Two Birds for Tuesday, Celebrating Ten Years in New York City

Back in September, I met Daniel on Broad Street in downtown Manhattan. It was his New York City pigeon that first grabbed my eye:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TWa19c2X40q7DrdHcZCs8EOWwIcKoh9cwWKbhzYTwgjZ0H-V2dirslQ5iKmpfHOBeOQDcctNQ5hVp5ULXOSI-5QYRSXIZsuNT2ki2xWJ2JsKq2VUnJmBOUb4zeJ-9GD6J4QDc28qV0I/s1600/Pigeon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TWa19c2X40q7DrdHcZCs8EOWwIcKoh9cwWKbhzYTwgjZ0H-V2dirslQ5iKmpfHOBeOQDcctNQ5hVp5ULXOSI-5QYRSXIZsuNT2ki2xWJ2JsKq2VUnJmBOUb4zeJ-9GD6J4QDc28qV0I/s1600/Pigeon.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Daniel explained, “It’s my ten-years-in-New York Tattoo. It’s my New York bird."<br /><br />Representing his country of birth, he added, "I have a Mexican bird on the other side:”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nn4s6rqwGwjEJ_tNxaPY6IuCehEo6sQ4bRs_tSwg8r_u6P6MfYVSaAXrpJkKBE4KijE5F2M4tMJznb8DcO1mWivhxzzMeEM-Ez2vj7iYwNrI_mtTv7OteCCA9KA52hrQFIqVh2WKBL0/s1600/Quetzal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nn4s6rqwGwjEJ_tNxaPY6IuCehEo6sQ4bRs_tSwg8r_u6P6MfYVSaAXrpJkKBE4KijE5F2M4tMJznb8DcO1mWivhxzzMeEM-Ez2vj7iYwNrI_mtTv7OteCCA9KA52hrQFIqVh2WKBL0/s1600/Quetzal.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br />That is the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzal">quetzal</a></i>.<br /><br />Every once in a while, I am fortunate enough to stumble on the work of simply amazing artists. Both of these phenomenal tattoos were done by the talented <a href="http://invisiblenyc.com/artists/regino_gonzales/">Regino Gonzales</a> from <a href="http://invisiblenyc.com/">Invisible NYC</a>. Work from Regino has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/05/danielles-beautiful-gypsytattoo.html">here</a>, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/07/tommys-geisha.html">here</a>, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/06/mikes-tribute-to-his-thai-heritage.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/07/monas-pocket-watch-honors-her.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Daniel for sharing his two awesome bird tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-4129709c-d891-8e06-52f5-39540f104aa7"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2014 Tattoosday.</span></div></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span>

Two Birds for Tuesday, Celebrating Ten Years in New York City

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