Indoor and Outdoor wildlife

[my_daroga]

Okay, so there are rats. Let's just get that out of the way now. But they're cute! And so far, not in the house. Here are a few photos of rats eating leaves, and then a rat being eaten, all taken on the same day from different windows of my house

Comments

[deathmask_revel]

I love the last picture of Josie. She looks very put out.

[my_daroga]

I know, right? It's just her face. She is a very expressive little cat.

[grackles]

Oh wow, you're an amazing photographer! I can't remember if we've known each other long enough but I had rats for a while and took pictures of them eating bird seed on my patio. None as nice as yours though. The fifth picture down is stunning; it makes me think of an art nouveau painting.

Calico cats are so neat. Josie's markings make her face look really strange! Not bad; she's a pretty cat. Just strange. Tilda is lovely and has that pointy-face look that most of my cats have (it's my favorite cat-face shape). Is she part Siamese? Two of mine are and they're NOISY.

The squirrel in the crow pics is great, he's like "OH SHIT, BAD DAY TO BE A RODENT."

[my_daroga]

Hey, thanks! I enjoy it. I didn't make the nouveau connection, but now that you say it, it does remind me of that. I don't think I saw those pictures of yours, actually.

They are both very interesting looking, I think. And Tilda does have a pointy little face (which was part of what went into the name, I think). I don't know anything about them, though. They are both from a cat-hoarding house that was finally called in to the cops--they are "impounded" property. We were told they were littermates, but the vet doesn't think they're the same age. So I really don't know what their background it. Strangely, it's Josie who's the loud one--she rarely shuts up and it's kind of annoying, actually. Tilda talks too but it's more gentle tones of inquiry.

And I know. I got a few of that squirrel running up the roof towards them and then moving away.

[grackles]

Oh, is it Tilda after Tilda Swinton? That's awesome.

If you're interested, I have journal entries with pics. Here's when a rat first showed up: http://back-in-black.livejournal.com/896416.html#cutid1

Then he brought friends to eat the bird seed I put out for hiim: http://pics.livejournal.com/back_in_black/pic/000ekrqw/

Then an entire family of raccoons turned up to steal the bird seed:

http://back-in-black.livejournal.com/901622.html

[tintorera]

Small rats, big mice, whatever, they are really cute.

[my_daroga]

Yeah, I can't decide. Too big for mice, too small for rats, but I think they're just not freakish city rats or something.

[deathmask_revel]

These are roof rats.

[my_daroga]

Oh, awesome. Thank you! Those weren't in any of my books, as kids. Just Norway/Brown and Black.

[my_daroga]

Yeah, I can't tell if it wants in, or is like, oh shit, that could be me.

Um, sometimes they do? When they aren't a blur, they are very still.

[kryss_labryn]

This is completely off topic, but I saw this pic, giggled hysterically, and thought of you. And then saved it without recording in the slightest way where I found it, just so I could share it with you.

Aaand then my net drive went down, rendering it... complicated. XD

BUT LO!! Mike has even just now replaced it with a new system (with the details of which I won't bore you), and here you (finally) go: The pic that made me lol and which is the first one loaded up to the new system. XD

That makes me lol too.

[my_daroga]

HEEEEEEEEEE. IT'S FUNNY CUZ IT'S TRUE.

Er, or something, in my head?

This morning, the pic wasn't showing up at all, and I was so confused. I'm glad it chose to appear!

[kryss_labryn]

It got deleted off the server at some point (which we were apparently still setting up); but I re-uploaded it again. Let me know if it's still not there and I'll just throw it up onto Photobucket.

XD I'm so glad you liked it! XD I was afraid you'd already seen it.