Beautiful Animals

ahhhh... that little fella deserves another go round.

Been quietly waiting for the MaMa Cheetah to come home...



and here you are. glad to see you back Boida. x

My spots are looking good.

take a load off for a few...

Dat's one very relaxed leopard, reg. Ain't cats grand? Can anything relax as well as a cat? Mebbe.

Bernese mountain dog puppy:

A damselfly poses on top of a garden plant
Photograph: Christopher Schlaf/Solent News & Photo

Has this guy shown up, yet? Sometimes called Canadian Jay or Colorado Jay, we mostly call them camp jays or robber jays. They steel food right out of your bowl, which is really a cheap price for the entertainment they provide.

A goniff boid, Roger. Lovely. I think this is the first one represented here. Hey boid, keep your steenkin' beak outta my corn flakes.

We call 'em camp robbers. Frequent visitors to family cabin in the Rockies. Love 'em! Cheeky bastards though.

Got some snaps of a very unfearful Great Blue Heron today at Mt. Auburn Cemetery...

Ooh, against fall leaves! Nice.

Beautiful, littlek. Thanks mucho.

Humpback whale breaching:

True NYC denizens and birds I see all the time. I love dem. Pigeons:

Jumping spider.

Because Osso mentioned them elsewhere, quail:

My cousins and I saw a covey of quail, many quail, atop the block wall that divides the strip of landscaping along Unser Boulevard (and the petroglyph area across the street) from my housing tract. They were like butterflies flitting, backlit by the setting sun.

So, I'm pulling up some quail photos from google.
Just before the quail, we saw a roadrunner. ..

Birds are a kind of joy.

Gambel's Quail



more - with white sparrow


That is a fabulous photo site - http://www.newmexicophotos.com/blog
the Bosque del Apache photo is (looks for other word than fabulous) divine.


bobwhite quail -



Chinese painted quail -



Roadrunner -

Amusing site with information on the roadrunner -
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/road.html

I lost my roadrunner, back in a minute.