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Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« on: 16/07/2006 19:04:55 »
As a tribute to Hadrian's Damselfly and in an attempt to cheer myself up ,I photographed this Blue Whale today  basking in my bird-bath in North London...Oh it's a BIG bird-bath !! [:D]





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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #1 on: 16/07/2006 22:01:47 »
Hey Neil, nice to see you! That is a big bird bath alright!....Karen
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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #2 on: 16/07/2006 22:05:38 »
That must be a bugger to keep clean mate.


Have you also got a pond, If so does it have a fountain. [:)]

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #3 on: 17/07/2006 00:49:44 »
That is a whale tale if I ever heard one.

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #4 on: 17/07/2006 00:57:05 »
Nah its a close up of a tuna

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #5 on: 17/07/2006 01:58:45 »
Not just an ordinary tuna in a can

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #6 on: 17/07/2006 05:29:37 »
NO, NO, NO, Don't you guys recognize the picture?  That was me 92 lbs ago! Woowee! See there I was taking the big nose dive! HEHEHEHE!.....Karen
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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #7 on: 17/07/2006 12:29:11 »
Nice splash Neil you never told me you had a tail. [^]

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #8 on: 26/07/2006 01:51:33 »
I don't think it's a Blue Whale, I think it's a Humpback Whale.
Yes, I realize that is beside the point.

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #9 on: 26/07/2006 04:24:17 »
I am soo terribly jealous...
Perhaps I shall go photograph an armadillo or something.

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #10 on: 26/07/2006 04:58:02 »
eww...what an ugly animal...lol

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #11 on: 26/07/2006 16:43:34 »
Wow, they are really cool Lo!
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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #12 on: 26/07/2006 22:47:32 »
I guess seeing these little "dumb" animals upclose and not in pics helps...but they get hit all the time if you are on the highways here and come from no where???  they are ugly to me...ick!

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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #13 on: 26/07/2006 04:58:02 »
eww...what an ugly animal...lol

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« Reply #14 on: 26/07/2006 16:43:34 »
Wow, they are really cool Lo!
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Re: Blue Whale in My Bird-Bath !!
« Reply #15 on: 26/07/2006 22:47:32 »
I guess seeing these little "dumb" animals upclose and not in pics helps...but they get hit all the time if you are on the highways here and come from no where???  they are ugly to me...ick!

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