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OMG, that’s heartbreaking…. 😦
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I stared at the picture. Spell bound. No words.
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I know. I just sat here marveling at the fury on the victor’s face. You just don’t think of a little bird having “bloodlust,” but that guy clearly does…
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I didn’t see fury but I can see how you landed there. I saw/felt extreme grief. Movie scene – woman screaming – with no sound.
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Yes to all the above. This hurts viscerally.
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it looked to be someone who knew this was a dire situation and knew help was desperately needed or perhaps it was too late already. face looked like panic or grief to me.
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Yes, maybe so Beth.
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Powerful image. It’s going to be hard to shake.
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And still haven’t shaken it…
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This hurts.
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Yes
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This is so tragic… a few weeks ago I heard one of them, a cat hunted a bird and the other one was screaming… I couldn’t save the bird from the cat… run away with bird… So touching… Thanks dear David, love, nia
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Ahhhh, so touching Nia, yes.
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I feel intense pain and sorrow when I look at this photo.
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Me too Carolann
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I feel the pain too–that was my first reaction even before I read Carolann’s reponse
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Me too LouAnn
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some time ago I saw a hawk take a crow. The crow exploded in a cloud of feathers. Afterwards the crow’s clan sat in nearby trees calling anxiously to their lost comrade.
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So sad Bill, thanks for sharing. The circle of life continues.
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Oh, so sad…and reminds me of two quail birds who used to walk every morning through the neighborhood. That sounds funny, I know, but they did that, a male and a female. I saw them every single morning out my office window walking together. Then one day, the female was gone and I saw only the male walking, taking a few steps and just looking around, and then taking a few more steps and looking…like he was looking for his mate. I actually have a video on FB of the whole thing. Totally heartbreaking, and yes, pain is not exclusive to humans.
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What an incredible experience that must have been Carol…
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So sad. I once witnessed that in the middle of the road on my way to work.
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Ahhh, that must have been a sad sight…
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Such a distraught creature. A very sad picture. There are many types of birds that pair and mate for life. What breed of bird is that? I don’t think we have ones exactly like that in the UK.
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Hi Sarah. See comment below from Mike who adds some color and insight to the photograph.
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Well there we have it. What a relief that I’ve misinterpreted that bird’s behaviour.
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Yes! 🙂
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I hate seeing birds get hurt.
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Me too Anneli
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with you. spellbound. no words.
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Yes, Vicky. Me too.
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It is not, yet a large part of our population doesn’t seem to acknowledge it.
Very powerful image, David.
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Yes Marina. I’m with you.
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Sorry, but that is simply a male barn swallow trying to mate with a dead barn swallow. There is no sentementality involved at all. Barn swallows do not mourn their dead mates. They find a new mate within days and forget the old one in within a couple of hours. I have a degree in ornithology and have studied birds for over 40 years.
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Mike, thank you so much for sharing the insight and the facts. Your comment reminds me of this quote shared by Anderson Layman:
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I have seen birds attacking each other, crashing to the ground. Yes, images can be deceiving.
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I would be interested in knowing the story behind the images, though I reserve judgement that it is a bird in grief.
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Yes, Mike provided important insight above.
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