Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Birds and Buggies

Why am I taking pictures of carts--or buggies as they are called in the South?  Good question. And here's the answer.  See those brown blobs in my picture?  They're birds.  For whatever reason, these carts were very popular with sparrows this weekend. It wasn't a grocery store so I'm assuming crumbs weren't the draw. Maybe some bird seed got spilled, though it seems like that would have went straight through the bottom of the buggy.  Anyhoo they were entertaining to watch flitting in and out of the carts.  They were moving faster than  Friday night grocery shoppers and that's saying something. 
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Annalisa won our impromptu drawing yesterday.  Congrats, Annalisa:)

32 comments:

D.G. Hudson said...

I like your comment about the birds moving faster than Friday night grocery shoppers!! I called those grocery karts 'buggies' too when I first moved to Canada, but was corrected as no one knew what I was talking about. . .

Elephant's Child said...

Here they are shopping trolleys...
Love the fast moving lbjs (little brown jobs). They move faster than greased lightening some days.

Valerie-Jael said...

That's a fun photo, great shot of those birdies doing their own shopping, and a nice description of the Friday night shoppers! Hve a fun day, hugs, Valerie

nashvillecats2 said...

Unusual but a great photo and reason for it.
Yvonne.

Heather R. Holden said...

Never knew shopping carts were also called buggies! How cute about all the birds having fun in 'em...

Anonymous said...

Birds hanging around humans for food normally annoys me but sparrows don't. They are so fast and entertaining to watch, plus, their calling cards are pretty small.

anne marie in philly said...

hide n seek for the birds!

I try to shop monday night after work - my store is EMPTY of slow humans then!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Maybe they were just playing!

donna baker said...

And I'd bet you'd be surprised to know the shopping carts were invented in - Oklahoma.

Pat Hatt said...

as long as they didn't leave any presents on the handles lol

Jamie Ghione said...

I didn't know "buggies" is used to mean "shopping carts." I've always known them as shopping carts or just carts.

Sandra Cox said...

Ah, you must be from the south. I moved here 16 years ago and had never heard the term before.

Sandra Cox said...

Shopping trolleys...I like that.
Surprisingly, they'd let you get pretty close before they flew away.

Sandra Cox said...

Doing there own shopping....heh heh.
Hugs

Sandra Cox said...

Thanks, Yvonne:)

Sandra Cox said...

I'd never heard them called that either until I moved south.
Those birds were having a great time:)

da tabbies o trout towne said...

deer cod in all de seas...a BURD post...ona twooz day...now we haz crazed mindz ♥♥♥☺☺☺

conga ratz two Annalisa !!

Birgit said...

Maybe these birdies are doing some grocery shopping?? I find it funny that they were all around...maybe something sweet was spilled and they could detect that.

Sandra Cox said...

Well said, Andrew. The HH was worried about those calling cards;)

Sandra Cox said...

Sounds like a good time to me:) You can put that cart in third and go:)

Sandra Cox said...

Maybe. They seemed to be having a great time.

Sandra Cox said...

I did not know that, Donna.

Sandra Cox said...

Yeah, the HH was worried about that too;)

Sandra Cox said...

Me too, Jamie, until I moved south.

Sandra Cox said...

:)

Sandra Cox said...

Grin on the grocery shopping. Actually it was at a building and supply store. That is part of why it was so intriguing. A grocery store would have made more sense.

Out on the prairie said...

Sparrows tend to be where people are it seems. I never heard the buggie term either.

Jeanie said...

Now that's a sight! and a fascinating one. (And I haven't heard about the buggy term, either!)

Birgit said...

Maybe they were finding supplies to create their nest...best place to find things....think of the men at these places or Home Depot:)

Adam said...

Funny how everyone has a different word for them, cart is the standard and most understandable. I've also heard wagon, carriage, and a few more

Lee said...

We call them trolleys here in the land Down Under.

Magic Love Crow said...

That would be so cute to see!!!!