This was not the post I had planned for today, but then this European White Stork suddenly poked his head up as I was out walking and made me smile!

My original seventh square is now over on my Portuguese blog, it is also a Monday portrait and you can visit it here. If you are wondering why I am talking about a seventh square then clearly you have not yet joined in the fun of the Squares Challenge this month. Do join us, we are looking for square photographs whose subject matter is;
- Differing from the usual or not happening often (ie oddballs, the exceptions and follies)
- Separated from its set or mate (eg odds and ends or maybe odd socks or shoes)
- Not divisible exactly by two (ie odd numbers) or the number is unknown (ie 70 odd birds)
It is a month to have fun exploring oddness and discovering oddities so why not invite some of your blogging friends to also join us. Hereβs the challenge image to share, and you are more than welcome to link to other challenges as well.
A timely capture indeed π
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That’s what I thought π
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An interesting, odd, little fellow π
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There is something rather wonderful about storks π
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I don’t see enough of them.
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Come to Portugal!
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It is on the list for one day π
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Fingers crossed I will be here when you visit xx
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I may have to plan it that way. But if not, I know where you’ll be.
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π
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I think he is peaking out at you .. Here is mine
https://wordpress.com/post/100countrytrek.com/11938
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Yay you are back for squares π
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They do like to see what’s going on, Becky, don’t they? Never want to miss out.
My post today may look like an odd tossed salad, but it isn’t: https://wp.me/pVkLb-5KL
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They do make me laugh, and MrB does a very good impression of their call!
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I wonder if his call impression has an accent, which makes them look all the more…
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Sneaking up on the unaware humans π
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Tables definitely reversed by this one. I really did get the impression he was keeping an eye on me rather than the other way round!
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Peek-a-boo! It actually looks quite fake! Realised that although my links to you do work it appears that the actual pingback doesn’t so I am going to have to edit them. Still you do appear to have seen today’s visit to the zoo.
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ooh I was getting your pingbacks, but that explains why I have suddenly got a rush of them!
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You might have got them as the links actually worked, but I didn’t see them on your posts.
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ah how odd, as thought had been approving them as they came in hence visiting – hopefully now all sorted π
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I wonder if yours are going live before mine are so I get pingback notifications but then they don’t appear in the posts?
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mine are scheduled for 7 am
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perfect timing but just adds to the mystery then as they should have been linking. Very odd!!!
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I know I was thinking the same but then it moved!! I think the heat haze is helping to suggest it isn’t quite real
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Some one is looking for food. Great find and photo. π π
Here is my oddness for the day.
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Exactly, suspect either mice or grasshoppers in there
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Very funny picture of an odd encounter !
This is mine from Switzerland:
https://wanderlustig2019.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/met-this-odd-guy-in-switzerland/
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Made us giggle as we walked past
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A whimsically, wonderful odd one,Becky.
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I am so glad I decided to change the post for today π
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I imagine that could be quite startling if you were next to the bin when it popped up! Here’s mine today: https://grahamsisland.com/2022/02/07/attention-seeker/
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It really was!!
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Nature can be curious too!
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It can indeed π
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My contribution
https://philosophyvia.photos/2022/02/07/odd-numbers/
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You were right you were hiding in spam
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A spy probably.
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almost certainly!!
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