Harry and Jimmy

Yesterday afternoon, after the big heavy rainfall, I had a new visitor in my garden. I called this Ibis bird "Harry". He was very busy picking at all the fat worms, snails and other "bug-goodies".

But he was not the only one new visitor....

May I introduce you to "Jimmy"......?

Jimmy is new in the environment and is quite different than all the other brown-red chickens we have running around the house. He is white, tall, can barely crow - but he tries! And he has to fight very hard to defend his new territory.

While Harry is gone by now, it seems that Jimmy won the fights against all the other roosters and decided to stay.

Fighting for food...

What the heck is he spying on?

Happy Chicken Family - but "Papa Rooster" is still the boss on the spot!

Mmmmh...kids, come over here to pick - the corn meal is special good today!

He is getting ready to fight for his territory - sneaking in to the scene from behind.....

...and started blowing up his feathers already, then he saw me coming closer with my camera - and he changed his mind! To bad for the photographer - I missed probably some very nice cock fight pictures!

All the Roosters of Key West

I spent a whole afternoon chasing all the roosters to get some shots of these animals who are totally dominating the streets of Key West. For all who don't know about the story behind the roosters here on this island: They used them for fights when the Cuban population came to Key West in the last century. Today they are wild, protected and grow and grow and grow....

You will see them even at the cemetary picking for food and crowing

I call this one "the dancing rooster"

And as he saw me coming too close with my camera he run away, like running for his life.

And don't disturb these two! They must have a very important, personal meeting together.

Chicken Mamma

Searching food and feeding 10 babies is a hard daily work...

Zehn kleine Kuecken zu fuettern und gross zu ziehen ist eine enorme Verantwortung...

To show them all the important things in life, like how to hide and to escape is chicken Mamma's work also...

...ebenso alle Gefahren aufzuzeigen die auf sie lauern, sie zu lehren, wie man diese umgehen kann, ist auch Chicken Mamma's Aufgabe....

And how to get to the other site of the street? Stay all together...and run!

Und... wie ueberquert man eine Strasse richtig ? Schoen zusammen bleiben, keinen Schritt zu weit nach Links oder Rechts - und rennt los!.... so ist's richtig.

Comm'on Baby....you can do it...!

Wer ist denn da so langsam heute...?

YEAH......... WE MADE IT ALL!

WIR HABEN'S ALLE GESCHAFFT....!

A little bit of wildlife....

Big White Heron

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Mallory Square Rooster

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Rooster Portrait

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One of my cats

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Christmas with Humor

A pretty lazy Santa Claus at Duval Street

...while Santa take his nap, his elf has to do all the work.....

And also the Queen is dressed up in Christmas colors, ready for the Party!

All the direction signs to find Santa Claus...

Beside all the tasteful decorations in down town you will find some humoristic one like all these above. They make you smile and I hope you'll enjoy this funny pictures like I did.

Und auch das ist Key West - von seiner humoristischen Seite! Neben all dem geschmackvollen Weihnachtsschmuck in den Strassen und an Haeusern, findet man auch diese humoristischen Sonderlinge. Auf jeden Fall Grund genug zum schmunzeln.

Two Roosters

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In my post yesterday I promised to tell the story about the roosters in Key West. Well,... back in the last century, when the Cuban people came to Key West, they brought with them not only all the houshold goods, there were also chickens and roosters on the boats. The roosters were sometimes used for cock fights in the backyards. Since these fights were made illegal, the roosters were released and are now running wild all over the island and their population keeps growing day by day.

Nun zur Frage, warum die Haehne so stark Ueberhand nehmen in Key West: Als die Cubaner mit ihren Booten nach Key West kamen um die letzte Jahrhundertwende, brachten sie neben ihrem ganzen Hausrat auch noch ihr Federvieh mit und veranstalteten in den Hinterhoefen die heissgeliebten Hahnenkaempfe - bis eines Tages die Regierung dies verbot und mit Strafen belegte. Seitdem rennen diese Huehner und Haehne frei herum auf der ganzen Insel und vermehren sich und vermehren sich....

Dancing Rooster

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Do you know the story behind all the wild roosters running around in Key West? I will explain that in more detail in another post.

Wer schon mal in Key West gewesen ist, hat bestimmt auch die vielen Huehner und Haehne herumlaufen gesehen; ueberall ist dieses Federvieh anzutreffen. Ich werde in einem anderen Bild auf das Wieso und Warum naeher eingehen.