in.This is the one I got hit over.

    - Smile


  • wilk 7/28/06 7:52 PM
    I want to see WHAM!

    -      Oh Shoot


  • LaPineian 7/28/06 7:53 PM
    Great shots! What an experience! Even those babies look like they have attitude!

  • Penny 7/28/06 8:07 PM
    Wilk I would like to have seen what I looked like just then too. I was just ducking and running away at that time. LOL

    - Smile


  • smalltown05 7/28/06 8:23 PM
    The heck with your head! How are the babies? Love As A too.

    - blow.....hard


  • Sopris 7/28/06 10:21 PM
    The baby is so cute! "As a" is wonderful! Better put on Bob the builder's hard hat.

  • andreaeagle 7/28/06 11:54 PM
    Heck! it's no wonder moma hit ya...those are two cute babies you resued. But do suggest you work out something soon...cause moma eyes were glowing in 1 of you pic.I Realy like light

    - come over for lunch


  • bugaboo 7/29/06 12:12 AM
    Good luck with the babies, too cute! Bonus shots are gorgeous!

  • Buccaneer Bruce 7/29/06 12:18 AM
    Great post Penny! The photos were fantastic, the story was top notch, and the bonus feather was excellent work. I bow to you and give you a YO HO!

  • Anonymous Hero 7/29/06 12:48 AM
    I never knew birds could have facial expressions!

  • loweho 7/29/06 2:07 AM
    Like mom and baby and the images the story created in my head of you being dive bombed. Also liked all the feathers. Once, in Cypress Gardens, I was fiddling with the camera, Barb was getting something to drink and I felt something on my head. Looked around...nothing! But I noticed I was like in the center of a circle of people who were ooohing and aaahing, and Barb was laughing. This went on for 5 or 6 hits, each progressively rougher, before I caught what was obvious to everyone else. A bird was plucking hairs out of my head and flying up to a nest placing the hairs and coming back for more. I finally had to get under one of the vendors roofs to stop it. Quite funny, to almost everyone one in the area, especially Barb.

    - Fickle Finger of F8


  • BusyB1965 7/29/06 4:58 AM
    Now Penny, you know how protective moms are of their young....am trying to picture you trying to get away,,, this would have been a really great series if someone could have captured that. Like the detail in baby.

    - Blessings


  • lefteyeblind 7/29/06 5:01 AM
    really enjoyed the story. we had issues with blue jays as a child because they did not like cats. man did they squawk when ever the cats came out! love the baby in the bush picture and the feathers

    - beauty in eyes of my son


  • Lidljo 7/29/06 5:29 AM
    Sorry you got hit, but I could have told you that would happen. You did really, really well on the shots Penny.

    - Flowers are happiness...


  • wilk 7/29/06 6:06 AM
    I think you ought to mess with those chicks again, but make sure Lil is around this time!

    -      Oh Shoot


  • Don Phillips 7/29/06 6:38 AM
    Beautiful shots. I too have been dive bombed by a Blue Jay. They are very protective of their young!

    - Don


  • KayN 7/29/06 6:48 AM
    I've never had that happen to me, either, Penny....I'll bet it was a sight! Too bad nobody thought to document it for you..... ;) Fantastic close ups of the babies! Very detailed. I also love the bonus shots....all of them.....

    - Ms.N


  • RobinG 7/29/06 8:00 AM
    Great shots and story!!! I love the close ups of the little ones. And the feathers are WOW!!! I was dive bombed by the martins but they never hit me, I just hid my eyes and ran like crazy!!! Thanks for taking the hits, the pics were worth it. :o)

  • LaPineian 7/29/06 8:46 AM
    I forgot to say anything about the feathers! They are beautiful, looks like they have silver spun into them.

  • ROCKADEE 7/29/06 9:45 AM
    Great Shots, Penny...And Your Lucky It Was A Jay That Hit You And Not An Eagle...:)

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • belleboe 7/29/06 3:16 PM
    Great story & thanks for taking the hits for the pictures they are well worth it! Great set! LOL funny story Loweho!!

  • Anonymous Hero 7/29/06 3:19 PM
    I'm coming over tommorow so we can do a retake, I'll bring the camera!

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