Now This One is Really Special

This is a really special one. Dead birds, as you might have figured out, aren't that hard to come across. But this one is unusual. Generally, if something start to eat a bird, it gets further than this. But we've got a whole wing, a whole foot, and part of the body. Who knows, maybe there was a fight, maybe it was another bird, and it got scared off by something bigger. Anyway, it's one of my favorites. December 20th, 2007.

Another Squashed One

This is another squashed one. June 15th, 2008, cellphone.

I Have No Memory of This What so Ever

I have no idea what this picture is. It was taken on June 6th, 2008, with the cellphone. It might not even be dead. It might be the living, though injured, bird I saw near work. It was some sort of shore bird, with a long beak, that had a hurt wing, and was flopping around. This looks like it might have a longish beak, but I'm not sure. Yeah, so this post sucks.

Holy Steamroller, Batman!

This is obviously a Robin.

Not Turdus migratorius, or Turdus rufopalliatus, but Turdus pancakus.

There are a few more pictures from my phone, but that's enough for today I think.

I Don't Wanna Go Belly-Up!

Not terribly compelling. Although, it was taken on October 31st, 2007. Ooo, spooky.

Actually, I just realized this is the one that fell on me, because I remember writing that I had seen two other dead birds the same week it fell on me, and those two must be the two from 10/23. So I take it all back. It IS compelling. A dead bird fell on me on HALLOWEEN.

The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!

This is another one from October 23rd, 2007. I'm pretty sure this is the one that fell on me. Yeah, that's right. It fell on me. Right out of the sky. I've been working on a flash non-fiction piece about it, but so far it hasn't come together.

Another Mess

There's no telling what this guy is, either. He's got a tiny spot of yellow on his crown, but that's not much to go on. Taken with the phone, October 23rd, 2007.

Ruff Ruff Ruff

This guy is from June 1st, 2007. I don't know what the hell he is. He's flat is what he is. He looks kinda like the birds from Duck Hunt.

Northern Flicker

This is the first dead bird picture I took, taken with my phone on April 12th, 2007. It's a Northern Flicker of the Yellow-shafted variety. My bird guide says they are "common in open woodlands and suburban areas..." I took this picture near the corner of Monroe and Wabash. Maybe he was lost.

Camera!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have a project where I take pictures of dead birds I come across in the city. The problem is that I have no camera except my phone, which is not a good camera at all. For whatever reason, my dad finds this project compelling, and I was able to persuade him to lend me his old digital camera. This is the first picture I took, using the macro setting:

How nice of these flies to make more little flies for birds to eat so the birds can make more little birds so the birds can die and I can take pictures of them.

Dead Birds

So, I have this photo project I'm working on. Dead birds. Whenever I see one, I take a picture. It's a bit of a strange project, I realize, but it's a fun project. The biggest problem is I don't have a camera, so I have to use my phone, but I can't seem to get the pictures off my phone. It always freezes up when I try to send them. Anyway, I took this one last month with my dad's camera. It's a good one.