Bird on Ice

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

(David Herbert Lawrence)

(Lake Schwerin, Germany. 02/2013)

Flying off into the Sunset

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

(Rabindranath Tagore)

(Sassnitz, Germany. 12/2012)

Magpie on Cross

I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters.

(Lord Thomson Of Fleet)

(Berlin Cathedral, Germany. 01/2013)

Lonely Seagull

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

(The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie)



(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Seagull Fight

 There's got to be more to life than fighting for fish heads!

 (Johnathan in Seagull (1973) by Jonathan Linvingston)

(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Falcon

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

(Aesop)

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Seagull

I hate seagulls and I hate being sick. 

I hate burning my finger on the toaster and I hate nits

(Kate Nash: I Hate Seagulls)

(Stralsund, Germany. 08/2012)

Don't Budge, Budgie!

Our place was like Noah's Ark. We had 14 people, two dogs, two cats and about 60 budgies in our house.

(Steve Elkington)

(Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 07/2012)

Sing Bird, Sing.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

(Lou Holtz)

(Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany. 06/2012)

Freiheit

Caged birds accept each other but flight is what they long for.

(Tennessee Williams, Camino Real)

(Warnemünde, Germany. 04/2012)

I tried to steal a falcon's eggs, but the mother saw me and chased me down the mountain.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

(Sun Tzu)



(Kranichfeld, Germany. 07/2011)

The Three Wise Seagulls

Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating.

("Jonathan Livingston Seagull", by Richard Bach)



(Rostock, Germany. 02/2012)

Flaming-O

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.

(Truman Capote)



(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 01/2012)

Sunset

When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator.

(Mahatma Gandhi)

(Graal-Müritz, Baltic Sea, Germany. 10/2011)

Vantage Point

Seagulls: Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.

Nigel: Oh would you just shut up? You're rats with wings.

(Finding Nemo)



(Graal-Müritz, Baltic Sea, Germany. 10/2011)

Non-touristy Bird

I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine

(Sri Sathya Sai Baba )

(Rettin, Baltic Sea, Germany. 05/2011)

Ready For Take-Off

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

(Langston Hughes)

(Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Nebraska. 10/2010)

Pidgins In Milan

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

(Charlotte Brontë)



(Milan, Italy. 09/2009)