Let me start off by saying that birds are amazing creatures and don't get enough credit for how intelligent some kinds of them are. Sadly I am not great at recognizing types of birds, so I won't be able to tell you what type of bird this is. (Maybe someone can identify it and post the name in the comments?)
I know a great garden to take portrait, flower, or (my personal favorite) squirrel pictures, but I never expected to have an encounter with this bird. To be honest, when I first saw it my heart skipped a few beats. I had never been that close to that large of a bird before. But it didn't take long until the fear turned into awe and I knew I had to try to capture it (in a photo, of course). Not only was I able to get a few feet away from it to snap a picture or two, but it didn't even seem to mind I was there. It's always a good feeling when an animal trusts you enough to let you get close enough to photograph them.
In the first picture, the sun just happened to shine a certain way on the lens making strange circles and rays of light with some rainbow colors thrown in. I thought about not posting it because it was a flaw, but at the same time I think it gives the photo a nice touch. I was also able to include the tiny waterfall.
Although I wasn't able to get much of the waterfall in the second picture, the reflections in the small pond made up for it. The bird seems to blend in, which is both good and bad depending on how you look at it. Personally, it makes it look like the bird was posing for a portrait picture. However, it makes the bird a bit harder to spot at a first glance.
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The little birds are smart too.I helped raise an Oriole, bonded to me . After release to wild would land on my shoulder to be feed.
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They sure are. Size of the brain doesn't always affect intelligence level, like most people seem to believe... Some birds are even smarter than some types of dogs, but dogs obviously have a much bigger brain.
And that's so sweet! I rescued a bird (forgot which kind) that got caught by a cat at one point and couldn't fly... But I didn't have the knowledge to help the bird all on my own, so I found out about a lady who lived fairly close to me who rescues injured birds and gave the poor bird to her. I never found out if the bird ended up being okay, but he was definitely in good hands, and the woman said he would probably be okay after antibiotics and not flying for a while.
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