I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Bana, you are killer cute. I mean, absolutely adorable. For real.

*cuddles and hugs*

Its incredible you don't seem to age at all!

What's the secret? Is it Botox? Blood of a vampire bat? Or do you possess the ring!

I stand corrected--you are adorable AND sexy. :)

See? I'm right. ;)

I love ya, lad. :)

That IS a cute little bird! I never noticed the feet - but I can always count on observant aiwendili such as yourself to notice. :-)

I don't think I ever mentioned this, but I was an Audubon society member for a year or so (1985-1986, IIRC). I wish I still had my issues.

My advisor (depicted above) once worked on "automatic ornithological census by song" (as in, put a recorder in the woods and digitize sounds, then analyze them to see what species of birds are in the area).

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Banazir

Yes, but the national membership is only $20 a year, and the magazine is quite nice.

I should re-join, if I could be bothered to keep the mags tidily and donate them once every few months to a library or someone who will read and keep them.

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Banazir

No, it's not my hand. It's a pic from a conservation website; they're holding the feet to take better/clearer pictures of the species they were studying.

It's a linnet--I was thinking about W.B. Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" the other day on Bloomsday, and went looking for a pic.

There's a Celtic band I listen to, that's no longer together, named Clandestine. They wrote music for "Innisfree" that's absolutely beautiful and captures the haunting quality of Yeats' poem.

heheh- cute! :)

hmm. yeah, i definitely had no idea! ;)