I was cycling along. Had just come under the freeway overpass. And at the far end, in the new sunlight, a flock of turkeys began to cross the road. One at a time, single file. So I waited while 15 turkeys crossed the road. It seemed the polite thing to do ( Read more... )

A bobcat came bounding across the bicycle trail-lovely to see the body of the cat fully extended, big shoulder and thigh muscles working, pale underbelly long. I managed to follow her train of vision, and saw the fleeing ground squirrel, tail curled up high.

Didn't see the conclusion of the hunt.

Indeed. Though of course it's also a deer. Pretty cool!
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/11/unicorn-deer-italy.html

http://www.livescience.com/animals/061116_homosexual_animals.html

Good article, both because it discusses the variety (that is, a sampling of many species) that engage in same sex behavior, and because it mentions how the imposition of homosexual/ ( Read more... )

On my late morning walk today ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/22deep.html?th&emc=th

check out the slide show. Makes me wanna write stories with aliens based on some of these deep sea animals!

Just had my first taste/chew of sour grass of the season ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving was good. Worthy of more than I feel like writing right now ( Read more... )

Not that Harry (though I love Harry Potter, too), Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. The current novel is Dead Beat, book 7 of the Dresden Files ( Read more... )