In our May issue, we feature this snapshot of a cardinal attacking a kitchen window at the home of Martin Pothier of Abilene, Texas. Do you have a clever caption for this photo? Share it below and you might see your caption and name printed in the September issue of Birds & Blooms!
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Oops! IWhat’s this, an invisible shield. I must be losing my eyesight.
Oops! What’s this, n invisible shield or am I losing my eyesight.
in the birds and bloom book I have, on page fifty I have a caption for those little birds waiting for mom to feed them.MY caption is this,MINE MINE MINE
THE BIRD PHOTO CAPTION FOR ABOVE PICTURE YO ADRIENE
MINE MINE MINE
Those showgirls in Vegas have nothing on me!
Hiya Marge! Say, did you get new curtains?
Here kitty kitty!
Ouch my poor wing. I sure wish they wouldn’t use that window cleaner.
Just call me a peeping Tom.
Hi! I’m ready for my breakfast.
Hi! I’m ready for my breakfast.
Beautiful picture!
I like the one that’s already up there: “Hello Martin!”, especially as the photographers name is Martin. Attacking the window you say? How about, ” Hey! Martin! Let me in, quick! She’s after me!”
Whats up photographer?
Pick me! Pick me! I know the answer!!!!
Hellooooo? The bird feeder is empty!!
Cabbie!
Watch my one wing pull up!
Hokey-Pokey time – lets “shake it all about”
Caption for pic: Hey! HEY YOU the birdfeeder’s empty!
My caption for photo is:
“Hey Baby! Don’t leave me hangin’, High Wing me!”
Me, Pick ME!
“Pick me!! Pick me!!”"
“Flutterbird”
Hey….hey…hey wait for me, I’m here, I made it, I made it…Phewwwww!
Right wing, Left wing, Kick right, Kick Left….wiggle my tail feathers…all this to look good!
April/May Issue: page 50 – “you don’t say” Who to feed first
Caption = “Daddy sings bass, mama sings tenor, me and all the rest join right in there”
Let me in, I am hangin by a feather
Bingo!
I love a summer breeze blowing threw my wings, feels so fresh and light!
I got this!
“. . You put your right wing in,and you shake it all about!”
Look at me, I can do one wing pull-ups!
Just one more pull up and I’m through.
I can do it! I can do it! puff-puff (out of breath).
“Please help me I’m falling”
I know, I know…pick me, pick me!!!
High 5 For Spring!!
Excuse me… Pardon me… I don’t mean to interrupt your conversation, but we seem to be out of sunflower seeds.
God Bless America!!!
Hey , Hey, over here !!!!
Excuse me…knock, knock, knock…the feeder is out of seeds!
“Uh, waiter…another round of black sunflower seeds at my feeder please!”
Lord, Help me hang on!!
Pick me….Pick me !!!
Hey,, hey,, HAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before you go to work would you mind filling that feeder… It is spring you know!
ONE MORE WING-UP AND MY EXERCISE ROUTINE IS COMPLETE
Hey there! Come on out and join me on this fine Spring day!
Just hangin’ around, what you doin’?
Oh but wait… Dont’ go… I can sing, too!
correcting my comment… shoulda been “Don’t go yet…”
Hey, did you forget to fill my feeder this morning !
Call on me, I know the answer, pick me.
Pilot you are cleared for landing on runway 6.
Who wants suet cake for dessert? Me, me, me!
Hey Martin! The feeder is empty again!
I am ready for the prom!
“Hi all, I’m here now”
Hey! Watch me! I’m really good on these monkey bars!
Hang in there – the week-end is almost here.
Hello in there, anyone seen the cat?
HELLO…it’s 10:00a.m., and the feeder still hasn’t been filled!!
Ummm… Can you let me in? I can pay my rent in insect removal! I’m great at it!
“Strike three! You’re out!”
look mom no hands!
this one for you!
You cheer! I cheer! We ALL cheer for BIRD SEED!! Hip Hip Hooray!
HELLO………….did you know that the feeder is empty??!!!
Woooo Hooooo anyone home in there….!
YooHoo! The feeder’s empty.
HELLO!!! THE FEEDERS EMPTY
Just flew by, to say Hi!
