Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos with the keyword: Merlin

Pigeon Lake, Alberta, Canada.

Saturday Self-challenge: Album Cover I had a photograph of a Merlin (bird) this week and I found some lyrics by The Moody Blues that mentioned Merlin (wizard). "Are You Sitting Comfortably?' from the album On the Threshold of a Dream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDVqQzsJg3s Lyrics: Take another sip my love and see what you will see, A fleet of golden galleons, on a crystal sea. Are you sitting comfortably? Let Merlin cast his spell. Ride along the winds of time and see where we have been, The glorious age of Camelot, when Guinevere was Queen. It all unfolds before your eyes As Merlin casts his spell. The seven wonders of the world he'll lay before your feet, In far-off lands, on distant shores, so many friends to meet. Are you sitting comfortably? Let Merlin cast his spell.

Merlin gets discharged from the rehabilitation center after a month of recuperation. We took him back where we found him as a juvenile. The volunteers at the center said that the parents will find him and teach him to hunt. We did not receive so much as a thank you from the bird. A video of his physical exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752109/in/album/686033 A still from his exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063/in/album/686033

This little Merlin is being examined after I found him unable to fly in what I suppose was a collision with a plate glass window. They took good care of him and after he lost his baby feathers, he was released back to his parents. To see a still from this event: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063 To see him released back into the wild: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752171

I found this little fellow unable to fly after what we suppose was an unfortunate encounter with a plate glass window. I boxed him up and we found a raptor rehabilitation center. He had a concussion so they put him in a hyperbaric chamber then kept him until his baby feathers were gone. The sign of a concussion is how wide his irises are even with a bright light shining on them. Look carefully and you will see. To see a video of his physical examination: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752109 To see him released back into the wild: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752171