Monday, October 19, 2009

Caption Contest #10


Coming back at you, like a boomerang you, yourself, did not throw, it's the Bill of the Birds caption contest! This is contest #10 and is open to all who love birds. And garden gnomes.

Send your witty caption in via the comments window below, and you could this fabulous prize: A year's subscription to The Backyard Birds Newsletter. That's a $16 value, people!

OK. Hit me with your best shot. Winner gets picked on Thursday, October 22, 2009.
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20 comments:

  1. RobertOctober 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    I can see Nome from here!

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  2. Patrick B.October 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    "The Born Again Birdwatcher gets a helping hand while scoping out a rare bird."

    (Sorry John - I had to do it! It's the 'stache!)

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  3. MidshipmanOctober 19, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    "No Bill, for the last time you didn't see an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. It was just a House Sparrow. Now can I go back to my garden?"

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  4. JeweleefishOctober 20, 2009 at 5:54 AM

    Birding with friends is priceless! Bringing along your favorite Gnome... Questionable!!

    (they can be such scope hogs)

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  5. coreyOctober 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    Don't let go of me, she's finally taking off her hat. Oh baby, look at that pointed head!

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  6. TinaGOctober 20, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    It's all in my new book. Bignomial gnomenclature: The Art and Science

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  7. Julie ZickefooseOctober 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Here at Travelocity, we're always on the lookout for another sucker. Our airfares are hiked, uh, updated hourly!

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  8. Jason KesslerOctober 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM

    Moments after ascertaining that "the coast was clear," local curmudgeon Karl LaFong was carried off by a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet.

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  9. pambirdsOctober 20, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    Thanks - this beats holding a pair of binoculars!

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  10. Rondeau RicOctober 20, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    Zick, you stole my Travelocity idea.

    Yes, yes, that's the McArthurs looking over their New Zealand and Australia itinerary they booked on Travelocity.


    Yes, it is a butterbut, now let go of my butt!!

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  11. AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    I read in BWD that angled scopes were easier to share with short people. They were right!

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  12. DubsOctober 20, 2009 at 9:55 PM

    "Alright childrens, Nomey the Clown needs the scope for a different kind of wildlife watchin'."

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  13. Alan PulleyOctober 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM

    Ahhh, the view is much better from up here...so is the smell....

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  14. Chris HarbardOctober 21, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    The image is pixielated...!

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  15. jamesOctober 21, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    How's that? I haven't seen a merlin take a fairy since my days on Monhegan!

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  16. Bill of the BirdsOctober 21, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    You caption writers have brought your A-game to this contest! Wow!

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  17. cyberthrushOctober 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    During his first-ever visit to Whipple, Ohio, Gnome Chomsky gets a quick lesson in the fine points of birding.

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  18. RobertOctober 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    There's the blasted Starling that pooped on me!

    Bill, center my eye dang it!

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  19. RobertOctober 21, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Have ya got anything with an extra small exit pupil?

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  20. ebirderOctober 22, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    "Gnomebody knows the Empids I've seen..."

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