Action Amphib
Our treefrog Hop struck this most reflective and awesome pose this afternoon — and then even better: held it while I grabbed my camera and fumbled about trying to get a not blurry shot (click it for the bigger picture):
Cooper’s Hawk Just Stoppin’ By To Say Hey
Breaking: Griffith Park Coyote Accesses Dimension-Jumping Portal!
Please pardon the vertical iPhone video, but while biking up to the observatory Tuesday morning, I was brought to a stop across from the Greek Theater by a coyote in close proximity camouflaged beautifully against the hillside foliage. Just as it seems to appear out of nowhere, so to it disappears after casually walking along …
Read more “Breaking: Griffith Park Coyote Accesses Dimension-Jumping Portal!”
Follow The Follow The Follow The Follow The Follow The Yellow Rock Road
One of our destinations inside Joshua Tree during our daytrip there this past Saturday was the famous Skull Rock after which Susan and I went for a hike of a couple miles around the rocks in the area. On our way back we deviated from any marked trail and meandered a bit where we made …
Read more “Follow The Follow The Follow The Follow The Follow The Yellow Rock Road”
Straight Outta Steinbeck
When we entered the south end of Joshua Tree National Park early yesterday morning I wondered rather hopefully but doubtfully to myself if Susan and I would be so gifted as to see both a bighorn sheep AND a desert tortoise during what was our inaugural visit. Then we went about making our way north …
Another Day, Another Opossum
‘Tis indeed the season. The previous weekend’s young opossum rescue didn’t surprise me when it ended with the poor creature’s demise, and when I first discovered another under Jiggy’s paw yesterday in the backyard — this one also still breathing but with a far bloodier wound on its left side nearer the neck — I …
Forward Progress
Has it been 10 months already since I showed up at Rio Hondo College for an informational meeting on their police academy program, with an eye toward becoming an “animal cop?” Yep. And about nine months since I took the written exam. And eight and a half months since the physical agility test kicked my …