We have two sets of photos of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) from reader Stephen Barnard, and one photo of a moose and a d*g. His comments are indented:
Two siblings and one with breakfast.
It spooked, circled around, flew by, looked directly at me, and blinked with its nictitating membrane:
Stephen also sent a photo of his d*g with a large mammal and this comment:
He tried to herd a young bull moose yesterday and it didn’t buy his act.
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Border collie, right? She/he could use some sheep, cattle, or children to herd.
He does OK.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/110292855@N05/11603158526/
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By the way, notice the so-called “guard llama” in the background, upper right. His job is to keep the coyotes away, and he does a creditable job, but he’s terrified of my Border Collie and hides behind the sheep.
A “guard llama” ahahaha, I never heard of that before. The collie is a lovely d*g. I clicked on the photo and went to your flickr page which is fantastic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/110292855@N05/11177248343/in/photostream/
Deets is a handsome d*g — well put together. I don’t keep that Flickr page up to date — just use it when I need a link to a photo.
Speaking of llamas, we saw two lleashed llamas being lled down a driveway by a llady in the country this afternoon.
When I was in about the seventh grade (Luthern school, Missouri Synod) I asked my teacher how to spell “llama.” He told me to look it up — no help at all. I’d already tried that. He probably didn’t know.
then there’s the one-l lama, a monk, and the 3-l lllama which is a fire in the Bronx…(can’t remember who to attribute this to?)
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Ha ha! I love the dog picture – his poor little face is expressing the “Oh shit” moment so well.
I had a dog that liked to chase horses and cows. She was a black lab and a very slow one. Once she got into the horse pasture and chased the horses. She was looking so proud trotting back but was completely unaware that a horse was gaining on her. She made it to the fence before getting kicked (it could have killed her) but the confident look on her face, juxtaposed with the gaining horse, was priceless.
My dog chases the cows in the other pasture (they are behind a fence) and once they have gotten used to her, they just look at her. I’ve also seen my dog and a horse smelling each other. It’s very cute.
Deets is very fast and had no trouble getting away. I’m not fast, and it was reckless to get so close to that moose. I was considering using my Canon 5D3 as an expensive club if he came after me.
I am fascinated by the way the wing tips go up. I’d never seen that until about six months ago, and I still haven’t got over what a wonderful adaption it is. (Yes, I know, we non-scientists can be a bit slow off the mark sometimes!)
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