Beautiful Animals

Boida...

I just got here today... before I did, I saw G - back from safari today - I asked to borrow 4 of his pics for a friend Stateside...


These are for you, straight off the card.

Feed the boid.


A boid in the hand


Baby Nelly


Strong and powerful


sending you love... strength... x





<only 1496 pics to go!>

from the exotic to the less so

a bug amongst the milk weed flowers

snails in the ditch

Great pictures Izzie, enjoyed them. G. exposed himself to danger to take them!

G did... he was in an open jeep, dead of nite... mama lion to the left... cubs to the right (Sounds a bit like a song) - he has incredible shots (admits he was terrified) - just INCREDIBLE pics. Only borrowed 4 of the pics - but I asked if I could publish them on the internet after he has savoured them for a while... he was all for it. He's still not been on A2K ( nor knows the name ) - and... he's never seen my web albums - so, he'll figure it out how to get here if he wants to from them. Reckon my defences are dropping now - what will be will be.


Dj - love the bugs.... LOVE A BUG!

Izzie, Positively glorious safari photos. What is that second boid? So verra (as you would say) beautiful.

dj, Da bug on da flower is lovely. The snails--something I never saw in the wild. I lead such a citified and mundane existence. Thanks, kid.

"Apaloosa" mule and a wittle dawg:

Red fox pup:

Ah, love the apaloosa, Roberta. (sad, however) and that baby fox(reynard) is so sweet. Glad that he is not a "fox on the run."

I never think of bugs that I don't think of this scared little black one.



Love the ladybug, too.

Breathtaking pictures from G's safari in Kenya, Izzie. I never think of Kenya that I don't think of the first short story I tried to read by Ernest Hemingway, and all because there was a frozen leopard atop Mt. Kilimanjaro. Didn't get into it much after that, 'cause I was only eleven years old. Check it out sometimes.

Hi Letty, Thanks for the big black bug. It's a doozy. Why is the apaloosa sad?

Saw a nature show last night where baby foxes were getting bumped off by wolves. Ain't nature grand?

A remarkable bird is the pelican
His beak can hold more than his belly can
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week
And I'm damned if I know how the hell he can

I thought Odgen Nash did that one, Roberta

Check your PM's

Thanks for the pic and the poem, Letty.

Here's a white version--on the wing:

Misti and I watched a pelican try to swallow a fish. A most inconvenient way to eat, in my opinion.

garden was a buzzing on a beautiful day today

another pic from my trip up north, went for a drive back a country road (well it started out a road and ended up little more than a trail) and saw these guys

Boida - We have one out of four that has survived " bless this littlun ducklin’ " he’s doubled his size in 10 days and is peep-peeeping loudly. MaMa duck is happy and we are happy that all is going swimmingly with this wee quacker -so far so good. Strong little guy.





S-boy and ducklin’












MaMa


Keeping an eye out for the little fella




Given half a chance... <Harvey - NO!>

Roger, Birds have an "inconvenient" approach to many things. I watched a falcon couple (via a video feed) sit on eggs. Such a bore. Get that boid a tv set.

dj, Wonderful pics. Bright colors. Love the mules and horses.

Izzie, This response should be on the "What Made You Smile Today" thread. That little ducky did the job. Thanks. The kid's a survivor.

Brown-banded bamboo shark:

toads everywhere i look these days

Loved the mules and horses..
and the duckling..
and, well, all the photos.

dj, So amphibians are running rife. They'll eat the bugs. Thanks for the pics. I like these guys.

Superb blue fairy wren: