fauna – Page 7 – Black and White

Diocletian’s Palace

Swallows.

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moved into a bluebird house. Not a bluebird.

Linear and sinusoidal

snake in woodpile — I moved my outdoor lumber pile, a stack of rectilinear objects. Ran into one that was sinusoidal. A very chill snake. His head was elsewhere in the pile. Without the visual input of the deconstructing biped he was in no hurry to leave.

terms of venery, Corvus brachyrhynchos

Terms of venery, like “murder of crows”, stupid. There is a word already, flock. Nicholas Lund makes the argument…

Riverside

deer cross road — Woolen Mills neighborhood, Riverside Street just north of East Market.

Eat Me

So you are Really Hungry. Do you eat the mushroom or do you consult the mycologist, then possibly eat the mushroom? Charlottesville City Council faces just such a dilemma this evening. Do we rush or do we think?

my favorite things

Wish I could convince Oscar Hammerstein II to rewrite the lyrics to My Favorite Things

forgot the bicycle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Riverview park — earlier this month, last box turtle sighting of the year.

Anaxyrus americanus americanus

I was fixing to clean up around the base of my sycamore tree, ran into this fellow. Postponed the cleanup.
When cold weather comes, these toads dig backwards and bury themselves in the dirt of their summer homes, or they may choose another site in which to hibernate.[6] Their diet includes crickets, mealworms, earthworms, ants, spiders, slugs, centipedes, moths, and other small invertebrates. Some of these toads have been known to live over 30 years and currently a female specimen (over 13 centimeters long) is living healthily into her late 30s.–Wikipedia

Ida

kitten snakes — Curiosity didn’t harm the cat.