Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Bird is the word

While I was taking photos of St.-Aignan's new passerelle, a bird flew through one of my shots. My first thought was "I'll have to take that out later." But I decided to leave it in. Local color and all that. I'm not at all certain what kind of bird it is. A pigeon of some sort? Wood pigeon?

The wooden plank deck of the new pedestrian bridge at Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher.

I'm planning a trip to the market in the nearby town of Selles tomorrow. The market is on Thursdays (obviously), but it's between twenty and thirty minutes away, so I don't get over there very often. Still, they have a great flower (live, not cut) vendor and I want some surfinias (trailing petunias) for the kitchen window boxes. Wish me luck.

Here's a very zoomed-in view of the bird as it zoomed past.

11 comments:

  1. Yup, woodpigeon.... great photo-bomb!!

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  2. Yep, looks like a pigeon. But I love what it added to the shot.

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  3. The resolution on the zoomed-in bird is amazing! -- Chrissoup

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  4. Any chance of there being okra for sale? Roderick

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  5. Mary in Oregon14 May, 2025 19:07

    The bird adds to that photo! So glad you let us see the close up!

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  6. tim, thanks for the confirmation. He certainly bombed me! But he looks more like a photo missile. ;)

    melinda, :)

    judy, :)

    evelyn, no, pigeon! LOL ;)

    chris, I was certainly surprised at being able to zoom in for the detail.

    roderick, little to none. I'll let you know!

    mary, it was a last minute addition to the post. :)

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    1. Walt, missile probably.... don't forget..... people race pigeons!

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  7. With that white flash on the neck - a collared dove?

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