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A picture of despondency
Such resignation
Poor Jake the Peg
Sits apart, his back hunched
In abject dejection
While the other birds
Scramble and squawk
Over the scattered crumbs
His humble mien
Servile and meek
He waits his turn
When the rest have gone
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Image: http://www.google.co.za/imgres?
©DGA 25 October 2011 22:26
Note: I have nicknamed the one-footed Hadeda that visits morning and evening ‘Jake the Peg’.
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25/10/2011 at 11:29 pm
Sounds like a good name for him. Poor Jake, hope they leave some for him…
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25/10/2011 at 11:36 pm
Poor little guy, he looks exactly what I picture as ‘woebegone’ the way he sits with his back turned deliberately to the others. Btw I save his share for later… (Remember the song ‘I’m Jake the Peg’?
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25/10/2011 at 11:58 pm
Poor Jake, but such a good portrait of him!
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26/10/2011 at 12:01 am
Thanks, Col. I feel sooo sorry for him.
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26/10/2011 at 1:22 am
Well, he’s got you watching over him, Adee, so life ain’t so bad for JTP
(that clip is such a throwback to childhood :-D)
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26/10/2011 at 4:21 am
What little I can do, BB, isn’t much. (I had to see what there was on YouTube and share…)
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26/10/2011 at 1:59 am
Glad you save his share for him.
We fed a one-footed seagull the other day at the beach. He flew fine . . . and ran around pretty well, despite the missing foot.
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26/10/2011 at 4:24 am
Some days are better for him than others (just like us, I suppose). Some days the lack of a foot doesn’t appear more than just uncomfortable, but on other days he really seems to battle and hardly walks.
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26/10/2011 at 2:30 am
I want him to get first dibs one of these days!
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26/10/2011 at 4:44 am
Maybe he will, he just has to get here before the others… 🙂
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26/10/2011 at 4:14 am
you do stir the emotions for him…i feel for him in his humbleness…
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26/10/2011 at 4:27 am
He looks like an old wizard, or professor, hunched over, with his chin on his chest, lol! A bit like he’s stepped out of Harry Potter…
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26/10/2011 at 4:17 am
Poor guy. It must be hard for him. I hope he gets enough to eat!
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26/10/2011 at 4:42 am
I was concerned that he gets the RIGHT things to eat, but on his better days he does peck around in the grass. I heard that someone had phoned CROW and there’s nothing they can do for him.
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26/10/2011 at 5:55 am
Beautiful bird though, And I’m kind of partial to the name as well. Nice post Denise, as usual
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26/10/2011 at 6:52 am
Thank you Jack, he is lovely. I thought you’d like the name – one of my favourites too. 😀
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26/10/2011 at 6:08 am
Oh adee, poor Jake 😦
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26/10/2011 at 6:55 am
Yes, Cin, wish I could help him more. Btw, if you look back to the pic of the view from my front door, you’ll see him on one of his better days. 🙂
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26/10/2011 at 11:37 am
Feeding behaviour is common to all animals. The strong get stronger, and always take the first food.
I just knew you would save a little for him, Denise.
John
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26/10/2011 at 12:46 pm
I know we shouldn’t, but sometimes I just can’t help interfering, John. 🙂
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26/10/2011 at 6:36 pm
You betray a compassion for the weak and the underdog, Denise. That is truly great.
John
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26/10/2011 at 6:55 pm
Thanks, John, you say the nicest things! I’m just too soft-hearted for my own good.
Btw, thanks for befriending Kieran. He arrived on my site out of the blue. I’ve no idea where he got my name, but I am trying to help him get started. I think he is very talented.
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26/10/2011 at 2:11 pm
I sense a self-portrait of days gone by.
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26/10/2011 at 4:01 pm
Nothing so deep, I’m afraid, Maxi. Very seldem… Usually with me it’s WYSIWYG. 😀
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27/10/2011 at 8:23 am
Poor Jake 😦 that’s the pecking order for you (happens to birds and happens to humans) – did you know Jake the Peg was a song too?
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27/10/2011 at 8:32 am
Yep, I put it on my post too, but then removed it, lol! Loved it donkey’s years ago!
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