Yea the bird is real, thanks for the compliment! :)

The bird was actually about a half meter (1.6 feet) away from me. It was quite still so it was pretty easy. Still, I wanted to get more photos and tried to lure it closer with crumbs but somehow it got startled and flew away.

I've been coughing for quite a long time already (over two weeks), I hope it goes away soon.

By the way, I Love reading all the comment by newbies here! They are very funny, some are just out of context! I hope I haven't been like that in the past! Really amusing!

Heh. Newbies, or bots. I wonder how many could pass the turing test. (No offence to the real newbies around here.)