This is a juvenile male downy woodpecker being fed lunch by its mother. The juvenile was able to land clumsily on the feeders, but wasn’t able to feed itself yet. Thank goodness for Mama! (If you have been following my blog for a while, I’m sure you’re not surprised that I’ve tried to work a nature shot, especially birds, into the photo challenge.)
Since it’s phoneography month, this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is to take a lunch photo with our cameraphones, that is, if we have a cameraphone. The photo above was taken with my DSLR camera, but the photos below were taken with my recently acquired iPhone.
One of my favorite things to do is to try different eating establishments with my hubby and mother. From the fancy to the non-fancy, we’re game to try many different places and cuisines, which we have done more frequently in the last couple of years.
Most recently, a burger, fries, beer and a movie sounded good, so hubby and I tried Brewvies in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It is a cinema pub “featuring first release and independent films shown in a pub and restaurant atmosphere.” Here, you can order a meal and drinks at the bar, load them up on a tray, take them into the movie theatre with you, and even play some pool or a pinball machine afterwards. Narrow tables are located in front of each row of theatre seats where you can set your food. It is an older establishment, so the theatre is not fancy. We watched Django, which was shown from a movie reel. It had been a while since I had seen the occasional vertical lines in the picture and heard the movie projector running in the back room.

The drinks: For hubby, a Detour Double India Pale Ale, 9.5% abv. For me, since I’m a lightweight when it comes to alcohol and I prefer still to be standing after a drink, I went for the hard apple cider in a much smaller bottle than the IPA and less alcohol content.

The bartender had a “great suggestion” to combine the cider and Guinness together, and gave me a small amount of Guinness to try it out. I took a small swig of Guinness combined with a small swig of cider and decided that the taste wasn’t my cup of tea. I prefer to enjoy each one independent of the other.

Finally the food! I ordered a wild salmon burger with caramelized onions, chunks of roasted garlic and blue cheese crumbles. What a yummy combination that was! Oh, and it came with home made wedge cut fries.
Overall, it was a nice way to spend the afternoon!
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Linking up with:
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Very beautiful! The woodpeckers are charming! The mother feeds the son lovingly.
Thank you very much, Gian Paolo! Yes, it’s such a loving sight!
A grand way to pass time wasn’t it? Michael and I love doing the same.
Certainly was! Glad to know you both enjoy doing the same together..
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The woodpecker shot is delightful!
Thank you so much!
AWESOME PICTURE OF THE WOOEDPECKERS— LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Sonda!
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Great shots! 😃
Thank you, Violet! 🙂
That woodpecker image is exquisite!
Thank you so much, Amy! I was thrilled to see this at our feeder.
What a great capture! and a perfect “lunch” shot!
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never forget the birds, yes that’s right, greetings by my cat!
Hello Emily! Yes, I won’t forget the birds.
sounds like a fun spot to watch a movie and the iphone photos are wonderful!
Thank you, Marina! Sometimes old places are charming.
Great capture of the birds. And your drinks look great! A great way to have lunch 😉
Thank you, TBM! Have you tried that IPA? The cider was good, but I’m not much of an IPA fan.
I have always wanted to go to see a movie with a table. Your woodpeckers are wonderfully photographed.
It was a fun afternoon with great company! Thank you for your nice comment betty!
Oh I love this photograph! I am in awe somehow, whenever I see mothers in nature feeding their young, even though its such a natural thing to do! We do it dont we?! Except notte lying offan pd hunting it 🙂
Your lunch sounded delightful! There is nothing better than a meal out with friends, laughter and happy onversation! It just warms the heart and soul
Hope you are well
Christine 🙂
Isn’t nature wonder, especially when we see this? Thank you so much for you lovely comments!
Love the drinks photos with the B & W background. Really well done. I didn’t enjoy the burger & fries shot though – I’m on a strict diet and that image just made me soooooooooo hungry (even though it’s midnight here in Aust.).
And of course I really enjoyed the bird image too, being a bird lover that I am.
Sorry the food shot was not enjoyable for you. I can understand the frustration if you are on a strict diet.
Thank you for the nice comments about the other photos! I was really thrilled to see the mama and baby woodpecker in such a loving exchange.
They are wonderful shots.
The salmon burger is also my favorite. 🙂
Thank you, Cocomino! I think you would have liked this burger if you like salmon burgers.
“Um,-um, thank you mom!!”
Beautiful image, FM!
BTW you’ve opened my appetite!
🙂
Happy weekend my dear!
Thank you very much, Marina! I love wild salmon, but that was the first time I tried a salmon burger. I was pleasantly surprised. 🙂
Top photo brilliant … that’s the way to eat lunch .. somebody feeding me.
Your lunch looked good enough to eat too.
Thank yo soooo much, Viveka! Somebody feeding you – that’s so sweet!
No .. I wish somebody at times would feed me .. *smile Lazy person.
How cute 😀
Thank you, Wolke!
So different- so nice!
Thank you very much!
fun!
Thank you, Currie!
How fantastic that you were able to capture this moment between the mother bird and it’s young.
Sounds like you had a great outing with your hubby. I’m not a beer drinker but I think eating and watching a movie would be fun.
Thank you, Ida! Yes, it was a great afternoon. The company was the most important.
Looks like it was indeed a great afternoon!
Yes, the company was the most important, and the rest was icing on the cake! Thanks for your comment!
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Beautiful portrait of mother and baby!
Nice bird photo!
I do like your lunch! Great choices of beer. And, Guinness is not to be mixed!
Thank you, Hans! Yes, I’ve had Guinness before, and I agree it should not be mixed.
Cute photo of the woodie feeding her young! Great shot.
What a priceless woodpecker image!!!
what a great shot of the birds… Fascinated me. Thanks and Love, nia
That first shot is precious!
Beautiful, really beautiful and I love the first picture of the bottles, very creative.
Sounds good!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Love the photo of the woodpeckers! Beautifully captured.
Thank you very much, Gracie!
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The b&w effect is cool. Did you do that on your iphone with an app?
Thank you, Cheryl! I took the photo with the iPhone, but used Photoshop Elements on my laptop to create the B&W background. There is probably an app that will do something similar, but I haven’t checked it out yet.
Thanks for the info! Really liked that effect.
What a very special photograph! And that salmon burger sounded scrumptuous. 🙂
Such an adorable picture of the birds Fergie! And that burger looks to die for 🙂
Awww..I love to watch this during the summer… so sweet…and your other photos made me hungry.. (smile).. thank you for linking in this week…Michelle
The first photo is terrific, and the camera photos are lovely too. I like the color effect. 🙂
wonderful shot of the woodpeckers!
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Lunch is my favorite meal. This one looks exceptionally delicious.
I may try the ale and cidar combo. Thanks …
Aw! You have a baby downy! 😀
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