Comments | dagmarjung: Unusual Perspective of a Bird

dagmarjung

Unusual Perspective of a Bird

Jan 14, 2007 00:41

Since LJ is traditionally *the* place to spam with photos of your pets, here is one of my ringneck doves:
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solarfallsrealm January 14 2007, 01:30:19 UTC

Aye, Dagmar, you have a new *male* doveish addition???

He's lovely. I wish I were a female dove toght now! ;-) ;-) ;-)

solarfallsrealm January 14 2007, 01:30:49 UTC

Euh, sorry. I meant 'right now'! ;-)

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 02:02:34 UTC

Not so new. He will be eleven years old this spring, and I have him since he was four weeks old. Sadly, my dearest white female dove died last April. :-(
But I still have Prinz and Noah, a wild-coloured female. They are a happily married couple now. I only have to take care to remove every egg from the nest, or else I would drown in ringneck doves. I have given them a plastic egg to brood on, that prevents the female from laying more eggs.

broom__rider January 14 2007, 02:23:08 UTC

He looks elegant and lovely even from such an unusual perspective!:)

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 09:19:16 UTC

He will be pleased to hear that! :-)

lenine2 January 14 2007, 05:05:57 UTC

Ah, Prinz is one of the few creatures on earth that looks good viewed from underneath. He's lovely.

I have a feeling that if I put one of my birds on the scanner all you would see is a big greenish splot.

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 09:16:05 UTC

And a pair of nice feet! Give it a try! :-)

wulfila January 14 2007, 06:45:03 UTC

As far as one can tell from this perspective, he is lovely. :) And I am impressed that he stayed still for being scanned!

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 09:14:48 UTC

I switched the lights off, so the room was dark. Doves don't usually fly in darkness. Also, ringneck doves are very patient and you can do things with them that few other birds would tolerate. He stood on the scanner with a very bewildered expression, but he was not really frightened.

elvses January 14 2007, 07:03:49 UTC

I think this would be an excellent new media art collection: Animals Scanned from Below.

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 09:17:42 UTC

Don't you have an iguana? Let us see a view from down below!

tehta January 14 2007, 20:26:49 UTC

I am so, so sorry I do not have an animal to scan from below right now. I don't even have a plant.

But hee, a very entertaining picture. Will you do his girlfriend, too?

dagmarjung January 14 2007, 21:22:31 UTC

Maybe you can find a wintering ladybug or something. And no, I will not scan his girlfriend. She is more nervous than he and I wouldn't annoy her needlessly. Besides, doves from below look all pretty much the same.

As far as houseplants go, I still remember your Egalmoth pansies with fondness.

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