I must admit I am a birdwatcher/photographer and apparently a pervert.

[Maestro]

Please see this for the reference.

So to further show how much of a perv I am, here are some more hummingbird images from my backyard. ;)

[TZ]

1. Pretty. Love those hummingbirds..I also am a pervert

being a birder an all (I have several pairs of binocs). But then, thats no surprise to most of the Lounge I imagine.....:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

3. You're a birder??

:wtf:

[TZ]

4. Yep.

I have a brazilion bird ID at home to go along with my several pairs of binocs.
I love the outdoors. Just don't get to go outside and play so much, since I've been ill.x(

[Maestro]

8. I am more surprised with the birder/perv relation.

I thought we were a more sedated bunch, but voyeurs I suppose tend to be more sedate. :)

[semillama]

39. How'd I miss that?

I'm a pretty hardcore birder myself. Just added my 298th state bird for Ohio - Wood Stork!

[TZ]

41. I guess it just doesn't factor into my discussions much

I probably should hang out in the birders forums here. But I always try to check out Maestro's amazing photo threads..
I'd love to see a stork! I've got a lot of egrets, herons and other waders covered but no storks..

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Damn.

:blownaway:

[Maestro]

13. Thanks bertha

My perviness thanks you. :)

[bertha katzenengel]

37. LOL

I've always wanted to be thanked by a perv.

[pokerfan]

5. When my cat started killing them

I had to start hanging the outside flowers. The lil' bastard would park himself beside a flower motionless, just waiting.

Nice pics.

[Maestro]

15. My cat is just the opposite.

When I set up my equipment in the garden and then sit in my chair behind the camera, my cat comes out and sprawls out underneath either the chair or the equipment. She could care less about the hummers. Although an occasional mourning dove will catch her attention.

[emilyg]

27. Sounds like my very old cat.

My younger ones are interested.

[Mugu]

6. Well, you may be a perv.

But you're a perv with some beautiful photos. Very nicely done.

Regards, Mugu

[Maestro]

17. Well I am perv according to the strange, hopefully comics,

spreading this strange story. Oh well, if birdwatching is porn call me a perv! ;)

[raccoon]

7. THey're beautiful! Thanks, Maestro. nt

[Maestro]

18. Anytime raccoon

I'd love to get a picture of a raccoon actually.

[tigereye]

9. so all that "bird-porn" stuff wasn't a joke?

nice pix, Maestro...

[Maestro]

19. I hope so. You have to believe they are not serious; however,

if true, I will not give up this vice. :rofl: Thanks.

[sarge43]

10. Another perv reporting in.

I love sitting on the back porch watching our batch of hummers duke it out around the feeders. The little freaks are starting to leave *sigh. Going to miss them. Bon voyage, little friends.

Lovely pictures as always, Maestro. Thanks. You should look into publishing them.

[Maestro]

20. Alright then!

That is two pervs at least enjoying our perviness in the backyard. ;) Thanks for the comments. It is so difficult to get published or even noticed. The best I have done was to have some pictures included in the e-newsletter from Birder's World.

[sarge43]

21. Well, keep checking into it.

That fourth picture of the male Ruby Throat giving profile is gorgeous; sums them up perfectly.

[Maestro]

22. Oh I will.

It is one of my goals. I am learning all I can and trying to improve. Thanks again for the encouragement.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Another batch of glorious pics. Thanks so much.

[Maestro]

34. Absolutely my pleasure.

:hi:

[laylah]

12. Another proud perv

checking in~! Beautiful photos, btw.

[Maestro]

35. We're all proud.

:)

[Haole Girl]

14. Oh, great

Now bird watchers are being attacked?!

:eyes:


Pretty pics, btw! :hi:

[Maestro]

36. Hopefully it is just a joke.

But you never know nowadays.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. (insert heavy-breathing smiley here)

Ah sweet mystery of life at last I've found you.........

[Maestro]

33. LOL

:rofl:

[DarkTirade]

23. IBTL.

I can't believe you would post this kind of filth here on DU. :P

[Maestro]

40. Yeah

That feathered filth is real hardcore. It's probably too much for the gentile people here. ;)

[DarkTirade]

42. Well, this is the lounge... so...

:P

[pitohui]

24. go you

i'm a birder/photographer/perv as well but inexplicably my photos are not as good as you, i spent too much time in the "perv" part of the DNA

[Maestro]

44. That is funny!

Practice makes perfect. Since you got the perv part down, turn your inner being toward the camera. ;)

[pitohui]

25. crap delete these dupes!

/

[pitohui]

26. more dupage EOm

/

[edbermac]

28. I'm into photography, but not really interested shooting birds.

I am a proud pervert though. :7

[Maestro]

43. Well your priorities are straight!

;)

[edbermac]

45. Nice pics BTW.

I prefer model and landscape photography personally. This I shot a few months ago.

[Maestro]

46. That is gorgeous

Wonderful light! The slightly silhouetted boats and masts make for a beautiful photo. I need to invest in a landscape lens, but my birding lenses have tapped me out of money for a while. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

29. Thanks for the hummer pix, you perv.

:P



In all seriousness, I needed these pix right now. My local hummingbird slammed into the new window and killed himself. I think the green cast to the new window confused him. He was always a scary flyer, cutting off the chase at the very last second --I guess it caught up with him. His lifeless body was so tiny and delicate yet devoid of the brilliant feather displays. I placed his body in the tall grass to let the night creatures complete the natural cycle.

[pokerfan]

30. LOL

Lounge Porn: hummers, tits, boobies, cocks, beavers, pussies...

[Maestro]

49. That is actually pretty common.

There is not too much you can do about it. Birds just see a clear area and they blast right into them. I've seen birds do it and knock themselves silly but survive. Other do not survive. You did the right thing placing it in the grass. Nature will take care of it in a matter of hours.

[MilesColtrane]

31. I, for one, always suspected that you were just into it for the tits and boobies.

[Maestro]

32. Yes, but I really like the peckers too.

Woodpeckers that is....;)

[stuntcat]

38. omg the truth comes out

you dirtee dirtee bird watcher :*

These four are just fantastic!

[Maestro]

47. Thanks Stuntcat

I was involved in more perverted bird watching today too. ;)

[spindrifter]

48. The irridescence is amazing!

[Maestro]

50. Thanks Spindrifter

They are fun ones with cool plumage!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

51. amazing pictures...

no comment on the other :eyes:

[JitterbugPerfume]

52. beautiful pictures

I have GOT to get my feeders back up.I was gone for a while (not home for an extended period) and I didn't want my birds to depend on food that wasn't going to be there for them, but I miss the li'l critters

[UTUSN]

53. Some barrio-boy lore: Politically INcorrect, so be warned!1

This old man in S. Texas (well, he's barely older than I am) told me that when he was a kid down near the border, this woman would pay the kids a nickel per hummer because she would press their (wing?) feathers into a book.

He said his method of killing the birds was to turn a hose on them, and they would drop down, then (you know, MURDER).


I'm sorry.


But in my yard, I was just standing there, and this hummer STOPPED and perched, and was SO curious!1 He (she/whatever) was about 3 feet away, and turned its head to look at me with one eye, then would turn to look at me with the other eye. It stayed the longest time, and CLOSE to me.


Gorgeous pics, Maestro. I believe this is what your inner self is like.