Beautiful Animals

Love dem boids, Izzie. And the stunning white horse, osso. Thanks to you both.

Fennec (desert fox). The big ears help keep this little guy cool. But I wouldn't be surprised if he became airborne in a strong wind.

What type of bird is that with the blue cap and yellow breast feathers? I've never seen one of those before.

Hey Ros...

It's a blue tit: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/bluetit/index.asp

pretty little boids in abundance here.

The black headed fella in the tree is a great tit: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greattit/index.asp

they sing very sweetly and chirp all the time - I can spend hours watching them - great time wasters!

Looks like he'd find that amusing.

Hi Izzy. Yeh, it's a very pretty bird. I like them Wish we had them around here.

They resemble Chickadee's to a certain extent, except they have more color than our Chickadee's do.

Chickadee:



Not a lot of color, but a stunning little bird.

Ruffled nudibranh (sea slug):

Hey hey...

I think these are long tailed tits











http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/longtailedtit/index.asp#




and a wee blurry greenfinch










http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greenfinch/index.asp



<gonna have to find a way to get closer to them " they are sooooooo quick and very tiny>

Thanks mucho, Izzie. I'm reminded of a poem I wrote a few years back.

I wish that I could find the woids
To say how much I love dem boids.
I love dem when dey choip and tawk.
I love dem when dey peep and squawk.
I love dem in a flock or hoid.
I guess I'm just a boidy noid.

Applause! Nice poem.

I took some photos of some very cold blue birds on The Cape. I grabbed the nearest camera which is my little sister's. So, I'll post them when and if I ever get a copy.

EXCELLENT POEM!!!!!!! The Boid Noid!




These are amazing... http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Marine-Biology/Nudibranchs-Beautiful-Animals-You-Never-Knew-About.332429

I don't think the human animal has been represented on this thread yet...


Ultra-Marathon runner Dean Karnazes, and Pole-Vaulter Allison Stokke

Oy, rosborne. Don't get me started. Thanks, though. Interesting thought. And not bad specimens.

It seemed a shame not to represent one of the most successful and unique species on the planet.

Love dem boids..

I wish I was an little worm,
the one the early bird is after.
When he'd stick out his silly beak
to give my oval tail a tweak,
I'd wrap myself around his feet,
and trip him up with laughter.

Ahem, that's an original poem by me..
it was a takeoff on one my father had printed in the Saturday Evening Post in the twenties... something about
"I wisht I was a bird's egg,
way up in a big tree. When
a (naughty) little boy came by
and looked up at me with glee,
I'd bust my (naughty) little self
and sprinkle him with me."
Grammatically wrong, natch, but I think that is how I remember them.

So, let's see if this works -

Great poem, Roberta. I just found out that the jackass is a male donkey. How did this sweet mule type creature get such a bad rep?

I'm going jetskiing tomorrow, exactly where this pic was taken. Might take my camera and some fish heads..

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10550743

Letty, A mule is half jackass, which can be a tad stubborn.

Tigershark, Have fun--and don't fall in!

alex, Nice boid.

New additions to Chez Izzie - 6 month old brothers from the Cat's Protection League!

MURPHY





KC