The 30th of the 7th

CHOICES

No matter how much we think we can sting, we all have to make some pretty important choices along the way.

The 29th of the 7th month of Emergence

I stand corrected because I always tell the truth, or as close to it as I can get!  Lenny is not ten days old, more like two to three months.  He is still a little critter when compared to mother, sisters and brothers.  But like all kids he is prone to making faces for the camera.  Just showing off!

One of Lenny's friends, although I doubt they have yet to meet.

This is an East African Crowned Crane.  A kinda weird bird but beautiful feathers and colors.  He stand about three feet high and like most cranes and heron doesn't move around much.  He has these big calloused feet that are anything from delicate, but uses his toes to groom that beautiful crown.  Remember to double click the image for full screen.

You have to wonder who gets to give these guy's their pedicure.  Some people get all the luck and the good jobs.

The 28th day of the 7th month of the year of Emergence

 LENNY GETS A LIL LOVIN!

How'd you like that tongue in your ear?

Since I have a season's pass for the family at the Riverbanks Zoo, I will be taking my morning walks there and not so much on the Cayce Riverwalk.  Perhaps a little safer in that people actually have to pay to get into the zoo.  The Riverwalk is free and can attract any sort of riff raff!

  And while I do have a concealed carry permit (Gasp), my old 38 police special is really too heavy to carry.  And not at that all concealable.  I have even been "ADVISED" by the local police that it is smart to carry a weapon even when working in the garage during the day.  Jeeeeeeeeez, so much for urban living.  I mean is this the state of the country any more?  When the police tell the public to arm themselves in their own homes or when using public recreation places?  Like Dirty Harry said, "Go ahead and make my day".

 But I digress.  Lenny is cute and not like the young of a year ago.  He has a great deal of curiosity about him.  He wanders all over his area and is particularly inquisitive about all those strange people calling to him from the sidelines. 

It all makes you wonder on which side of the fence we find the animals.

The 27th day of the 7th month of the year of Emergence

ANOTHER EMERGENCE!

This is Leonard and his mother.  He is only ten days old at our zoo here in town, Riverbanks Zoo.

Remember to double click to get full screen. 

The 26th day of the 7th month

I GIVE YOU

"The Luvable Lil Fuzzball"

On sale on my Etsy site!

This is a cattle egret I shot at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, Florida.  The bird just has personality and is all dressed up in mating plumage.  Normally a totally white bird but in the early spring when the head turns to the heart......color shows on crown and chest.

They get their name from the habit of co-habitating with cattle.  As the cattle move through the fields, they disturb all sorts of bugs, toads, lizards, and such.  Just what the birds look for to eat.  So it is a symbiotic relationship!

The 23rd day of the 7th month of the year of Emergence

COOLER THERE AND THEN!

Just a cool shot in the spring at West Quoddy, Maine.  Think cool and refreshing my friends.

The 22nd day of the 7th month here on the south side of the sun

Still on the cooling kick.  Or maybe just the thought of it.  Perhaps it will help to break the dome of hot air over the country, but I doubt it.

Eastern Neck Island National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland back when the Tundra Swans came in each year from Alaska an Canada.

Some five to eight thousand of these birds would make the long trip each year and winter over on the Chesapeake.  Now, with the loss of bay grasses, they head mostly to areas in Virginia and North Carolina.  Sad!

Also sad is that we will probably need a hurricane to break the heat wave going on.  Hope not but coming up on that season soon.  Keep cool all!