koosie

Nothing at all.

Pretty dull over here right now.

Hiya, koosie!

How have things been over there?

Well, actually, it was really drizzly yesterday. But it's nice to be here nonetheless.

Meerkats! They're pretty! That you so much!

Hope the wet and wind clears up. It's actually quite sunny down south right now. But still cold.

Ah, good. Yeah. Fluffy's been doing okay. She's been barking at the neighbors recently. Hehe. I also saw some fuzzy caterpillars recently.

Hiya.

I've been doin okay. Somewhat busy with school. You?

Got more pictures of local birds, all taken by myself recently.


An immature Glaucous Winged Gull, who was very tame, thus I managed to get very close to him.


Male and female Mallard Ducks, very, VERY common, to where they've started becoming better known as "domestic" ducks.


Great Blue Heron, looking for a meal in the Puget Sound.


A Bald Eagle, taken from a distance, but at least I got him. You can just see the white of his tail. Gorgeous birds, I love them. I love them all!

Intelligent crow story.

I was at a park a few months ago and was talking with the lady that runs the concession stand there. She was telling me how for over a week strait, she came into work and found trash all over the parking lot and the grounds. She thought some obnoxious kids had come into the park after hours and trashed the place, and was about to file a complaint after it had happened every day for a week. But then one day while she was getting ready for another day at work, she heard commotion behind the building, and so she went to check it out. There she found a flock of crows, attacking the trash bags that had been taken out the night before. They would actually work together to lift a trash bag up out of the trash bin, fly up a few meters and then drop it, which would usually result in the plastic bag bursting open and exposing the "goodies" inside. She watched them for a while, and soon saw another silly bird take on a smaller bag by dragging it on the ground until the plastic bag ripped. They would then fight over their findings, and eventually leave remnants all over the grounds. Ah hah, she had finally caught these "kids" red handed! Her colleagues got new trash bins with heavy lids, and it solved the problem. But my goodness, what naughty, yet intelligent birdies!

Sorry it's taken so long to get back. We have a lot of crows and ravens here, specifically the Common Crow, and the American Raven. I've always had trouble telling the two apart unless I see them side by side as they look so similar, raven's being the bigger of the two of course. So I mostly just look for the raven's wedge shaped tail when they're flying. Both are all black, although there is one species in the extreme southern part of the country and Mexico that has a tiny bit of white on its neck called the Chihuahuan Raven. And yes, they're highly intelligent birds. I know ravens can learn to talk like a parrot. And I've got a funny story concerning crows and their intelligence if you want to hear it.

Hummingbirds are so cute. It's easy to mistake them for a large fly or bee, they're so tiny. I like to think of them as living jewels, so many have glistening feathers. It's a rare sight to see one perched motionless, at least it is for me. They're quite plentiful here, mostly in damp climates. We have a lot here in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest with all the rain, and the flowers we have in the spring and summer. They're very cute little birdies.