Poor, poor, pitiful me + repost

Linda Ronstadt did the song fine. But the definitive version, for me, is by Zevon himself. And given his quirky and iconoclastic personality, I think WZ would have appreciated the strikingly bizarre nature of this shot. As do I. I don't want to talk about it.

It seems that this photo may need an explanation. King Penguin chicks have a brown down of feathers (left in attached photo) and huddle in creches (a group of many chicks) during the winter months. In the spring the chicks start to grow adult feathers (right). The bird in the photo I posted is molting: exchanging the down coat for the sleek coat of the adult.
The pose of the bird is artificial: the bird was repeatedly bending down to drink the water and then assuming a more erect posture. I snapped this photo in the middle of this transition.

Great caption for that shot! Looks like he just came from a Waring blender. And I agree, WZ wrote the tune and I think did it best.

Poor little one - looks like a case of the mange on steroids.
Best yet and there have been some mighty good ones.

WZ thumbs up

Dan

Makes me sad just looking at it....
Great shot!
Another vote for Zevon

David: He does look pitiful but its nice that this marks a transition to a better state and isn't some kind of degeneration. Terrific shot.>=))>

Great capture. Really fits with the song title.

Great picture and title selection. You caught him at just the right moment.

Very pitiful! Nice to know that it is just molting and not terminal mange , or something

Sandy r

Good grief, David. What a great post for the theme and a brilliant pick of the song to go with. At first I thought this was a sickly, dying penguin chick, until thankfully it dawned on me that it was molting. Fine shot!