Here’s a gorgeous tri-coloured heron in monochrome for this week’s ‘Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge‘. Still so beautiful and and even more elegant without the colour.
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Category Florida wildlife
Mundane Monday Haiku: Sammy Squirrel
Brown eyes on alert
Always ready to take off
In face of danger
Wishing you all a very happy week.
Wordless Wednesday: Eyes Front Mr GBH
Mr. GBH in a pensive mood.
Hope your week is going splendidly.
Mundane Monday: Owl Haiku
Cute great horned owlet
Looks so small and gentle now
Soon ruthless killer
Wishing you all a happy week ahead.
Feathers On Friday: Keeping Up With Mom.
This tiny duckling trudging along behind his mom is probably also thinking, “Mom, are we nearly there yet.”
Wishing you all a happy and relaxing weekend.
Wordless Wednesday: Feathers For Weather
This Boat-tailed Grackle makes a great weather vane. He seems to be saying something, but I couldn’t quite catch the forecast.
Happy Wednesday to you all.
Perry The Peli Practicing for Valentine’s.
Perry the Pelican was floating on the lake this morning and seemed to be practicing his heart shapes for Valentine Day.
“No this isn’t quite right.”
“That’s better, but I think I need to pull my neck back just a little bit further.”
“Aha…..how’s that for perfection?”
“Now in the other direction.”
“If only I could just stand on my head, it would look even better.”
“Wow that looks so cool. Must be trick photography, but I’ll take it.”
Wishing you all a very happy week.
Silent Sunday: Follow My Leader
“Mom, are we nearly there yet?”
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Iggys Are In Danger!
Yesterday, hubby received an email from our home owners association, asking whether we would be interested in having our Iguanas shot once a month by guys with pellet guns, at a cost to each home owner of ‘only’ $500 per year. Obviously not the bargain of the century. Of course, our reply to the email was in the negative.
I think that adapting to our environment is essential when moving into a neighbourhood. We should remember that animals were here before humans and in spite of the way that man recklessly abuses our beautiful planet, will most probably survive for much longer too.
We love to watch the wildlife here, but apparently not everyone feels the same way and the thing to do instead of enjoying it, is to complain about it. Some people really need to get a life and wake up and smell the roses as well as admire the birds and animals we are blessed to share our world with.
Apparently some of our neighbours are complaining that their plants are being eaten by iguanas. We have prevented this happening to our garden by planting only bushes and trees which the iguanas don’t find tasty. Our orchids and other delicious flowering plants such as hibiscus, cyclamen and impatiens are protected inside our screen room, which makes perfect sense to us. Anyway, I really don’t welcome the thought of strangers with pellet guns roaming around outside my house. If it does happen, they’d better have good insurance in case they hit one of my windows or worse.
What do you think of my Iggys? Are they not perfect examples of their species, which is more than can be said of some humans?
Here is young Iggy Rock Star, the veritable James Dean of his species. He could be the poster boy for the campaign against cruelty to his scaly brethren. Let’s hope James Dean’s quote, “Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse,” doesn’t come true for him.
I really don’t know what the answer is to the burgeoning Iguana population in Florida. One can hardly give them all birth control. All I know is that I would really miss seeing them around. I’ll let you know what transpires once the powers-that-be have come to a decision on the matter.
Have a great weekend dear friends.
Feathers On Friday: White On Blue
Mr. Great Egret goes out on a limb.
High up in the sky
A watchful white sentinel
Surveys the landscape
Wishing you all a happy weekend.
