feathers and stuff: gurdonark

I love the return of the migratory birds in Spring. Last night I walked in Papago park in Phoenix, and marveled at quail hopping among the cactus. I hear birdsong everywhere I go. I'm a bird lover, but not really a birder. I watch all sorts of birds, not always knowing their species names. I just like their intricacy and grace.

I also like to learn about my LJ friends, most of whom I think of as being their LJ names (which makes for pronunciation issues with some of the more intriguing names like

deriasys). So I thought I'd celebrate birds--and my LJ readers--by coming up with a bird-brained poll in which I can learn more about folks on LJ and their favorite birds.

Poll #127977 Birdland

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 25

The bird which most closely resembles you is:

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The albatross. It's ungainly, it's got a hard time with take-off and a klutzy landing, but any way you slice it, it's tres cool and good in cold situations

8(32.0%)

The American kestrel. I may look like an over-sized sparrow, but I'm really a bird of prey, and I have a kinda nifty coloration, too!

4(16.0%)

A crow, of course. Maligned, misunderstood, but so independent and so free!

3(12.0%)

The scissortail flycatcher! Watch me catch bugs in mid-air!

4(16.0%)

House sparrow. I may not be unusual, but I have a good time of it

6(24.0%)

The killdeer is a kind of suburban plover which builds its nest on the ground. When an intruder comes too near, a killdeer may do the "broken wing dance", running along the ground, pretending to have a broken wing, to distract the intruder from the nest. Without divulging any dark secrets, what is in your personal life's nest for which your journal serves as a "broken wing dance" to distract your readers from what is really happening?

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What would be the coolest thing about being a hummingbird?

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wings that flap faster than anything!

2(8.0%)

compact size and grace!

6(24.0%)

incredible bravery in a small package!

7(28.0%)

it's all about the nectar, dude!

6(24.0%)

ruby throat, green wings, who could ask for more?

4(16.0%)

What's your favorite bird?

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Okay, you're in coastal California, trapped among pecking birds in a Hitchcock movie. What do you do?

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Call Charlton Heston to bring the bird gun!

7(29.2%)

Call the Animal Planet cable television network to bring some bird seed!

9(37.5%)

Call the cell phone company and get a partial rebate, because you won't need the rest of this month's minutes

2(8.3%)

Call Rick Dees, radio DJ, and request that he play "Disco Duck"

3(12.5%)

Call Blockbuster Video, and see if they have "Birdman of Alcatraz"

3(12.5%)

If you were a bird, what would you look like?

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Which bird would you rather be?

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Walter Pidgeon

0(0.0%)

Rebecca Pidgeon

1(4.8%)

Charlie Parker ("Bird")

10(47.6%)

Larry Bird

1(4.8%)

Hootie the Owl

9(42.9%)

Help kick of the "bird series"! What species of bird should Gurdonark write a post about?

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Using metaphor liberally, describe which bird you think is the most "spiritual", and why?

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When you die, you want to go to the kind of afterlife where they:

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dance the funky chicken with grace

5(20.8%)

pogo like punky penguins

11(45.8%)

do some 60s go go dance called "The Crane" you have to learn at summer camp

3(12.5%)

do a dance called the Parrot, which is a lot like the macarena, only with more squawking

0(0.0%)

dance Swan Lake

5(20.8%)

If you could fly within a two hundred mile radius, where would you visit that you've never been?

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