Do Birds Like Glass Art?

While photographing the glass sculptures at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, I
happened to capture a snowy egret coming to investigate.

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Do snowy egrets like art glass?  Find out on Ellen Lindner's blog, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

He gave it a close inspection, looking for food, I’m guessing.

Do snowy egrets like art glass? Find out on Ellen Lindner's blog, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Do snowy egrets like art glass? Find out on Ellen Lindner's blog, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

When he didn’t find it he curled his long neck in,  hunched up his
“shoulders” and  I think I heard him say “Humph.”

And then he marched off.

Do snowy egrets like art glass? Find out on Ellen Lindner's blog, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I guess he’s not a Chihuly fan.

Ellen Lindner

8 Comments

  1. Christine Penna says:

    I think the glass boat would make a interesting fabric piece……I would love to have your permission to use it for a future project.

  2. Christine Penna says:

    I think the boat would make a interesting fabric piece. I would love to have your permission to play with it in a future piece!

  3. Hey Chris. I’m happy for you to use the boat image. However, a very similar image won Best of Show at the 2013 Houston show, if that makes a difference to you. (You can google it.)

    I’ll be posting more Chihuly art photos, so you may prefer one of them.

  4. Sharon P says:

    Love this post. You are so clever. Was this bird trained??

  5. ellen says:

    Hey Sharon. Totally random. That bird was not the least bit scared of me, performing his inspection only a few feet away.

  6. Martha Ginn says:

    Ellen, what a fantastic picture with the crane flying in! I love Chihuly’s work, more so after seeing the big exhibit in Tacoma–worth a trip to the Pacific NW.

  7. Yes, it’s wonderful, Martha, isn’t it? I especially like this garden installations.

  8. ellen says:

    Maybe I should have titled this post “Angry Birds.”