fauna – Page 8 – Black and White

fledgling

this little bird lost his way inside my house. I cooperated, helped him find a way out. He cooperated, paused before taking flight.

Tursiops truncatus

bottlenose dolphin in Meyers Creek. One of a pod of 6+. Thrilling when viewed from a small boat, or any time…

Horse w/ chameleon tendencies

Life imitates traffic advisory — Dol, Brac, HR

Diocletian’s Palace

Swallows.

tweet

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