(click to quadruplify) Ranger alerted us to one of our local opossums being out on the roof of the house to the north of us, so I busted out camera and the million-candlepower light — which Susan shined on it — to catch it hanging out. People hate ’em. I hate people who …
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Previously seen around these here parts during the wetter winters of 2005 and 2006, last year’s dry conditions led the northern flickers to go noticeably absent perhaps in search of damper digs. This morning one signaled their return with its shrill call from somewhere up in the neighbors camphor tree that overhangs into our front …
Yesterday afternoon I happened to lok up out of my office window and see a red-tailed hawk cruising away from the building I’m in. A trio of pigeons streaking across the sky in the opposite direction made it change course and eventually it ended up as close to directly over my head as it could …
This is from last Friday; a peregrine falcon took an afternoon break on the 12th-floor ledge of the building across the courtyard from me. The snap is extra craptastic thanks to having to take the shot handhed through a dirty window with the camera on 12x digital zoom (clickably triplifiable, but don’t expect anything special):
It’s been awhile since I’ve checked in with a progress report on the four avocado seeds we began nurturing back in August. While I’m sad to report the demise of the slowest-growing one that fell victim to Ranger who de-potted it after we potted it and moved it outside, the other three are all moving …
One of the residual effects of a prolonged storm in Los Angeles is that the wildlife, forced to take an elongated refuge from the rain, emerges post-precipitation a bit famished and perhaps somewhat cabin fevered and therefore a little more bold, daring and easily spotted. Case in point: Walking the dogs at 5 a.m. this …