Kayaks, Treeffiti and the Obligatory Birds

An early morning walk along the River Lagan took us past this guy...

He looks like he's about to kayak into nothingness.

...and then past a few obligatory (since it's national bird-feeding month) birds...

A Moorhen.  These birds are nearly impossible to get a good picture of.  Not only because they hate people, but more so because at any given second, their heads are bobbing in a new direction.

A Bullfinch.  Both male and female in the first picture.  None of these shots are exceptional.  My remedy...multiple shots.

The last place our morning stroll took us to was this...

...A fallen tree that had many a political and social message carved into it.  I (may have) coined the term Treeffiti a while back..I feel this is an appropriate place to use it.  The carving on this side reads "Even the business men don't do business anymore"

This part of the trunk mentioned something about a guillotine.

and this part: "Too long not enough blood n' bones".

A Walk in the Woods

So many of my days include a walk in the woods.  About 75% of my photography has been taken on a walk in the woods.  Why stop now?  Here are another two photos to add to that 75%.

Treeffiti

I looked up what I could only assume has been used before...the term treeffiti.  It has been.  Someone once said no one ever has an original idea...too true, too true.  

As horrible as it is to do something like this to a tree, it does look...interesting.

Perched, high up in a...Transmission Tower

These turkey vultures were lazily basking in the sun.  They reminded me of the vultures in Disney's The Jungle Book...all indecisive and British.