This is hardly great art, and I’m sure barely interesting to most, but I’m only human!
First, my unsuccessful attempt to befriend a vociferous tabby a few days ago:
And the ducklings at Botany pond are soon to fledge. The good news is that all seven are still alive:
I love the way they thrust their butts in the air when they turn upside down to feed:
This from Wind in the Willows seems appropriate:
Ducks’ Ditty
All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Ducks’ tails, drakes’ tails,
Yellow feet a-quiver,
Yellow bills all out of sight
Busy in the river!
Slushy green undergrowth
Where the roach swim—
Here we keep our larder,
Cool and full and dim.
Everyone for what he likes!
We like to be
Heads down, tails up,
Dabbling free!
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call—
We are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
Meanwhile, at the Cornell hawk cam, the hawklets have been exercising their wings a lot, but have not yet flown off the catwalk. Perhaps within a few days.
I love this kind of stuff. Thank you for sharing.
As I remember, you weren’t too fond of that litle pond when they put it in, or is this a different pond?
That kitty was really quite undecided, I agree. And the ducklings are gorgeous. Thanks for posting.
The ducks and the pond are lovely. The cat was being a cat. Lovely videos, but if you could combine them into one video that matched the title, i.e. with the cat and the ducks interacting, you’d have viral video potential.
I’m not saying you want a viral video, and the outcome of such a video may be less than optimal for either the ducks or the cat.
It says something about what interests and excites people, and why there is so much pain and misery on the evening news. There is far too little demand for placid ducks-on-a-pond videos, and far too much demand for adrenaline overload inducing stuff. Another way to say this is that these ducks or this cat would never qualify as an item for the Colbert Threat-Down. But that’s a good thing.
Maybe they can use the “cat-copter” to take pictures of these other animals.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html?ITO=1490
It’s a bit freaky, to tell the truth.
Here’s a cat story for ya Jerry:
“Cats away! Artist turns his dead pet into flying helicopter after it is killed by a car”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html
i like it…. 🙂