Disapproving Bird
Well, leave it to my good friend Carrol Henderson to find a disapproving bird! He went on his 22nd birding trip to Costa Rica and got this photo:
I can't decide between doing a caption contest or an id contest so I will do both! Here are the rules:
There will be two separate prizes, one for correct id of this bird and one for the caption that makes me laugh out loud. It is possible for one person to win both prizes.
Captions can be submitted in the comments section and ONLY comments with a name attached will win. You don't have to create an identity in blogger, but I need a first and last name for a winner.
You can submit as many captions or guesses as you wish.
Keep captions PG-13.
Prizes for correct id are a bag of veggie suet and a Vortex binocular harness.
Prizes for funniest caption are a bag of veggie suet and audio cassettes of 2 Plays for Voices by Mr. Neil.
I can't decide between doing a caption contest or an id contest so I will do both! Here are the rules:There will be two separate prizes, one for correct id of this bird and one for the caption that makes me laugh out loud. It is possible for one person to win both prizes.
Captions can be submitted in the comments section and ONLY comments with a name attached will win. You don't have to create an identity in blogger, but I need a first and last name for a winner.
You can submit as many captions or guesses as you wish.
Keep captions PG-13.
Prizes for correct id are a bag of veggie suet and a Vortex binocular harness.
Prizes for funniest caption are a bag of veggie suet and audio cassettes of 2 Plays for Voices by Mr. Neil.
posted by birdchick at 8:42 AM
21 Comments:
red-headed barbet
Caption:
I disapprove of Stiles, Skutch and Gardner calling me "Chunky"
If I hear one more "isn't that a painted bunting?" crack, I swear I'm gonna go Cooper's Hawk on you!
Oh man, once again I knew the ID and missed it by an hour. He's definitely saying "Are you kidding me?"
Ganoush says: I disapprove of hard-boiled eggs.
My entry:
I disapprove of Crazy Hair. What kind of birds are hiding there?
Yeah so, I hung out with Lindsay Lohan like, ONE TIME! And now these paparazzi are always in my face!
"GET that #@&*$% camera out of my face!!"
I do *not* taste like chicken, so stop looking at me like that!
~Other Sharon S.
God, I hate tourists.
He said 'red-headed barbet' not 'barbie doll'...Veronica B
Help, I've got bubble gum stuck on my beak and can't get it off! Kathy Larsen
Is it a Eubucco bourcierii, a red-headed barbet?
"Yes, I'm a natural redhead. No, I will not prove it to you."
It makes me think of Edward G. Robinson, or at least the cartoon version used with bugs bunny.
The bird is saying:
Get out my grill before I bust a cap in your...
Piss off! (Is that PG 13?)
So the Cardinals won the World Series, who gives a hoot?
What, you never forgot your sunblock before?!
I do not approve of your version of birders "fashion".
If you think there are enough pockets in that vest to smuggle me home with you, you've got another guess coming Bub!
Stacy in ND
You guys are awesome! And once again for a caption contest I am having a tough time deciding.
First, Steve H. got the answer right away correctly identifying the bird in the photo as a red-headed barbet! So, he wins the id prize.
The caption contest is much harder to choose. Steve H gets points for a reference to the Birds of Costa Rica Guide.
ashley b. cracked me up with the hip lingo. I like the idea of a barbet threatening to bust a cap in my...
mindy - Piss Off is Pg 13 enough for me.
But I think the one that made me laugh the most was dguzman threatening to get "Cooper's hawk" on me.
Nice job to all of the captions. Further proof that the people who read and comment on my blog rock very hard and I love you all.
Steve H. and dguzman--email your snail mail address to me and I'll mail out prizes when I get home from Connecticut on Monday.
Thanks, everyone, more contests soon!
There are a few things I'd like to say to Newsweek magazine. Gun-toting granny indeed!
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