Thursday, January 30, 2014

A French Birdman

Digging around in my archives again, I have found this cool pic of a man feeding the wild sparrows outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris taken last September. We saw this fellow a few times in this area and it seemed that the birds were waiting there for him so it is a regular occurance. I've never seen wild birds be so brave before but they were sitting on his hand to eat seeds!
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22 comments:

  1. LowellJanuary 30, 2014 at 9:30 AM

    Very cool pic. I've not seen sparrows come that close before, either. Gulls and crows, yes, but not sparrows. Paris is so fun 'cause you never know what you're going to see!

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  2. SharonJanuary 30, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    That really is amazing. It reminded me of a man I saw feeding pigeons outside of Notre Dame. I caught a photo of him too.

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  3. TexWisGirlJanuary 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM

    so very sweet! i love this!

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  4. MoJanuary 30, 2014 at 11:32 AM

    They certainly trust him

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  5. LúciaJanuary 30, 2014 at 11:49 AM

    What a lovely moment RedPat! :)

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  6. KarenJanuary 30, 2014 at 2:15 PM

    That's cool!

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  7. cieldequimperJanuary 30, 2014 at 2:58 PM

    As long as it's sparrows and not pigeons, I don't mind!

    What a shame, I missed your visit to Paris, I was probably in the USA at the time...

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  8. EG CameraGirlJanuary 30, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    I wonder if they were sparrows. I frequent a conservation area in Whitby where the birds are so used to humans that they eagerly eat from human hands. It's a fabulous place to take children, a place to introduce them to the magic of nature.

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  9. JackJanuary 30, 2014 at 5:43 PM

    I can see that they are eating from his hand. But, I don't understand why the man does it.

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  10. VioletSkyJanuary 30, 2014 at 7:07 PM

    Perhaps he's a bird whisperer!

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  11. William KendallJanuary 30, 2014 at 7:40 PM

    A wonderful portrait. I've seen gray jays do something like that, though they're too big to actually land on the hand.

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  12. LowellJanuary 30, 2014 at 7:41 PM

    Thank you for your generous comments!

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  13. hamiltonJanuary 30, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    I suppose if you come bearing food every day, the birds will eventually trust you enough.

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  15. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comJanuary 30, 2014 at 10:33 PM

    I agree I have never seen any birds doing that - fascinating

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  16. RandyJanuary 30, 2014 at 10:59 PM

    What a great photo. Made me smile.

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 2:05 AM

    Very beautiful shot. I too go with you. I also haven't seen birds taking their food from people's hands. Happy weekend!!

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 8:22 AM

    Cheeky and very confident bunch of birds!

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  19. Louis la VacheJanuary 31, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    While you were there at Nôtre Dame, did you see that small round piece of brass embedded in the pavement near the left most of the front doors as you face the cathedral?

    If you didn't know it was there, it would be very easy to miss because it is so small - and because there is usually an unaware tourist standing on it...

    It is the marker from which all distances in France are measured. It was placed there during Napoléan Bonaparte's rule. Had he not gotten himself so preoccupied with making war, he would have done much of the modernization of Paris and France that wound up being done by Napoléan III.

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  20. PerthDailyPhotoJanuary 31, 2014 at 11:31 AM

    And such sweet little birds they are too Pat.. can you imagine me doing that with my big galahs and corellas :)

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  21. Laura. MFebruary 1, 2014 at 6:55 AM

    Great picture. I love it!!!

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  22. Gerald (SK14)February 2, 2014 at 5:25 PM

    the birdman is really a great capture

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