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Published: 2010-10-29 14:30:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 4197; Favourites: 154; Downloads: 35
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Oils on canvasEntry for Mesmerising Animals Motherhood Contest [link]
Cuckoo being fed by a reed warbler.
One of the traditions here in the Limousin is that if you have money in your pocket when you hear the first cuckoo in spring then you will be rich all year. If you have no money in your pocket when you hear it, then you will be poor. Unfortunately I very rarely keep money in my pockets!
The fabulous photo I used as a reference was published in the Daily Telegraph and was by a photographer named David Kjaeri
I would rather LOOK AT YOUR gallery than just thank you for faving my work. So please excuse my bad manners if you fave or comment on my work, because I will not be thanking you. Instead I will be looking at your work!
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LOL, looks like the one on the left is screaming at the smaller one to get off the branch.
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Nope, just screaming for food!
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Wow! Super work!
And....your piece made me look up the Cuckoo. I had no idea until today that they don't raise their own young, but rather, lay the eggs in other birds nests and leave them for the unsuspecting birds to raise. Even the Cuckoo hatchling will instinctively throw the other eggs or hatchlings out of the nest to insure their survival.
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Yes, they're really interesting birds, but it's sad that it's such hard work for the small bird that has to feed it!
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Must be scary to be a songbird and have a cuckoo in your nest.... They don't actually realize what's goin on but I imagine it's still scary.
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And very hard work I imagine!
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looks like he's shouting at the warbler and the warbler's like "hey man, I'm just your waiter"
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I wouldn't have thought of that - you're obvciously a natural cartoonist!
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xD Thank you 
haha I just thought it was kind of amusing.
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Your work has been featured as one of #Birds-Club 's top submissions for February's BOTM journal. You can find the article here: [link]
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Thank you very much - I'm honoured!
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This beautiful work is featured on my profile page, under the widget: deviant ID, right hand side, "Amazing Images". [link]
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Thanks so much! Your page is full of wonderful images - I'm honoured to be among them
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Your painting is awesome!
It is all my pleasure!
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I should really spend more time painting and less time on DA lol !!
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You are so very welcome!
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Nice painting! Here in Portugal the legend is similar, it's also considered good luck to hear them.
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Thank you! Maybe he'll bring me luck in the contest! In England they're not considered good luck at all - strange.
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You're welcome. I haven't checked the results yet, how did you fare?
Different places, different stories. I guess here they're seen as a sign of good luck because if/when you hear them it means Spring has come and you've made it through another Winter.
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Sadly, nowhere. To be honest that group doesn't seem all that impressed with my stuff. Never mind, that's not why I painted it - I just liked the photo.
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Thank you - you draw really well!
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Thank you! Wish I could paint like you though. XD
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