[PenultimateManStanding]

I was standing at my bedroom window smoking a cigarette thinking about last nights posts. Somebody said this forum was more fun when flirting is going on. So, I was recalling how mercurygirl wants to kiss some of us, how I called threadbear sweetheart and neat cool stuff like that when a hummingbird flew right up to the screen on my window and hovered for a second or two not 12 inches from my face! Was that you, mercurygirl?

(this is a true story, not making it up)

[Iaato]

[truecougarblue]

I had a hummingbird fly up to me while at the ranch the other day. It was totally checking me out.

It was a Snow White moment for sure, only in this case snow white is a big fat bald guy.

[mercurygirl]

Birds are messengers. A couple weeks ago, an eagle flew low and close right above my yard as I looked out the window. It's thrilling to see them close like that.

A few years ago, we rescued a young peregrine falcon on a beach. I had just turned around and saw it rocket into another bird in mid-air. That's how they hunt. The other bird flew off after a tussle, but the falcon was injured. It appeared to have an old eye injury as well. We captured it with a jacket, ran a mile down the beach, found a paper bag to put it in and got it to a vet (in a very small town) who could take it to a bird expert. We had to try.

I can't go into pet stores, the caged birds make me cry.

[RonMN]

I was always amazed by hummingbirds...It's like they live in an alternate dimention or something. You can see them, but it's like they're really not there.

[BigTex]

I get bird poop on my car on a regular basis.

Do you think maybe I have a stalker?

[Iaato]

My daughter's new boyfriend. Niko courts her by displaying his bill to her; "Aren't I a handsome guy?"

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I') was always amazed by hummingbirds

[Pops]

In a somewhat similar vein, my Mom loved butterfly's and every time one comes near I get to tell her Hi.

I squirted a tear at my daughter's wedding when a big Monarch flitted around her head during the reception...

Big Jerk.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'I')n a somewhat similar vein, my Mom loved butterfly's and every time one comes near I get to tell her Hi.

I squirted a tear at my daughter's wedding when a big Monarch flitted around her head during the reception...

Big Jerk.

[mercurygirl]

That was a kiss from the Universe.

Hummingbirds do eat bugs, though. Probably nobody wants to see the image I found of a hummingbird impaled by a praying mantis, so I didn't include it.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', '
')Hummingbirds do eat bugs

[FreakOil]

Once I was living in this apartment in Moscow with an old lady and her daughter. They kept a parrot, which basically just flew around the apartment. I don't remember ever seeing the bird in a cage. One time it landed on my shoulder and said, right in my ear, "krasiviy, umniy, talantliviy."

It means "handsome, smart, talented." Boy did that make me feel good.

[RonMN]

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') was standing at my bedroom window smoking a cigarette thinking about last nights posts. Somebody said this forum was more fun when flirting is going on. So, I was recalling how mercurygirl wants to kiss some of us, how I called threadbear sweetheart and neat cool stuff like that when a hummingbird flew right up to the screen on my window and hovered for a second or two not 12 inches from my face! Was that you, mercurygirl?

(this is a true story, not making it up)

[dunewalker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', '[')smilie=new_angel.gif]

Birds are messengers.

[WildRose]

Ahh, you guys have got me wiping away a tear or two now...

Mercurygirl, I also hate to see birds in cages. In the neighborhood where I live, we see wild rabbits/hares on our front yard almost daily. I'd love to be able to pick one up and pet it, but then I know it wouldn't be wild anymore.

[RonMN]

Anytime I go into a petshop & birds are out of their cages...they mess with me.

They'll climb onto my shoulders & refuse to get off, while chewing holes in my T-shirt & sqwaking directly into my ears. I even had one who was determined to pilfer my pack of ciggies.

I don't know what it is, but birds really love to harass me.

Sooooo...what message are they trying to give me?

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', '
')I don't know what it is, but birds really love to harass me.

Sooooo...what message are they trying to give me?

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', '[')smilie=new_angel.gif]

Birds are messengers. A couple weeks ago, an eagle flew low and close right above my yard as I looked out the window. It's thrilling to see them close like that.