I’m pretty sure that this is a moorhen. The photo was taken on St. Patrick’s day, doesn’t it look nice and sunny! Usually we get rain for the parade. Don’t forget to click through for the big version
2009 #8
But of her herb knowledge I wanted none; it is one thing for a pastor’s wife to have such learning and another thing again for a widow woman of my sort.
Geraldine Brooks - Year of wonders -pg.38
this is just a few what I have seen lately
tumblr
whY
I’M A GUMMY BEAR, YES I’M A GUMMY BEAR, I’M A YUMMY TUMMY LUCKY FUNNY GUMMY BEAR.
oh hell no
This book deals with the Dialect of the English Language that is spoken in Ireland. As the Life of a people—according to our motto—is pictured in their speech, our picture ought to be a good one, for two languages were concerned in it—Irish and English. … Here for the first time—in this little volume of mine—our Anglo-Irish Dialect is subjected to detailed analysis and systematic classification. P.W. Joyce’s 1910 work, “English as We Speak it in Ireland,” is a fascinating chronicle of a language’s life, and no mistake.
THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE IS PICTURED IN THEIR SPEECH. | MetaFilter
3 Comments
Yeah, I'm going to second the diagnosis – sure looks like a moorhen to me.
well, you could tell me its a chicken and i'd be none the wiser. although, we do have moorhens down by our canal and they look a bit different… are there different kinds of moorhens?
I'm right there with JP! :) I'm not sure I've ever heard of or seen one of these, but it is very cool looking.