“You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out…”
“Someone say chows on?”
Remember the tv show ‘Welcome Back Kotter’? When Horseshack would wave his arm frantically in the air and yell with that Brooklyn accent,”Mister, KOT-TAIRE! Mister, KOT-TAIRE!’ Instead of ‘Mr Kotter’… that’s what this reminds me of!
(sorry – should’ve added an “OOOH! OOH!OOH!” before the ‘Mr. KOT-TAIRE’….. more accurate… LOL!
HEY! YOU! The sunflower seed feeder is EMPTY!
Tweet Tweet Tweet…..can Chirpie come out and play?
Hey! Hey! The feeders are empty!
and this is the latest fashion from down south
Let me in; I’m in Chicago it’s freezing out here.
Wazzzzzz Uppppp!!!!!
An’a ONE, an’a TWO, an’a….
Oh, my honey I thought I could hang on til Friday
Hey you in there! Fill up the birdfeeder!
Caption for above cardinal attacking the window:
“Hello, Sunshine! How’s about you and me hittin’ the old feeder for a bite?”
Yo! Out here! We’re out of sunflower seeds again.
just one more rung!
I love it when you play the “Harlem Shake” song. It makes me want to dance.
Hi right back at you!!
Hey there…how bout a high 5????
..99, 100! Who says I can’t do one-winged pull-ups?
the humin shuffle
Hey ,its me- ur flight of fancy!
Raise your right wing if you vote for all sunflower seeds in the feeder from now on. No more of that sissy stuff!
it’s called REDBIRD MARTIAL ART OF SELF DEFENCE
Yay, spring is here.
I’m fallin’, and I can’t fly up!
Hi! I’m back!
I’m back!!
Limbo lower now. How low can you go.
“Thank God It’s Friday!”
hi spring!–where’s spring? yoah spring———–
Way to go Louisville Cardinals!
Look! I can do one winged chin…er…beak… ups!
“Hi Everyone?” Simply stated as a bird would say
Hanging by a feather.
Hey there !!! The feeder is EMPTY !!
Almost t h e r e, I c an ‘ t r e a c h I t. I ‘ m n o t g o I n g t o m a k e I t. Made it, tag ur it.
Hey! Hey you in there! The feeders are empty! They are I checked. Come out and fill them please!
WHOA! Who greased that pole?
Hey you, yea you in there? Where’s the birdseed?
Look, Ma! One hand!!!
Bye, see ya next year.
Yo, the feeder’s empty again.
Hey over here, excuse me, can you come out and fill the feeder, I’m hungry!!!
GIVE ME AN “A” (as in for AL) cheerleaders– red roll tide!
97,98,99…
(from the prospective of the shot, it looks like the bird is doing one-winged chin-ups.)
“Pick me! Pick me!”
You whoo, bird feeders empty!!!
Gertrude, Quick! Look at me!
Betcha ya can’t do this! Watch me work yah…
Aannd one and a two and a one two three, quite a work-out, I’m hungry!!
Turn it up, its SALSA time!
Turn it up, it’s SALSA time!
Drivers! … Get ready set GO!
Hey! Out here! We’re out of birdseed!
YO! Fill the feeder!
High Five !!!!
rocky balboa’s “eye of the tiger”
Oh-Oooh! My reflection in this pane tells me I’m gonna really feel the PAIN!
Oh no, I missed that pole again, what the …
Here anybody in there?
“give me five!!!”
“Give me a high five! Spring has sprung!”
Wait! That bird looks a lot like MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Me,me, pick me
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HEY MARTIN!! Its me –I’m baaaack!
Yo baby! Check out this wing span!
Excuse me, I have a question.
How many feathers am I holding up?
WOO I thought that was a tree branch!
I think I can, I think I can….reach…the…bar…I think I can!
I See You! You can’t hide from me!
Can someone open the window pleeeeease?
‘Hey! Yoohoo, here I am.’
yoohoo – over here, over here.
Give me a High Five!
Hey! Where’s my flowers? Get out here and get plantin’!!
Told you I could do chin-ups with one wing!
Who says “Birds can’t dance.” Looks like Tango to me!
