The wild animals that live among us

I don’t think it’s a first-world problem. Maybe in small towns we can find some chickens roaming the streets. Here in the capital it’s more likely for someone to catch a chicken and take it home, not necessarily to eat. Sometimes it will just keep the bird locked in the yard.

Something Very Common here is people picking up plants and flowers from flowerbeds and take them home. My mother once planted daisies in a flowerbed in front of her house. In less than a week all the flowers were pulled out by the roots.

I just don’t understand why people do this. I’ve seen ladies with white hair pulling plants out of other people’s houses. They could Just ask for a flower, they can afford buying plants.

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Thraupis sayaca aka sanhaçu-do-mamoeiro aka sayaca tanager

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Yeah, there’s that aspect also, people are used to raising chickens, and fresh eggs for free isn’t bad no matter how much money you have.

I’m guilty of nicking cuttings of plants when we’re out and about, but I won’t take entire plants…

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Falco sparverius aka Gavião Quiriquiri aka American Kestrel

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I once caught a woman browsing my front garden like it was a nursery with plants for sale. She got yelled at.

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“Watchu lookin’ at?”

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Thraupis palmarum aka Sanhaço do Coqueiro aka Palm Tanager.

I think this Yagi antenna is the trendy spot for the hip birds.

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Aw, man. I was rooting for him, he came so close.

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:laughing:

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Turdus rufiventris aka sabiá-laranjeira aka rufous-bellied trush.

This antenna is just for the cool birds.

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The bird photos you’ve posted are beautiful.

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Ain’t cha heard? The purloined plant’s perfume is sweeter by far.

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We used to read this at bedtime:

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Oh, thanks. Muito obrigado.

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I got to touch a ray (don’t remember if it was a manta* or a sting) at the VA Beach Aquarium on my second-ex-honeymoon. It was like touching not-yet-set gelatine but without my finger poking through it. They are so cool!

*musta been a manta, cos I don’t remember any denticles on its back.

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Cozumel, 2011
:notes:i kissed a ray and i liked it

rays are cool!

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I’m pretty sure you married that ray! Somewhere, off the coast of Cozumel, a ray is pining for you! :sparkling_heart: :laughing:

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Was the ray larger than an adult human being? If not, not a manta!

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