Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Caption Contest #15


Send in your clever caption for the photograph above by Sunday, August 15 (using the comments window below). The winning caption, chosen by our ever-expanding panel of former American Idol judges, will receive a signed and numbered cover print of their choice from Bird Watcher's Digest.

Good luck!

42 comments:

  1. Proving that bird photography is a debilitating condition, he thoughtlessly placed his binoculars in the sand.

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  2. Yes, as a matter of fact, I did sit on my McGriddle breakfast sandwiches.

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  3. Work on The Field Guide to the Lost Contact Lenses of North America was progressing slowly.

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  4. Will black become the new beige? Catch the next episode of What Not To Wear While Birding.

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  5. Determined to win Spike TV's "America's Extreme Birding Challenge," Bill took it home with a lead in the "Reverse Limbo with Bird ID" round after successful completion of the "Choose the Oiliest Birdseed Peanut with Your Pants" event.

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  6. Cameraman BOTB gets the action shots on the new series WBWF! (Wild Bird Wrestling Federation)It's Jungle Foul vs. Guinea Hen! In the Ring! on Pay Per View !Order Now!

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  7. "Birder falls on face just short of finish line" ;)

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  8. Birding Contest: How many violations from the book "Good Birders Don't Were White" can you find?

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  9. In their first-ever trial-run the brand new Depends-For-Birders failed to live up to their advanced 'billing.'

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  10. Isn't he a bit old to still be looking up girl's dresses?

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  11. Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground...

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  12. Cyberthrush you took my idea!

    Unable to cross the border due to "The Fence" Bill tries for a Mexican lifer with the telephoto lens.


    Word verification - pulscoph: more powerful than a spotting scope, it pulls the image of the bird much closer to you.

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  13. In the rush to photograph the rare purple-crowned hoosenfeffer, he unfortunately forgot to check for fire ants !

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  14. Going to extremes in getting that lifer can lead to overactive bladder.

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  15. 12 years, equipment costs, travel and a ruined pair of pants... FINALLY, a great shot of a House Sparrow!

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  16. Using a combination of drab plumage, shiny objects and ground display, Bill attempts to lure female birders.

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  17. After successfully avoiding warbler neck, another unsuspecting birder falls victim to grouse gut.

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  18. Birders unite! Let's all get down and dirty!

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  19. This is the latest photographic technique for capturing the texture of an ostrich's toe skin.

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  20. The touch of the earth really "makes me wanna shout" but control yourself. You can do it.

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  21. If my subject was any shorter, I would have to dig a trench.

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  22. My body is starting to cramp, I wish this ostrich would get his head out of the ground.

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  23. And you thought only plumbers had "cracks".

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  24. Winning a worm tug-of-war is a bird's rite of passage.

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  25. Please let's have a little decorum. Oh my gosh, the birds are having a food fight again.

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  26. Photographing the intricate steps of a mating dance can be soooo fatiguing!

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  27. Bill attempted to retain some dignity by pretending to take a low angle photograph after tripping and falling flat on his face.

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  28. After reviewing his photos, Bill realized wicking fabrics were not the best choice for the Bird Boxers

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  29. The strange looks Bill received were worth getting a shot of a life mulch, Detritus birdersteponus

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  30. Multi-tasking: Worshipping the ground my love walks on and getting that perfect Oven-bird pict. for Bird watcher's Digest magazine

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  31. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL

    Figure 2.2

    An inverse relationship exists between the rarity of a bird and the decorum of the watcher.

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  32. Wow. I could be birding, but instead I’m looking at some dude’s butt.

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  33. Monitoring the nest wasn’t the same after the restraining order…

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  34. FINALLY, Bill was getting the photographic evidence of Julie and Erik's midday rendezvouses...
    ;-)

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  35. After photographing the rare antpitta, Bill promptly peed his pants due to the excitement.

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  36. This is just wrong on so many levels.

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  37. As the Palawan Peacock-pheasant rewarded a six-hour stakeout by finally striding into view, Bill overwhelmed his astronaut's diaper.


    (btw-I know that isn't you, but I can't make fun of a stranger).

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  38. After photographing the rare antpitta, Bill promptly peed his pants due to the excitement.

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