Fauna and other natural things

[apl68]

From today's morning walk, a haiku and a tanka:

A morning cloud bank
Splashed with color by the dawn
A hawk soaring by


Though I hear thunder
I see gold in eastern clouds
And great rays of light
Though storms now engulf our world
The Son prepares his coming

[mamselle]

Just ran across this.

Even better than Baby Yoda.

I'm in love..

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGo0JIBrl8I

There's a longer one here:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvtSBGD9ZxQ

M.

[hmaria1609]

Saw a gopher having its dinner (grass) in the median beside a busy road on the way home.

[Parasaurolophus]

For my part, saw a seagull catch and swallow a herring.

[Treehugger]

For my part, saw a seagull catch and swallow a herring.

But "seagulls" don't exist. :)

[Parasaurolophus]

For my part, saw a seagull catch and swallow a herring.

But "seagulls" don't exist. :)

Indeed. But I don't know one gull from another.

[mamselle]

I'm sure Jonathan Livingston would have something to say about that.

Or squawk.

M.

[apl68]

I'm sure Jonathan Livingston would have something to say about that.

Or squawk.

M.

Jonathan Livingston would probably have been up for a long discussion on the nature of existence.

[mamselle]

Definitely.

And the merit of short wings in speedy flying.

M.

[aside]

For my part, saw a seagull catch and swallow a herring.

But "seagulls" don't exist. :)

Tell that to my dropping-covered car!

[ab_grp]

I'm thankful we haven't had any unwanted guests lately, which may be due to having a good amount of landscaping done.  But I just got a bunch of pictures of a road runner on the patio outside my office window.  Just a second ago it was sitting on our little couch out there.  I think that's the closest I've been to one, other than an unfortunate incident my youngest had with one when we first moved here (she scared a baby or teenager out of a tree by accident... not her fault, but we felt bad!). 

[Catherder]

Do the idiots on jet skis on the lake count as fauna?

[mamselle]

Fauna-destroying fauna.

My day's start...guess it's new baby week...

   https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-bristol-53874594

Sweet, hairy little one...

;--》

M.
   

[Parasaurolophus]

I saw a dead jellyfish on my camping trip, but that's about it.

The occasional gray jay, bald eagle, and vulture, too. But the dead jellyfish is the only one of those I don't see daily at home.

[mamselle]

I'm sure Jonathan Livingston would have something to say about that.

Or squawk.

M.

Jonathan Livingston would probably have been up for a long discussion on the nature of existence.

This reminded me of this....

   https://youtu.be/hTcbhwA02fM

I've also heard it faster...

   https://youtu.be/gqdkjd4hszc

Anyway...

M.