Flamingo Friday Alphabet: Queues

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A Bird in the Bush

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Flamingo Friday - "Why Do We ALWAYS Have to Have Christmas Dinner at Your Sister's??"

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WILD Not-So-Wildlife!

On a walk through our town-immediately-outside-of-DC neighborhood this weekend, what should Annie, Earnestine, and I see on our walk but chickens!

And not just a solitary chicken, no, but five chickens, strutting about an entirely unfenced front yard and eyeing us with some serious suspicion. (My camera’s shutter clicking might have had something to do with it too.)

[”Do they suspect, Helga?”
“How could they, Aethelfled?
“Everything has gone according to plan…”]

I was surprised by their feral state: there they were, just strolling around (well, their movements were a little too jerky for strolling, but you get the idea), with no coop to contain them and their devious schemes.

Is this typical for chicken ownership? I mean, I know the whole urban/suburban-chicken movement is a big thing now, but I would think that the dangers of predation and/or chicken runaways would necessitate some kind of fencing. Unless…can one train chickens to stay put—and to defend themselves?

Were these perhaps ninja chickens?

Think on that, friends. Think…on that.

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Flamingo Friday: Horns

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Some Days Are Less Beastly Than Others

Which is soooo true, but in this case I’m referring to the fact that I walked all the way to work Monday morning in beautiful post-rain, foggy weather, without seeing a single beast beyond a couple of surprisingly elusive squirrels.

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Is It Just Me...

Or do these pigeons look especially purposeful? As if, for example, they are making or have made some sort of sinister avian scheme that is about to come to fruition?

I had to almost get down among them in order to take the photo, and…I’m not sure, but I believe that may have been part of their larger plan…

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Flamingo Friday: Highs and Lows

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Somewhat Overwhelmed

And out of town for work, so I'm afraid I can't provide much in the way of posting beyond an illustration of my current feelings.

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