wildlife - Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry

Nov

17

2009

July 4th at Goodale State Park

by Gabrielle at 8:05 pm

Hrm . . . how did these ever slip by me? Very good question. Well, I suppose late is better than never, or so they say, right?

This isn’t the best picture of a dragonfly that I have taken, but I really did love his color. I chased him around for a good ten minutes before he decided to sit long enough for me to get this picture. I tried getting closer, but he kept flittering away like I was scary or something. The nerve of some dragonflies!

If it is purple, I might take a picture. If it is purple and happens to be a flower, I must take a picture. This little flower reminds me of a picture I took at the Wanshi Botanical Garden in Xiamen, China, way back when, but it isn’t quite as frightening. Still pretty, though.

My camera may be awesome, but it wasn’t quite as awesome as I needed it to be in order to capture this little guy in complete focus. There were a bunch of lizards out and about that day, but he seemed especially interested in the Canon I had hanging around my neck. Had I not hear him scurrying underneath the leaves, I seriously doubt I would have ever seen him. He almost blends in perfectly with tree.

Once upon a time, I used to take pictures of benches, and I had this crazy idea that I was going to make a coffee table book entitled, Bitch’n Benches and Some Pretty Flowers. Like many of my ideas, he never took off, and I never made my coffee table book. I still take pictures of benches, though, just in case.

Even though spiders freak me out, I love taking pictures of them. I love looking at and admiring them, but the instance they touch me – all bets are off! I have an awful habit of getting too close when I try to use my macro lens. On more than one occasion my lens has touched the spider or the web, and well, I might as well have petted them when that happens because I always instantly transform into Little Miss Muffet and start screaming as I aim for the hills. Spiders are beautiful, but I hate each of the eight freaky legs!

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Feb

25

2009

Quantum Doing A Whole Lot of Nothing

by Gabrielle at 5:00 pm

Quantum is usually far more active than this video shows, but since he is nocturnal, he sleeps all day and stays up all night. I just wanted to let you guys see him. When I can catch him doing something really interesting at night, I’ll post it.

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Categories: Animals, Columbia, Quantum, Sugar Glider, cute, wildlife

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Feb

25

2009

Introducing Quantum, Our Sugar Glider

by Gabrielle at 2:51 pm

I know all of you are chomping at the bits to find out what exactly Phil and I purchased at the Pendergrass Flea Market, so I won’t keep you waiting any longer.

Everyone, this is Quantuam, the 9 1/2 week old Sugar Glider, weighing in at about 1 oz.

It was very, very difficult taking his picture. He kept trying to hide on my back, where for the most part he is out of my reach.

Isn’t he just the most adorable thing you have ever seen?

He hasn’t bonded with us quite yet. That could take a while, but I think he likes us a lot better since we brought him home on Sunday. He doesn’t seem to be biting me as much as he was. Thankfully, his bite isn’t that bad. It only feels like a pinch. Now that I am used to it, I just laugh at him when he tries to ravish my fingers.

So far his favorite foods are grapes and apples. I tried feeding him some meal worms, but he didn’t want anything to do with them. He needs protein though, so Phil cooked him some scrambled eggs last night – which he seemed to enjoy. Supposedly, he likes chicken, too, but we haven’t fed him that yet.

I have a video of him, but for some reason it looks like complete crap on YouTube. I’ve got to figure out why, and then I will come back and post it here. Until then, enjoy the pictures!