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Profusion of ticks having driven us from eastern valley woods and fields,
Mr Burns and I have been taking our constitutionals along various
shorelines in the area.
While walking on the Minas Basin shore at low tide this AM under the
towering blue black cliffs between Hantsport and LA (Lower Avonport) I was
startled out of a profound reverie ('what's for lunch?') by a sudden loud
and repeated thumping and a repeated guttural and angry 'ack-ack-ack' cry
about 2' over my head, accompanied by the sudden appearance of a large dark
rapidly moving shadow on the ground directly in front of me and heading in
my direction. Scared the bejeebers out of me, no word.
Recovering from the shock, I looked up as a beautiful and PO'ed Peregrine
Falcon pulled out his power dive at my head and commenced hovering about
40' above us, all the while guffing us angrily. As I stumbled along,
alternately looking up fearfully in self defence and down to try and pick a
path in the rubble and boulders on the shore, the PF repeatedly strafed Mr
Burns in low level dives.
Interestingly as the PF escorted us out of his territory he was in turn
attacked by tiny fearless (or brainless) American Goldfinches who rose out
of the greenery along the cliff edge to contest possession of the immediate
airspace as the PF passed by.
All the while regretting the abscence of my phone. And why no phone one
might ask? Because yesterday, while Mr Burns and I were contesting the
possession of a particularly desireable stick, my phone fell out of my
pocket, unknown to me, and onto a stretch of beach 50m wide, 3km long, and
COVERED with millions of small, rectangular, black shale rocks the excact
size and shape of my phone. On a making tide, no less. Anyway I eventually
found it after two hours searching, and decided today to leave it at home.
Brilliant move.
Anyway a beautiful day and an interesting experience.
Cheers
JS
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Profusion of ticks having driven us from eastern valley woods and fields, M=
r Burns and I have been taking our constitutionals along various shorelines=
in the area.
<br />
<br />While walking on the Minas Basin shore at low tide this AM under the =
towering blue black cliffs between Hantsport and L.A. (Lower Avonport) I wa=
s startled out of a profound reverie ('what's for lunch?') by a=
sudden loud and repeated thumping and a repeated guttural and angry 'a=
ck-ack-ack' cry about 2' over my head, accompanied by the sudden ap=
pearance of a large dark rapidly moving shadow on the ground directly in fr=
ont of me and heading in my direction. Scared the bejeebers out of me, no =
word.
<br />
<br />Recovering from the shock, I looked up as a beautiful and PO'ed P=
eregrine Falcon pulled out his power dive at my head and commenced hovering=
about 40' above us, all the while guffing us angrily. As I stumbled a=
long, alternately looking up fearfully in self defence and down to try and =
pick a path in the rubble and boulders on the shore, the PF repeatedly stra=
fed Mr Burns in low level dives.
<br />
<br />Interestingly as the PF escorted us out of his territory he was in tu=
rn attacked by tiny fearless (or brainless) American Goldfinches who rose o=
ut of the greenery along the cliff edge to contest possession of the immedi=
ate airspace as the PF passed by. =20
<br />
<br />All the while regretting the abscence of my phone. And why no phone =
one might ask? Because yesterday, while Mr Burns and I were contesting the=
possession of a particularly desireable stick, my phone fell out of my poc=
ket, unknown to me, and onto a stretch of beach 50m wide, 3km long, and COV=
ERED with millions of small, rectangular, black shale rocks the excact size=
and shape of my phone. On a making tide, no less. Anyway I eventually fo=
und it after two hours searching, and decided today to leave it at home. B=
rilliant move.
<br />
<br />Anyway a beautiful day and an interesting experience.
<br />
<br />Cheers
<br />
<br />JS
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