Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’

Bird on Doorstep

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Yesterday I came home in the evening to find this small black bird sleeping on my doorstep. (The blue in the photo is my door.) It didn’t fly away, even after I drove up to the house, walked to the porch, went around the house to the back door, got my housemate Hernando and a camera, came back around, and took a photo. (And no, it wasn’t dead!) I’ve never found a bird sleeping on my porch before, so it was cool. We had just had a strong storm pass through, and I think it was looking for a safe place to rest.

Twenty-five Percent of Mammals Facing Extinction

Monday, October 6th, 2008

According to an article on the BBC News website, at least 25% of the world’s mammal species are at risk of extinction.” This includes 1,141 out of 5,487 species, and the authors of the study say that number may be an under-estimate.

Florida Keys Vacation

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

NOTE: The photos below, as well as additional ones not seen here, can be seen at larger sizes on my Facebook page.

On the Sunday that ASI finished, my mom and I headed south from Tampa for a vacation in the Florida Keys. We decided to take the southern route, Highway 41.

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Labor Day Weekend

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

During August 30-September 3, I took a long weekend holiday to visit my mom and friends in Tennessee. Between the six-hour drive to get there and a couple hour-long drives to Chattanooga from my mom’s home, I managed to put over 900 miles on my Jeep.

Since my mom is trying to sell her place, I spent part of the weekend helping her sort and clean. My mom has enough books to start her own library.

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Turkey in the … Lawn

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

In this part of Illinois there is not much interesting wildlife. We have the usual suburban critters (deer, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, skunks, opossums, coyotes), but it is rare to see anything more interesting.

Last Thursday I looked out my kitchen window in the morning and saw what I first thought was a turkey vulture because of its size (big!) and dark coloration. However, after observing it for a while, and noting its behavior and seeing its plumage from the back side, I realized it was a wild turkey. Evidently one of its legs was hurt, and it was limping and hopping around on the other leg. I just watched it for a while, and when I went outside to get in my car it hopped off into the woods.

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