Red Checked Cordon Bleu
A short post today as the day is getting long and there are things I still need to attend to.
I knew this visit to Florida was going to be difficult, so I wanted to take a mental health break before diving into real life. Stopping by the butterfly exhibit at the University of Florida for a short while I enjoyed the beauty of the rainforest.
This lovely little blue bird, which I don’t remember the name of, is a bird of Africa. He was hoping to get lucky with a girl and had a piece of nesting material that he was courting her with. Looking around for her, he kept hoping for the best.
She flew in and he began his display. “Hey ! I’ve got nesting material..interested?” He would do this little backward hop dance, almost like moon dancing. Hop, Hop, Hop…Hope, Hope, Hope…
She showed little interest, but he kept following her with that little stick. Waving it around, trying to get her attention. Then she flew off, leaving him with just the stick.
He flew off after her to another spot and tried the stick dance again. She flew off once again. I saw him shortly after on a tree next to her without the stick. The poor boy, at least he tried!
Categories: 2013 Project 365, Birds, Nature
Emily Carter Mitchell ~ Nature as Art 
Poor fella, Hope a birdy will come along soon and appreciate his persistence 😀
I think the girl was just playing hard to get. Perhaps with time he’ll get lucky. Thanks Andy!
mmm! Good luck to them both then lol 🙂
I absolutely love, love these birds!! Thank you – great to see just before bed. Actually, a great birthday gift! 🙂
I absolutely love, love these birds!! Thank you – great to see just before bed. Actually, a great birthday gift! 🙂
OH Happy Birthday !! I wish you these cute little blue birds ten-fold. May you dream of them.
Thank you … I’m going to “remember” them as I fall asleep, and see what happens LOL. Thanks again! 🙂
I wish humans did it this way. You go out to a bar and a guy approaches you hold a brick or a piece of siding. “Oooh, I am impressed by your building materials. Wanna come home with me tonight, big boy?”
LOL !! Oh you made me laugh out loud. This is awesome ! Thank you so much.
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What a beautiful bird, so colorful! Here’s my theory on why he didn’t get the girl….he kept following her with that little stick! Oh, I’m so bad….you get where I’m going with this….LOL!!!
No No !!! don’t Beat me with that stick !!
Ha ha!!!
Oh such a courting. I love birds wooing and courting as if she does not care. Stick around (no pun intended) you would have seen her chasing him instead. Excellent piece for a mental break. Thank you.
You think?? Somehow I’m thinking the boy will do all the work. Those bird girls know how it should be done! Hope you enjoyed this also and gave you a breath of fresh air. Hugs P.
Beautiful Birds:)
Thanks Renee – Who knew??? From Africa? What cool birds.
Just so eye catching with their colors and fanciful antics:)
I loved them..Wanted to steal them away and take them home with me. 🙂
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Sounds like the story of my life, at least your post has better photos!
LOL ! Now that is something I’d like to see….You hopping around with a stick in your mouth. 🙂
It happens everyday, but the stick is a cigarette. 😉
Nice shots. Not too dissimilar to human courtship, only we’d use cars/money etc to impress the female and the “dancing” would be in a bar or club 😉
Perhaps this is true, although women like to dress up to entice the boys. Where in the bird world, the girls are quite mundane. Thanks Mark!
What beautiful birds! You can’t help but feel sorry for the little guy but I bet he won out in the end, she was probably playing hard to get… after all, he wouldn’t have appreciated her as much if she’d swooned at the first stick dance! 🙂
Oh so true..it’s all about the chase right? Thank you so much for such a great comment.
Emily this is WONDERFUL. The images, the story line, the playfulness and the poignancy you shared. You are so amazing and it’s a joy to see your posts every time. I’ll be seeing that little bird in my mind all day today now, appreciating how hard he tried against indifference and impossibility. So much for us all to learn here I think! 🙂
Truly you are such a special person with such intuition and appreciation of life. Your insight on this post is so inspiring, and I thank you for taking the time in sharing your wonderful thoughts. Love this!
PS And Emily, some of our favorite nature programs have been about this very thing – the fascinating and extraordinary lengths sometimes that birds will go to in search of their mates. Adorning nests, building cave-like “huts”, amazing dances and whirling and twirling. What can I say, I ADORE the birds! 🙂
LOL ! Great ! Got to love another bird lover. Really I agree, the Birds of Paradise are incredible in their mating dances. Did you see the one that does a moon walk type move? He’s super cool.
What a beautiful bird!
Thank you Cynthia !
Poor little guy, he gave it a good try! I commend him on his persistence!
Me too ! And imagine, I almost stepped on him, a volunteer pointed him out to me. it was such a great scene to watch.
Wow what an awesome photo of this bird!
Thanks Judy ! Appreciate your enthusiasm of these.