01 September 2009

WW - The Sunflower Thief

Taken at the Jardin Des Plantes, Paris. This week's entry for the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of Wordless Wednesday.

32 comments:

magnus said...

Great picture, both the bird and the sunflower are sharp, i guess the bird was hungry ;)

James Higham said...

You mean the sunflower steals the bird or the bird steals the sunflower? :)

Dora said...

Is there a birdie police to catch this thief? ;p

Digital Flower Pictures said...

Caught in the act :lol:

jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone. James, seconds later the Sunflower ate the bird and burped loudly!

annalarssonphotography said...

Love your comment Jams "seconds later the Sunflower ate the bird and burped loudly" ;)

Great shot!
Anna

Carver said...

That's a great shot. Caught with his mouth wide open and full of food.

Claude said...

Birds are really posing for you Jams. You must tweet-tweet the right accent...

jams o donnell said...

Anna, Carver, glad you like it, I was just very lucky Claudia

A.M.I.N.A said...

Great shot.Caught in the act :). Happy WW!

Indrani said...

Great capture!

liza said...

Great capture! We used to have love birds and they love sunflower seeds. Happy WW!

My entries:
Moms... Check Nyo
Yummy-as-can-be

Preeti Shenoy said...

Marvellous shot!
Well done!

Cheers
preeti

SandyCarlson said...

Bon apetit! Wonderful shot.

CherryPie said...

Wow! what a lovely photo :-)

LifeRamblings said...

what a wonderful capture. Happy WW!

Gabriel said...

Great shot! Perfect sense of opportunity.

Sukhmandir Kaur said...

But your honor, I thought for sure he was growing those just for me tweet.

catsynth said...

Great picture, one has to get the timing right to catch the bird just at the moment after snatching the seed.

Mar said...

C'est magnifique!!

jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone!

Anya said...

I think he has some yummieeee....
found :)))))
Fantastic shot !!

Robin said...

Very nicely caught.

Secret Mom Thoughts said...

Nice capture of the sunflower thief.

eastcoastlife said...

I love eating roasted sunflower seeds. I might take some of the seeds if I see them. :P

TorAa said...

Impressive, really

jams o donnell said...

Glad you all liked this photo!

amanda said...

Now this is drop dead gorgeous! After spending the last 6 days looking at ash and a very unnatural sepia it is wonderful to see such color!

His Girl Friday said...

I like it! :)

jams o donnell said...

Thanks Amanda, Thanks HGF!

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Good shot, and yes, these characters are known as premier league thieves. Not only where sunflowers are concerned.

jams o donnell said...

That;s true but they certainly were not averse to their crimes beign recorded!