Bedraggled by auntietk

Photography • Aviation • posted on Apr 25, 2009

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I'm in a rather silly mood tonight, which is the perfect time to post something like this. You're probably thinking ... WTF?????, and I don't blame you! I know it looks like a bird, which is the whole point. It's actually a wind sock on the end of a flexible pole. When the wind blows (which it always does at the beach) this thing behaves just like a real bird. It hovers and dips and floats up and down, and it totally fools the unwary (and/or the underinformed). Just a windsock ... not a real bird. This one happens to be at the ferry dock on Lopez Island. There's another one at the Clinton ferry dock on Whidbey. :D

Comments (36)

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Chipka

12:50AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

I love a touch of whimsy, and WOW...it does look like an actual bird! Fantastic shot. The featureless sky makes the whole thing stick out even more; and, I suppose, I'm in something of a whimsical mood too. I imagine the thing as a dragon, or maybe some animal common in Nemaea. (I've been thinking of Nemaea) and as soon as I have access to a computer with word processing (for more than an hour at a time) Ilya, Aleo, Dorianna, et al. will finally get part three of their story done, and don't be surprised if wind-sock looking critters fly around in the background. But enough of that...back to this picture. It rocks. Its beautifully captured.

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Faemike55

1:08AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

very good picture! nice description

MrsLubner

1:27AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

I've seen those before. :-) Very cool shot and at first, you fooled me. Fun post.

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valtes

1:35AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Had me fooled! :D

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jeroni

2:02AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Splendid composition and colors my friend

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durleybeachbum

2:41AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Marvellous object! What a scream! I just think your pic is great, I was completely taken in.

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artaddict2

2:42AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

You got me too hehe! I'm just glad I wasn't in a hurry to post a quick comment without reading. My first thought when viewing the thumb was, OK what can I write about this lonely bird ? Well done Tara!

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Katraz

3:08AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

You could have fooled me, Err you did, it looks like the big Red Kites that are making a comeback in the Buckinghamshire area of the UK.

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helanker

3:09AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

And me too I thought exactly as you wrote. I am sure ALL are zooming today LOL ! Excellent shot BTW :-)))

whaleman

3:49AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Too funny!

bebert

4:05AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Excellent !! it seem really a bird !! BRAVO !!

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flora-crassella

4:27AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

I puzzled, which kind of bird it could be.... ;-))

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lyron

4:48AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Excellent capture!!

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JeffG7BRJ

4:57AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

At first I thought WTF!!!! jsut like you said, I thought this is the strangest bird I have ever seen, it looks drunk, or dying to pee as it has its legs crossed. Lol #;0) Somebody has a great sense of humour, something akin to mine. Gave me a big smile. Bravo!!!!!

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CavalierLady

6:23AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Fooled me too, lol. Never saw a windsock (or bird) like that. Great shot and humor! :)

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bmac62

6:53AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Good one...and now we're poised to see the one from the Clinton ferry... Almost always high winds along the Atlantic beaches in Denmark...lots of similar flying contraptions there.

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danob

7:40AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

Lol nearly had my books out to ID this one! Would be wonderful to prevent bird strikes at airports!

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flavia49

7:58AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

fantastic shot!!!

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beachzz

10:37AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

WTF---if I hadn't already known, that's exactly what I would've said!! It is truly a very weird looking thing---I can't tell if I'm looking at it from the front or the back!!

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Markintosh

11:14AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

With out a doubt, the best picture of a wind sock I've ever seen.

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MrsRatbag

11:18AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

LOL! I also was trying to figure out what kind of bird it was...wonderful shot, and what a great wind sock! I wonder if it fools other birds?

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hipps13

12:35PM | Sat, 25 April 2009

I thought it was a bird too and wondered where the head was now I am being silly with you wonderful capture, Tara May warm hug that smiles, Linda Kaye

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