Saturday, November 22, 2014

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Great White Heron


I'm fascinated by birds.  Have been all my life. I credit my third grade teacher, Miss Leach's passion for birds as one of the reasons I love birds so much.  Teachers are entrusted with an amazing opportunity to make a profound difference in the way children view the world.  Decades have passed since I sat in her class and I still delight in observing birds in the wild.

Did you know that birds always do their best to look good?  It is an instinct they have that protects them from predators.  If you ever see a bird that looks unkempt or like it is having a bad day, it is probably near death.

Also bird's eyes take up 50% of a bird's head while our eyes take up only 5%.  Our eyes would have to be the size of baseballs to be proportionate to a bird's.

"Eating like a bird" is a misnomer.  Birds actually are big eaters and eat twice their weight in food each day. 

"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages."
~Jacques Deval,  Afin de vivre bel et bien

Watercolor on archival paper. 11 x 17 inches. 2004.


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