random daily stuff

[lavandarlizard2]

I'm sure some will find this eye-rollingly silly, but what can I say? I am easily amused by wildlife stuff. ^___^

I'm on my way home from the pharmacy this morning. I stop at the traffic light, waiting to make a left turn, open my bottle of DP (gotta have my caffeine), and hear a funny scrabbling sound from the rear of my truck. Now, any random noise from the vicinity of my truck will cause an immediate adrenalin hit, because I have no regular job and hence no way of paying for repairs. I glance at my dash, but all the gauges and idiot lights are fine, so I check the mirrors. I can't see into the bed, but that seems to be where the scrabbling is coming from. Maybe a particularly large leaf? A hunk of eucalyptus bark rolling in the breeze? I'm only two miles from home; I figure I will check when I get there and remove the noisy thing. Roll forward a touch in anticipation of the arrow. Movement in the mirror. I look in my mirror and find the cause of my adrenalin. A red tail hawk is now sitting on my tailgate, arranging a rodent in its talons for easy shipment. O_O;; In the few seconds before the light changes, s/he adjusts the talons on the (hopefully) dead snack and then launches from my tailgate to rise lazily on the currents, heading over to the campus.

I love my neighborhood. ^_____^

Comments

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'd have sat there as long as it wanted to sit on my tailgate! ^______^
Though speaking of trucks, we just had a hail storm and I think mine got dinged. O_o

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

This is the first one who's gotten that close, but I see them a lot. There are about five open fields between me and the boulevard and the red tails sit on the wires above them all the time. ^____^ Checking out the menu. I think I startled him when I let the truck roll a bit; he was ready to go when I went. ^__~

Oh, ouch! =P The biggest hail we've ever had around here is maybe half to three-quarters of an inch. That tornado alley stuff would make me want to wrap my truck in foam. O_o

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

It was bigger than golf balls! O.O

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

*checks the cats' golfball toy*

O_O;;; Holy weasel snot!

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

And I went back to work today and found two pretty decent little dings in the hood of my truck. *sigh*

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Poor truck. O.O

[rochan01.livejournal.com]

that's just awesome!

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

I notice the local wildlife. ^___^ Always spot the blue jays and stellar jays, the ravens and the hawks. The car birds and the LBBBBs are less noticeable, but they still catch my eye. ^___^ And I treasure the day I got within 30 feet of a golden eagle on the ground.

[lizard-little.livejournal.com]

It seems there's a lot of cool wildlife where you live! *_*

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

We've got lots of wildlife around. ^___^ Coyotes, bobcats, snakes, lizards, gophers, rats, mice, egrets, blue herons, canadian geese (we've had them land in the swimming pools during migration); several different types of hawks, though the redtails are most common. And about a mile north is the start of the horse zoning. Up there people have horses, cattle, goats, sheep, chickens, etc. Less than five miles from 'downtown'.

^_____^

[rogue-psion2.livejournal.com]

Your truck must have special Karma to attract the hawk. ;)

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Or else it was a convenient place to adjust her grip on lunch. ^____~

[merula31]

That is awesome! Of all the reasons to have a weird noise from the back of the truck- that's the best one!

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

^____^ Ranks right up there with going into the office one morning and finding a platter-size toad guarding the back steps.

[lizard-little.livejournal.com]

Did you take a pic of that one? 8D

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no. That was before internet and digital cameras and my Canon was too big to tote around with me. We had to call to Game Warden to remove him, though, and he had a little pocket camera and got a picture. Everything wild is protected on Camp Pendleton; you can't touch the wild animals, even the rattlesnakes. ^___^

[lizard-little.livejournal.com]

WOAH... \0/

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Every time I leave the pharmacy now, I'm going to be checking to see if I have a passenger. ^___^

Oh, on my way out yesterday morning, I slowed down to let a coyote cross the road. ^____^ There's a reason why my cats stay inside.