Tag: wildlife

The Curious Case of the Half-Blind Squirrel

half blind squirrel with one good eye under picnic table — Kurt Russell under the picnic table

Post date August 19, 2023
Tags life, nature, outdoors, personal essay, wildlife

Wild Encounters on the Run: Mama Raccoon

Front view of a raccoon with its striped eyes — Beautiful day for a run, Mr. Human. Little hot, but beautiful

Post date July 25, 2023
Tags essay, life, nature, outdoors, raccoon, running, wildlife, writing

Do you hear the birds?

bluebird perched on a cedar tree limb — A bluebird sits perched on a tree limb

Post date February 24, 2023
Tags birds, birdsong, birdwatching, charlottesville, mindfulness, sounds of nature, thoughts, wildlife

Backyard birds on a cold winter’s day

A male and female house finch eating seeds from bird feeder — A pair of house finches getting a bite to eat from the feeder.

Post date December 23, 2022
Tags birds, birdwatching, wildlife, winter

This Is Me Being Uncomfortable: October 2021

Post date October 1, 2021
Tags albuterol, anti-lou, anxiety, asthma, asthma attack, ben simmons, blogging, blue jay, books, box turtle, car alarm, chocolate, comedians, covid, crow, daily journal, death, deer, dog poo, dwayne davis, ear hair, flannery o'connor, fox, getting older, ghostbusters, habits, hawk, headache, house centipede, jeffrey pillow, joshua holt, journal, kyrie, life, marigold, milk, morning, mushroom, musings, nature, nba, nose hair, observations, pink blue sky, podcasts, politicians, quotes, ralph waldo emerson, ray bradbury, reading, red dawn, rock n roll, rooster, running, ruskin bond, scott hall, simple living, superheroes, thoughts, waking early, wildlife, wolverine

Robins in Winter

Robin bird looking for food on ground — American Robin. Photo by Leila Boujnane on Unsplash

Post date January 13, 2021
Tags birds, wildlife

Rabbits

rabbit cloud — Rabbit cloud. Photo by Kenrick Mills on Unsplash

Post date June 11, 2020
Tags clouds, haiku, nature, poem, rabbit, wildlife

Even Squirrels Relax

squirrel relaxing on a fence post

Post date May 26, 2020
Tags calm, meditation, spring, squirrel, wildlife

When geese attack; or, how I almost got my ass kicked by a Canadian goose

Canadian goose hissing — A Canadian goose can give even Chuck Norris a run for his money in terms of sheer terror and striking fear into the hearts of passersby

Post date July 9, 2013
Tags geese, running, wildlife