Friday, August 18, 2006

Shutterbirds

When I first got my Camera, I was delighted to discover it had a "pets" mode, that when set, made my camera chirp. So there I was, pushing away on the buttons, "chirp, chirp, chirp...". Of course, when Ernie heard the camera he was immediately impressed, and it did not take him long to discover that the noise was coming from the silver box-like thing in my hands. Now, Ernie is a very friendly bird, and he delights in meeting other "birds". Within moments, I found Ernie sitting on top of the camera, pecking away at the buttons and singing to it furiously. Okay, maybe pet mode was not such a good idea, I couldn't very well have him flying to the camera every time I wanted to take a picture of him! Unfortunately birds have LONG memories. Pet mode was soon turned off, but Ernie's fascination with the camera lingers on. Now when I want to take a photo of the birds, I turn the camera on in another room, sneak up on them, and snap quickly!




Whatever one birds gets into, the other quickly follows, and Joey has become quite interested in the camera too... as this close up can attest.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They sure look so good though! That one of Joey investigating the camera is priceless!