Birders' Nest

[Elgarian Redux]

hahahahahahahahaha!!! This made me burst into laughter (which scared the resident cat who is now hiding under the dining room table)!!!
Whatever are you worrying about?! There's a Swan!!

And Swans are undeniably birds!!

Three (yup, three) Mute Swans

"nothing to do with birds" Sheeesh and pish posh! A Swan and a lovely tale along with it. Thanks for sharing!

Oh brilliant. Just brilliant. You've rescued my ailing reputation for thread discipline at GMG (if I ever had one).

The Swan. Oh gosh. How did I miss that? Meanwhile I am trying to count the birds in your fine picture.

[owlice]

You stroked this kitty, yes?

Unfortunately, I could not, as kitty was in a tree (as were the leftovers from its most recent meal; I'll spare you that photo!)... this tree, actually; can you find the cat?

What a fantastic action shot.

I am glad you and @Iota think so; thank you! I like this photo a lot, and when I look at it, am transported back to the lake and the small boat from which this was taken.

You couldn't invent birds like this, could you?

They look so elegant, but the sound they make ... is not.

More staggering images, Owlice. Thank you.

You are very welcome, and thank you.

[Elgarian Redux]

Unfortunately, I could not, as kitty was in a tree (as were the leftovers from its most recent meal; I'll spare you that photo!)... this tree, actually; can you find the cat?

This is an invisible leopard we're talking about, right? Owlice, I have scoured that tree at a magnifying power of 50 million with Super X-Ray vision, and still I see no leopard. This looks like a photo of where a leopard might have been, once ...

They look so elegant, but the sound they make ... is not.

Ah, music to my ears!

[owlice]

This is an invisible leopard we're talking about, right? Owlice, I have scoured that tree at a magnifying power of 50 million with Super X-Ray vision, and still I see no leopard. This looks like a photo of where a leopard might have been, once ...

My camera is pretty good for casual safari pics and I give the camera a lot of credit, but it definitely cannot capture what is invisible; IOW, the leopard is definitely not an invisible leopard! (Imagine how exciting -- in multiple ways -- life on the savanna would be if there were invisible leopards!  ) Would you like a hint as to its location in the tree, or should I post a pic with the leopard circled?

Ah, music to my ears!

hahahahaha!!

[Elgarian Redux]

Would you like a hint as to its location in the tree, or should I post a pic with the leopard circled?

How about a hint for starters? Please?

[owlice]

How about a hint for starters? Please?

I will give you two: the whole leopard is not visible (because of branches; no invisibility cloaks were used in the production of this image), and it is on a lower, not upper, branch.

[Elgarian Redux]

Cor Blimey! I see him (her?) - or at least, a leg and a bit of fur. I think. Is this right?

[Iota]

Three (yup, three) Mute Swans

Haha, brilliant photo, it's almost as if you told them how to pose!

I have spotted the leopard now, but it took a while! Though perhaps, @Elgarian Redux you'd prefer me to keep quiet for now, until you've had a good go at it? Anyway I hope the gazelles etc have better eyesight then I do!

[Iota]

Cor Blimey! I see him (her?) - or at least, a leg and a bit of fur. I think. Is this right?

Yes, that's where I see him at least.

[Elgarian Redux]

Haha, brilliant photo, it's almost as if you told them how to pose!

I have spotted the leopard now, but it took a while! Though perhaps, @Elgarian Redux you'd prefer me to keep quiet for now, until you've had a good go at it?

It's OK now, thanks. The cat is out of the ba .... tree!

[Elgarian Redux]

Yes, that's where I see him at least.

Can two such minds be wrong? We wait nervously for the official judgement.

[Iota]

It's OK now, thanks. The cat is out of the ba .... tree!

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[Elgarian Redux]

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But I was wrong, wasn't I? The cat is IN the tree!

[owlice]

You are both correct! But while you were finding it, my head decided to do this:

Where the leopard is
(To be sung to a tune of your own devising^*)

There is a picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind, and the acacia tree has a slanting trunk

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb -- not a little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- of the big ol' tree in the picture of a landscape

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw, and attached to that leopard's paw is a leopard

And that is where the leopard is




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^*Or not. Probably not.




Sometimes I hate my head; this is one of those times.

