Comments on: Parasite Bird http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/ on the omphaloskepsis bandwagon Thu, 17 May 2012 16:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Erin http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-40167 Erin Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:21:41 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/#comment-40167 Sarah, just be thankful I didn't mention the ducks who kill off their offspring one by one... Karen, isn't that one of the most interesting things about nature? The mix of things we identify as lovely, and things we identify as ugly or bad? I'm totally quoting you next paradox I encounter. "Lovely warble-baby bird killer." Kate, I don't think I've ever encountered a cuckoo outside the ones that come in clocks. Sarah, just be thankful I didn’t mention the ducks who kill off their offspring one by one…

Karen, isn’t that one of the most interesting things about nature? The mix of things we identify as lovely, and things we identify as ugly or bad? I’m totally quoting you next paradox I encounter. “Lovely warble-baby bird killer.”

Kate, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a cuckoo outside the ones that come in clocks.

]]> By: kate http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-39413 kate Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:55:09 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/#comment-39413 I heard a cuckoo while bicycling through farmers' fields in rural Germany. A lovely memory. I had forgotten about the parasitical nature. For shame! :) That photo of the wee mama feeding the obnoxious 'baby' is hysterical. Oh, that mothering instinct. I heard a cuckoo while bicycling through farmers’ fields in rural Germany. A lovely memory. I had forgotten about the parasitical nature. For shame! :)
That photo of the wee mama feeding the obnoxious ‘baby’ is hysterical. Oh, that mothering instinct.

]]> By: Karen Joy http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-39409 Karen Joy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:52:45 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/#comment-39409 The brownheaded cowbird does similarly. (They sort of look like chubbier, smaller grackles, and have a brown head.) They have such a beautiful, liquid warble, and every time I see one, I have conflicted thoughts about it. Lovely warble -- baby bird killer -- lovely warble -- baby bird killer. The brownheaded cowbird does similarly. (They sort of look like chubbier, smaller grackles, and have a brown head.) They have such a beautiful, liquid warble, and every time I see one, I have conflicted thoughts about it. Lovely warble — baby bird killer — lovely warble — baby bird killer.

]]> By: Sarah http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-39404 Sarah Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:12:19 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/06/22/parasite-bird/#comment-39404 You and your obsession with parasites... :) You and your obsession with parasites… :)

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