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Being little and cute with soft fetching feathers means you can easily talk the large featherless beings out of prime dishes. The harder part comes in keeping other (less easily duped) poachers away from the dish you just poached. In this course, a master instructor gives an overview of the best advanced “dish guarding tactics”ContinueContinue reading “Day 136: Advanced Dish Guarding Tactics”

If there is one thing every hunter learns early, it is how to “sequester prey.” While it is fine to take your time to select your preferred prey, once selected, you must move to sequester it quickly. This is because you are likely not the only predator with eyes for the choicest morsels. Author: ShannonContinueContinue reading “Day 135: Sequestering Prey”

When you are small and cute and feathery, no one can resist you. If they have it and you want it, it is yours. If they have it and you look at it, it is yours. If they have it and you even think about looking at it, it is yours. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author:ContinueContinue reading “Day 134: Berries with Grandma”

In some countries, diners like to enjoy something minty after a tasty meal. In other countries, the diners prefer to chew on small seeds or drink a warm brown beverage with white foamy stuff on top. Still other countries favor the presentation of room temperature liquids in various clear pots (although many of these can make the dinersContinueContinue reading “Day 133: After Dinner Wicker”

Every country around the world has some form of witness protection program. This comes in handy when you are so famous and everyone wants you all to themselves. In the same way, delicious delicacies sometimes need protection from the ravenous masses. For instance, perhaps the Small Chef prepares a batch of fresh, warm, delectable wafflesContinueContinue reading “Day 132: Waffles in Hiding”

In many flocks today, mustaches have become quite trendy. This, of course, is just another example of where the featherless beings have missed a rich motherload of timeless style. After all, who would look twice at a garden variety mustache….. ….once they’ve witnessed the full glamour of”mashed potato beak?” Best of all, mashed potato beakContinueContinue reading “Day 131: Mashed Potato Beak”

When you model “with waffle,” sometimes you get so hungry you have to break the photo shoot into two sessions. But this can be great too, because in your second session, you return chock-full (literally) of energy and enthusiasm for the shoot! Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. FREEBIE ALERT! Read 3 full chapters from Pearl’sContinueContinue reading “Day 130: More Waffle Model”

Not all dinosaurs were large and land-bound. In fact, the most evolved amongst the ancient vertebrates ruled the sky rather than the ground. Called “Pterosaurs,” these winged dinosaurs had powerful muscles, lived in flocks, and laid eggs. Some also had crests. The fierce Thalassadromeus had the largest crest of any winged dinosaur – three times largerContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Pterosaur”

To many, modeling “with waffle” appears so easy. Deceptively easy. But the waffle is perhaps the most difficult prop to shoot with, on account of how easily it can steal the spotlight. Waffles, after all, are delectable. They are beloved by all, appealing equally to every audience (including the model himself). Only the prettiest, cutestContinueContinue reading “Day 129: The Waffle Model”

As the pre-preparations for nesting season continue, the days can get quite packed. One day you are scoping out secondary nest sites, and the next you are giving your primary nest a thorough once-over. Just the willingness to perform these tasks speaks volumes about your worthiness as a candidate – so snapping some “action shots”ContinueContinue reading “Day 128: Action Shots (for Ladybirds)”