wow! these baby birds are long big mouthed! and their mom looks scary!

wow this is cute

Having been attacked by a mama barn swallow protecting her young, I find this picture SCEEERY!!!

I’ve always liked that there are birds out there called “barn swallows.” I’ve got a very visual imagination, y’know; it’s like Cartoon World in here. If I were to add a few frames to this pic here, for instance, then mom-swallow would be regurgitating whole BARNS one at a time for the baby swallows.

Gulp, gulp, gulp.

ElfOwl, that’s a nice piece of writing there!

And it *is* an amazing shot.

We had barn swallows every year at my house, too. The mess they made on the patio and the damage their building mud does to the paint, not so cute, but I always found them fascinating. And these babies don’t peep. They SQUALL! Hee!

The adults are beautiful, cute little creatures too. I had to catch one inside the house once, and finally pinned it gently between a curtain and the window. When I held it in my hand, it was so soft and sooty black and it felt no heavier than a single feather. It’s glistening little black eyes just stared up at me, and when I opened my hands to release it outdoors, it looked at me for a while before it left. Such a gentle, tiny soul.

like a tiny bird choir

This is an amazing shot, no matter how cute you might think it is. I think that unison baby movement should qualify as cute–we all love the whole fuzzy suckling action, right? Or the basket-full of kittens? C’mon people, think outside of the cute box!!!

True enough…
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Things can be Lovecraftian *and* cute!