Hello once again friends. A new Round has begun with this exciting Challenge. For this week, the theme is Big Birds. Come on everyone. Let's have fun and show our captures of the biggest feathered friends you have. This is so exciting! If you want to know more about this contest, just check on the link here. Everyone is invited to join. Before we begin, let us acknowledge the people behind this awesome contest. 
Say cheese!
Sounds familiar? This is what the camera man usually says before he takes a photo of someone or a group. It means SMILE! The world loves a happy face, a smiling face. And that's exactly what my big bird did when his photo was taken. Look.
This photo was taken sooo many years ago, when the place in our city called Baywalk was opened to the public. The area you see behind the ostrich upto the bicycle at the far end is reclaimed area. That's right. Where the bicycle is was actually the beach and the area where my ostrich is standing used to be the sea already. At the end of the reclaimed land the developer constructed a promenade where people can walk, exercise, loll around and enjoy the sea. He populated the area with ostriches (there were 4 pairs) and some deer. I have actually written 3 posts over the last 2 years about this place in the Wednesday Walk tag though I did not include the ostriches as they were already transferred during that time.
Picture above is a crop of the original. Here's the actual photo.
That's a King David replica statue which the developer had installed. So Baywalk was also popularly called King David. For reference, check out the photo below so you get an idea of what's in front of the ostrich.
That's me and my nephew on a wet and wavy morning jog.
Anyway, here are several more shots of the ostriches before they were moved out. As you can see they were confined to a part of the reclaimed area that's wide enough for them to run and have space. Sometimes, though, one of them gets free from the barrier and walks around with the people who are there. Like this one in the first photo which is my entry to this Round. And although I was wary of him, he was very gentle and did not chase the people away.
It is sad that these ostriches had to be moved out. You see, a coastal road is being built right where the sea is beside the Baywalk. So, to give way to this, the developer had to give up the place and the maintenance as well. But that is another story.
All for now. Hope you liked this. Remember, always smile! They say it takes more muscles to frown (43) than to smile (17). Some even say 62 to frown and 26 to smile. Whichever, smiling takes less effort and radiates unquantifiable goodness about. It seems this ostrich knows about that. Have a great day ahead.
(All photos are mine.)