Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Parus caeruleus feeding.jpg

Image:Parus caeruleus feeding.jpg, featured

•  Info Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus), created, uploaded, and nominated by Dschwen
•  Support --Dschwen 05:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Question Is that a hair or a scratch extending from the parent bird's beak? --MichaelMaggs 06:22, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Saliva. The thing in the chicks beak is the food piece (not identified yet) that was just passed over by the adult bird. --Dschwen 06:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment I'm a bit worried of the controversial hunting promotion... -- Lycaon 07:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  • He he, yeah, I'd have removed that sticker, but I did'nt want to get too close to the nesting box. The picture was taken at a student dorm where a majority of forestry students live. --Dschwen 08:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support I rather like the ironic juxtuposition of the "happy birdie-family" and the wording on the notice. --MichaelMaggs 09:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support--Quark 09:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Auf den Naturschutz --Makro Freak 10:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support -- Keta 10:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Waidmanns Heil! ;-) --Simonizer 11:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Romary 12:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Neutral terrific capture, great detail, just a tad dark on the bird itself, maybe pp it a bit? MichaD 17:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support For the saliva thread... Vassil 25 May 2007
•  Support --Karelj 21:22, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Bergwolf 10:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support // tsca [re] 14:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Support ack MichaelMaggs -- Lycaon 09:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Composition, I don't think the sign fits with the image. The text itself is also quite controversial to the upper part of the image ("Hunting is nature conservation") -- Gorgo 13:39, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, the advertsiment text fits the bird scene somehow. Blue tits hunt insects that otherwise would damage trees (thought the tit itself may damage the tree as well in its search of prey). Humans who hunt herbivores might somehow identify themselves with an insectivorous bird. Anyway, I agree the message is controversial. Would you support to feature this pic if the advert was blurred or if the lower part was cropped out? --Javier ME 16:13, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

•  Support very cute --pfctdayelise (说什么?) 06:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose --Bergwolf 22:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC) This user has already voted - Alvesgaspar 22:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Uhm... ...if you've changed your mind, may I suggest striking your support vote five lines above ;-) --Dschwen 22:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

result: 13 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral => featured. Simonizer 09:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)