Hey everybody. The title sounds like an 80's rock band, right? I saw an odd sight last night. I had gotten a bit of cabin fever(for those overseas viewers, that means I'd been indoors too long). It was midnight and I walked outside to stroll around a bit. Then I saw something large running across the yard, which startled me. It was a coyote chasing birds around, hoping for a midnight snack, I suppose. Let me digress for just a moment to tell you about these birds. We have these funny birds that hang around in the south. They are called kiwis by the locals. They like to run along the ground in these bursts of speed. They are gray with white bars under their wings. When they have chicks they will try to lead you away from their nest by cheeping and running away from the nest, very cute. Sometimes when I'm mowing they just freak out and they're running all over.
One night, late, I was watching out the front door and I saw something really cool about these birds. The mama bird had four babies out there and she was running them through drills, like a drill sergeant. She had them walking around and she was chirping at them. There was one little guy who was a rebel and he was walking wherever he wanted while the three good chicks were staying in a loose formation. The mama was just berating him, too. It was like, 'Hey, we'll do this until we get it right.'
Back to the aforementioned coyote. He was chasing this kiwi around the yard but he never caught it. He jumped five or six feet off the ground, snapping at the air the bird had just vacated. Most amusing. The coyote was a bit odd. Coyote's are notoriously scruffy looking. They are far from an impressive creature. This one was splendid. He was very large for a coyote, as big as a wolf. He did not have a sneaky carriage at all but was erect, proud and cocky. This coyote had no tinge of red but had these silvery overtones on very light brown fur. He had a nice big head, too. My gut feeling was that it was a coyote but I wonder. There are not supposed to be any wolves in the area but then again, there are not supposed to be any mountain lions either and I've seen several of them.
Hey, if you want to read some mountain lion posts try these:
Footsteps On The Roof
Walking In The Rain
Learning His Craft
You can get to them by clicking on 'May' over to your right. Also, try my short story called Scary Beast. It's true, it's free and you can get it at Smashwords, I-books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony Books etc.
From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
One night, late, I was watching out the front door and I saw something really cool about these birds. The mama bird had four babies out there and she was running them through drills, like a drill sergeant. She had them walking around and she was chirping at them. There was one little guy who was a rebel and he was walking wherever he wanted while the three good chicks were staying in a loose formation. The mama was just berating him, too. It was like, 'Hey, we'll do this until we get it right.'
Back to the aforementioned coyote. He was chasing this kiwi around the yard but he never caught it. He jumped five or six feet off the ground, snapping at the air the bird had just vacated. Most amusing. The coyote was a bit odd. Coyote's are notoriously scruffy looking. They are far from an impressive creature. This one was splendid. He was very large for a coyote, as big as a wolf. He did not have a sneaky carriage at all but was erect, proud and cocky. This coyote had no tinge of red but had these silvery overtones on very light brown fur. He had a nice big head, too. My gut feeling was that it was a coyote but I wonder. There are not supposed to be any wolves in the area but then again, there are not supposed to be any mountain lions either and I've seen several of them.
Hey, if you want to read some mountain lion posts try these:
Footsteps On The Roof
Walking In The Rain
Learning His Craft
You can get to them by clicking on 'May' over to your right. Also, try my short story called Scary Beast. It's true, it's free and you can get it at Smashwords, I-books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony Books etc.
From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
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