Tuesday Tails. USGS Video of a desert tort hatching..... And our back yard Dove Machine does it again!

Milagro, tucked up closely to her big brother, Lucky,  went walk about a couple of days ago, and she is smart enough to not let us ever see her even though we've looked high and low for her.  There is more than enough out there for her to eat.  But I hope we can catch her before the cold nights start. 

Lucky, on the left, and Poko Ono share a rare treat of corn on the cob

 

This next video is from the USGS which is doing an extensive study in the Mohave Desert, and is raising as many wild babies as they can.  I  know how hard this is, as the same predator that picked up Lucky and dropped him into a flower pot those twenty odd years ago, has decimated the wild Gopher tortoise population in the Mohave.  Anyway,  here's a bunch of eggs they collected and one of the cute little torts hatching out of an egg in the research facility.



And, not to leave their close relatives, the birds, out of this tale of tails, here is a snap of our local mourning dove and her two babies tucked up into a space under the shade patio.  We delayed working on new covering because that darn dove never stops raising babies there!  I guess we'll do it in November.

The light through the shade cloth really makes lovely patterns on the doves and the wood. 
The other chick is just visible under the mother dove, and you can see the head and bill in the shadows behind her, and a tiny tail end sticking out the other side of Mama.

This morning the Towhee's brought their babies to forage and drink water.  They are a sweet family of four.   No pictures though.   I surprised Mother taking a bath so didn't want to cause more problems for the family!

I'm going to be knitting, and also painting ceramics today.  I'm not knitting half that I should be!  I blame crossword puzzle mania!  I'm addicted!

Have a good one.  Sweet Dreams!