[owlice]

Haha, brilliant photo, it's almost as if you told them how to pose!

O, to have that power!!

I was completely confused by the photo when I first saw it. Took me a minute to realize there were three birds, oy!

[Elgarian Redux]

You are both correct! But while you were finding it, my head decided to do this:

Where the leopard is
(To be sung to a tune of your own devising^*)

There is a picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind, and the acacia tree has a slanting trunk

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb -- not a little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- of the big ol' tree in the picture of a landscape

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw, and attached to that leopard's paw is a leopard

And that is where the leopard is




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^*Or not. Probably not.




Sometimes I hate my head; this is one of those times.

OK, well let's admit straight out that this is a work of near-genius. If we get the right tune, the right artist and the right producer, I think we could have a hit on our hands here.

The first line fits pretty well to Elvis's 'Stuck on you', and that's so old that people will have forgotten it - so we could steal the tune and no one would notice. Unfortunately it only fits line 1.

The little 3-year old toddler who lives across the road from us would undoubtedly try to fit it to 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' or 'Row row row your boat', but I don't think they would work well. Still, they would be out of copyright, which would be a plus.

So there are problems, but hey, it's a masterpiece already, and we have the time.....

[Iota]

You are both correct! But while you were finding it, my head decided to do this:

Where the leopard is
(To be sung to a tune of your own devising^*)

There is a picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind

In the picture of a landscape with a big ol' tree, there is a safari truck with a small acacia tree behind, and the acacia tree has a slanting trunk

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb

The small acacia tree behind the safari truck has a slanting trunk, and following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree, there is the end of a broken limb -- not a little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- of the big ol' tree in the picture of a landscape

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw

Following the line of that slanting trunk above the acacia tree behind the safari truck to the  broken end of a limb of the big ol' tree in the picture of the landscape and then following the branch of the broken limb  -- not the little scraggle of a limb that looks like a lightning bolt, but a proper limb -- there is a leopard's paw, and attached to that leopard's paw is a leopard

And that is where the leopard is




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^*Or not. Probably not.




Sometimes I hate my head; this is one of those times.

OK, well let's admit straight out that this is a work of near-genius. If we get the right tune, the right artist and the right producer, I think we could have a hit on our hands here.

The first line fits pretty well to Elvis's 'Stuck on you', and that's so old that people will have forgotten it - so we could steal the tune and no one would notice. Unfortunately it only fits line 1.

The little 3-year old toddler who lives across the road from us would undoubtedly try to fit it to 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' or 'Row row row your boat', but I don't think they would work well. Still, they would be out of copyright, which would be a plus.

So there are problems, but hey, it's a masterpiece already, and we have the time.....

Haha, you two are clearly creative masters on and off the camera! 

[owlice]

OK, well let's admit straight out that this is a work of near-genius. If we get the right tune, the right artist and the right producer, I think we could have a hit on our hands here.

The first line fits pretty well to Elvis's 'Stuck on you', and that's so old that people will have forgotten it - so we could steal the tune and no one would notice. Unfortunately it only fits line 1.

The little 3-year old toddler who lives across the road from us would undoubtedly try to fit it to 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' or 'Row row row your boat', but I don't think they would work well. Still, they would be out of copyright, which would be a plus.

So there are problems, but hey, it's a masterpiece already, and we have the time.....

hahahahaa! The lyrics are the biggest problem! My head thought, "There's a cumulative song in this somewhere," and maybe there is, but I'm pretty sure what my head produced is not it. I'm pretty sure you could come up with better ones for leading someone to the leopard! Not sure the world needs such a song, but maybe with the right lyrics, the right tune, the right artist and the right producer...

We could make millions!! Millions, I tell you!! 

[Kalevala]

hahahahahahahahaha!!! This made me burst into laughter (which scared the resident cat who is now hiding under the dining room table)!!!
Whatever are you worrying about?! There's a Swan!!

And Swans are undeniably birds!!

Three (yup, three) Mute Swans

"nothing to do with birds" Sheeesh and pish posh! A Swan and a lovely tale along with it. Thanks for sharing!

Trust that your kitty has recovered?  Or is it someone else's kitty?

K

[owlice]

The wee beastie jumped on the arm of my chair and enthusiastically shed all over my laptop, so has definitely recovered!