http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/gallery/1672549_Nocyw/ This morning (7/16/06) when I went to open the blinds on the door to our deck, I was startled by an explosion of feathers as bird flew suddenly away from our deck's railing. I quickly noticed another bird was sitting in Umah's planter, nestled snugly in between shoots of a mint plant. I just had enough time to grab my camera, as the future mama bird decided that it was a good idea to head off too. As you'll notice from my picture subtitles, the procession of images was fairly reminiscent of an airplane taking off. These pictures are in order, try viewing them as a slideshow to see a stop motion of the bird in action. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Animals Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:13:27 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03528/81973284_9hGdJ-Ti.jpg http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/gallery/1672549_Nocyw/ http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973284_9hGdJ <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Dove in our planter.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973284_9hGdJ" title="Dove in our planter."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03528/81973284_9hGdJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dove in our planter." title="Dove in our planter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:43:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03528/81973284_9hGdJ-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:22:52 70842f6b232aa075e644190d18dad244 30d4f7ed5ac48ecdeaffeaef5760f390 dc7717843ac51bdf99489571477e55d9 0cad26f55766f1d0898ec987450e0812 Dove in our planter. <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Dove in our planter.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973284_9hGdJ" title="Dove in our planter."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03528/81973284_9hGdJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dove in our planter." title="Dove in our planter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973397_ZSrbM <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Dove in our planter.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973397_ZSrbM" title="Dove in our planter."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03531/81973397_ZSrbM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dove in our planter." title="Dove in our planter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:44:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03531/81973397_ZSrbM-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:23:00 bdca04a5cbb9a95c2a0c8c2b15b398a5 572b97f820d3f1db1ba38377fc1d8336 d4b0e98cbf41e60d859570e62a3a0e56 3a410a3e4228f338be00bfdb1cfbc2bb Dove in our planter. <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Dove in our planter.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81973397_ZSrbM" title="Dove in our planter."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03531/81973397_ZSrbM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dove in our planter." title="Dove in our planter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974764_oqMPY <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Pushing away from the gate...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974764_oqMPY" title="Pushing away from the gate..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03535/81974764_oqMPY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Pushing away from the gate..." title="Pushing away from the gate..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:53:09 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03535/81974764_oqMPY-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:23:56 d494c9f194513bb692b142000eaa6356 7413b640d21cae4e649619506e334246 7a01aea2f223ace4261ff53ec444fb7c b842b1d16faaaf90c7cff43da85710c0 Pushing away from the gate... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Pushing away from the gate...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974764_oqMPY" title="Pushing away from the gate..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03535/81974764_oqMPY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Pushing away from the gate..." title="Pushing away from the gate..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974891_evaxu <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Preparing for departure...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974891_evaxu" title="Preparing for departure..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03536/81974891_evaxu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Preparing for departure..." title="Preparing for departure..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:54:02 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03536/81974891_evaxu-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:23:57 9e90ddc104fc2fd1841f4f7e1d7a6b78 90de0e6a0816936f0f071d9e34632c4e 8f96d75b511f593f7bd5abeca6752a31 a1cda7c318d6bea91eb29126b6448556 Preparing for departure... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Preparing for departure...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81974891_evaxu" title="Preparing for departure..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03536/81974891_evaxu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Preparing for departure..." title="Preparing for departure..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975113_qqd49 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975113_qqd49" title="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03538/81975113_qqd49-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1." title="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:55:03 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03538/81975113_qqd49-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:03 d6eb556e963ad278af004e457ee195de aff5015eb46264f7a37869973800c577 7683006ea2508115b8d67dff76fb5e22 35da09f1f939e1d80dd8dfdf5efb7061 Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1. <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975113_qqd49" title="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03538/81975113_qqd49-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1." title="Flight Dove X9er, taxi to runway 1." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975391_UAVCA <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Taxi-ing down the runway...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975391_UAVCA" title="Taxi-ing down the runway..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03539/81975391_UAVCA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Taxi-ing down the runway..." title="Taxi-ing down the runway..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:56:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03539/81975391_UAVCA-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:08 1cacb9e0b108304b209ba410c240429c a18392eade607f7bc61f4742eb6e1b63 069ba6d6f6a838f01fad8282141d1f4a 81fac086c3e01c51812685b71221a6bf Taxi-ing down the runway... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Taxi-ing down the runway...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81975391_UAVCA" title="Taxi-ing down the runway..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03539/81975391_UAVCA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Taxi-ing down the runway..." title="Taxi-ing down the runway..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81976038_dLBAf <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Preparing for takeoff...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81976038_dLBAf" title="Preparing for takeoff..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03541/81976038_dLBAf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Preparing for takeoff..." title="Preparing for takeoff..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:01:16 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03541/81976038_dLBAf-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:16 875e1c2bbab0beb82884b29d0662eee4 7f5a8029ceb89aa4fbb626eba5a8fa23 a733fb27a8981c18356f6a0554e56f3b c0954f032dc883a8ff2cc79e26c3dbd3 Preparing for takeoff... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Preparing for takeoff...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81976038_dLBAf" title="Preparing for takeoff..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03541/81976038_dLBAf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Preparing for takeoff..." title="Preparing for takeoff..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977619_7fPCR <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Checking the blind spots...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977619_7fPCR" title="Checking the blind spots..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03542/81977619_7fPCR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Checking the blind spots..." title="Checking the blind spots..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:11:02 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03542/81977619_7fPCR-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:17 b41303d56207c359cd90a8270400bcc8 634ecf8ffbe3264bd4e4c68b03fee12b 1d66187f245d9466693bce231275cd19 eee09195e3abc721ce00406b3a982b00 Checking the blind spots... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Checking the blind spots...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977619_7fPCR" title="Checking the blind spots..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03542/81977619_7fPCR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Checking the blind spots..." title="Checking the blind spots..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977837_PhWrA <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />We have lift off...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977837_PhWrA" title="We have lift off..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03543/81977837_PhWrA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We have lift off..." title="We have lift off..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:12:06 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03543/81977837_PhWrA-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:18 5dc4be955bc564eea90b27cfd259eba6 95d21c46281b414cd768a14ea0d67087 edc242950bca23a94c148d064c42e07a 60829f3c1a6e34d09207e92d7f0625c5 We have lift off... <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />We have lift off...</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977837_PhWrA" title="We have lift off..."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03543/81977837_PhWrA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We have lift off..." title="We have lift off..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird, in flight Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977977_VDXWZ <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />And she's outta here.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977977_VDXWZ" title="And she's outta here."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03544/81977977_VDXWZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And she's outta here." title="And she's outta here." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:13:27 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Brian Hewitt) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03544/81977977_VDXWZ-Th.jpg 2006-07-16 11:24:19 4b08462348483b36d10788ce7aa1e391 ad21ab80edfd5553adcc1c43a79f9c0f 20e22bbaa704fab8b943c13b6d6a810f 7595a72b58c600297c6ca88f5a652eb6 And she's outta here. <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />And she's outta here.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/1672549_Nocyw#81977977_VDXWZ" title="And she's outta here."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Animals/Doves-in-the-Planter/DSC03544/81977977_VDXWZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And she's outta here." title="And she's outta here." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals dove, bird, in flight Brian Hewitt Brian Hewitt