Do you love me…now that I can dance!
So you thought Angels looked like humans. Fooled you LOL!!!
I’m looking for my brother in Kansas that does this all day everyday. I thought I saw him in window.
Helloooo, is anyone awake in there? The feeder is empty again!
I just need to make three one handed pullups and I’ll make the team.
Hey, I can do 50 pull-ups – just watch me!!
Hey have you seen grumpy cat?
Send out the cat we have a surprise for him!
OH! OH! Teacher! Teacher! I know the answer! Call on me!!
Just one more pull up and I’ll have beaten Tweety Bird’s record!!
Howdy Folks! What’s for dinner??
I have a comment for your April/May issue with the little birds on page 50, Children, I can’t understand you when you all “chirp” at once!!!
Going for the gold medal on the uneven bars.
Hey, anybody awake in there? The feeder is empty!
ooops! I shouldn’t have gone for that last pull up!
Hang in there Spring is just around the corner.
…one arm power swing…gymnastics 101…
Hi ! there! anybody home ??
Can you say:SCORE !
I bet they never saw the RUMBA done like this on “America’s got Talent”, or ” So you think you can dance’
I’m flying
Hanging on by a wing and a prayer
Rhett, Oh Rhett, look over here, it’s your darling Scarlett!!!!
What a pretty me, what a pretty dress, what a lovely birdie I am!
I know! I know! Pick me!
Momma am I pretty.
I hope you’re not laughing, Bro! Um, aa little help here!
“coming in for a landing, wah hoo!”
Hey Martin! What are you doing?
Oh, I’m just hanging around!
O, I know the answer. Pick me!
Hey! Can Jimmy come out and pla- *CRASH*
Hey! I’m out of birdseed!
MISTER, HEY MISTER, WE ARE OUT OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS!!
Woo hoo! Over here!
Yoo Hoo sounds better than woo hoo. So, Yoo Hoo! Over here!
Does this make me look like an angel?
“All those in favor, raise your right wing!”
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
hey…the bird feeder is empty…just thought you might like to know.
Hellooooo, Helloooooo inside. Look at me!
You think I’m sexy!!!
Oooo! Oooo! Pic me! Pic me!
“Hey, watch this, I can do ONE WING PULL UPS!!!!!!!”
Don’t worry little Cock-a-too! I’ll bring backup! I’ll get you out! Just fight the giant a little longer!
Hey! I’m over here.
Do you think this lipstick matches my prom dress?
YOO HOO… Prince Charming, glass slippers… right here!!!
These one wing pull-ups are a killer workout. I can feel the burn!!
Hey, you in there, the feeder’s empty and the bird bath is dry!!!
Look Honey, I can fly with one wing tied behind my back!!!
“Hey! Did you know that you’re out of birdseed? The backyard feeder is empty.”
Yoo-hoo Got Seed?
“How’s this pose, Martin?” Think it will make B & B?
One and two and three! Exercise is good for your health!!
Hey! Come on out! The weather’s great!
you-who! Over here! What’s for dinner?
I can barely reach it! Somebody raised the bar!
How do you like my angel disguise?
” ooo, ooo, pick me!”
Oh! Oh! Oh! I’m a single lady, I’m a single lady – if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it…
Hello in there. The feeders are empty.
Hello! We need breakfast out here!
Pick me, pick me, pick me!!!!
“Marty, have you seen Mary Margaret, she was to meet me here for brunch?”
Stretching on m left side, doing my exercising!
HEY… WHERE’S THE SEED??????
“Jus’ doin’ the Hokey Pokey. You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out…..”
Hey in there !! Have you seen Melinda Myers and George Harrison lately ?? I have some questions for them.
Hello…my feeder is empty.
Teacher-Teacher
Hold, two, three, four….this airobics is for the birds !
“Just hanging by a wing and a prayer!”
Hey….can I use your bathroom???
Fitness is not just for humans anymore so lets go, one, two, three, four
Hey Mrs. Jones—Can Johnny come out and play?
First time I have ever entered
“To infinity and beyond!” a la Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear
Hey in there, got any jucy worms, I’m hungry.
Hey Martin….we are low on sunflower seed!!