Dark Bird
May 30th, 2008Not sure if this is a blackbird, a raven, a crow or an alien changeling from the counter-Earth that we don’t know about because its orbit is exactly opposite of ours. No matter. Birds are weird. But they can fly. Got me on the technicality AGAIN, birds. o
Tags: alien changeling, bird, vancouver
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May 30th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Hey Jon!
I hope you read this.
I check your website regularly and recently found a band in your ‘Listening’ list that I can assure you is going to be my favorite band for the Summer.
Plants and Animals TOTALLY ROCK.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Zinzy from the Netherlands
May 30th, 2008 at 4:57 am
It’s a crow!
More pictures!!! (Please!!!)
May 30th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Cool clouds! When will you have more prints for sale?
May 30th, 2008 at 6:46 am
that is an awesome picture Jon .. cool composition. Are those colors for real?
May 30th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I’m seeing more green…this is becoming a pattern!
May 30th, 2008 at 7:30 am
as someone who was born and raised in vancouver, i can tell you that it is a crow. they are annoying, loud, and very plentiful in the city.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:41 am
That’s a fabulous picture. I love the way you captured his wings. And I think it’s an alien changeling.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I see a lot of green in that building on the right . . .
May 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am
That is sooooooooo alfred hitchcocky!
(I know that really isn’t a word but we’re blogging, right?)
May 30th, 2008 at 8:59 am
That is a crow, and I work near those buildings which is really weird. As far as aliens go, have you seen any of the Predator movies? The clicking noise the alien makes is the same sound crows make. I’m just saying…
May 30th, 2008 at 9:20 am
YES! Birds ARE weird! I have a “Birds are Weird” poster: http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pac070081.html
May 30th, 2008 at 10:36 am
When I first glanced at this, I saw it as a black bowler hat instead of a bird. Very “unbearable lightness of being”!
Cool. Hey, one more plug for a post about printer decisions : ) Would love to know your take on things, Mr. Armstrong!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Birds freak me out, but I wish I could fly like them. Caraaaaazzzzyyy.
And I’m with Caroline… printer discussion, por favor!!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:01 am
That bird stole my credit card! Anyone? SNL? Anyone?
Awesome pic Jon!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Whoa. You see my city in ways I’ve never even fathomed.
If you decide to sell any of your Vancouver pics, my bare front entrance wall is a waiting customer.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:37 am
This reminds me of the other world contrast of seeing a neon sign backed by the Wasatch Mountains. There are times that cities seem the natural landmark and then nature added in un-naturally. However, animals and plants never seem to obey the rules we enforced on them like the ducks that contstantly show up on the lawn of my office complex.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
That’s the rare Canadian Black Eagle, Jon. My girlfriend introduced me to them on my first visit to Vancouver last year. Breathtaking, aren’t they?
“Man, there’s not a year goes by, not one year, that I don’t here about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid that could have easily been avoided if some parent, I don’t care which one, but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator!” - Brodie, Mallrats
Your fellow Croc fan from South Dakota.
May 31st, 2008 at 6:24 am
Im kind of in love with the fact that you used the word ‘changeling’.
The Armstrongs are stellar!!!!!!
May 31st, 2008 at 7:50 am
You are of course referring to Gor. Where is Tarl Cabot when you need him?
May 31st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Plus birds poop while they fly. We have to stop what we’re doing. They got us there too.
June 1st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
alien crow changeling.
June 1st, 2008 at 7:05 pm
This looked so familiar! I looked back at a picture I took last month in the Smoky Mtns.
http://knittingthrulife.blogspot.com/2008/05/blue-skies.html
Small world!
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I was reading John Hodgman’s blog and came across a talk from TED regarding the intelligence of crows. Your picture ignited an idea in me and I apologize if my enthusiasm is encroaching. However, I thought you might like the talk as well.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/261