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*cue horror music*

just joking..
this is the eye of my pet starling, Flicka..
i took this while she was sunning under her favorite lamp. she kinda goes into this birdy trance when she suns, so i was able to get the camera really really close without her caring.. =D

Flicka is a starling that my husband and i found cold and dehydrated on the sidewalk last May. We took her in and fed her (thanks to all the help on Starling Talk). We wanted to raise her for release, but unfortunantly i had to force feed her and she imprinted on me pretty quickly. When a bird imprints on a human they grow up thinking that they ARE human and as a result find it almost impossible to relate to other birds. This is why it is quite bad to release an imprinted bird as their chances of surviving on their own in the wild is about 2-5%. Because of this we decided to keep Flicka and raise her as our companion. She is an extremely intelligent little thing, and quite opinionated as well! What mommy has Flicka MUST get, no matter the methods used to aquire it. I love her dearly :heart:

you can read all about her baby days with us, as well as her older starling pal Bird-bird (his story is on the website) here =D

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:iconiridel:
that fur is awesome! the focus could be a bit sharper
:iconlensesforeyes:
Awesome picture. She looks so evil, even though I am sure she is the sweetest thing ever.
:icontragic-saturn:
My god that is CLOSE.
LOL wow.
I laugh because it's so cute and adorable, yet kinda scary at the same time.
That camera has a really good macro mode.

Great shot!

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:icontangledseaweed:
that is amazing!!!

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:iconcheshiretink:
A wonderful picture. She's so cute!
*giggles* She kind of looks like a chicken when she's fluffed up like that.
:iconimmortus:
i thought it was a tree turned diagnol (beak = trunk, feathers = leaves)

can you see it?

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:iconyv:
i love the colors and contrast here.

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:iconwindcrest:
I have raised starlings as well--they make great pets, and can even be taught to talk apparently. Your shot of "The Eye of the Flicka" is well composed and the detail is great!
:iconsephaina:
Starlings are such sweethearts :aww: Amazing shot!!

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:iconfiercesoniaa:
I really dig bird portraits.
This is a great one.

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too much daisy for your duke...

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November 17, 2004
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Nov 17, 2004, 1:25:28 AM

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