There's something in the vines! Maybe a deer! Maybe a rabbit! Probably just a bird. Tasha is ever vigilant.
Tasha hears something rustling among the vines.
Speaking of birds, Bert brought home a rather big chick yesterday afternoon. It looked like a little penguin. He didn't eat it (he usually doesn't eat birds), and I tossed the lifeless body out into the woods. This morning I heard a duck quacking out by the pond just beyond our back gate. There is often a pair of colverts (mallards) out there. I put two and two together and looked on the internet. Sure enough, that bird of Bert's was a mallard duckling. Their principal predators are foxes, martins, and otters. We have foxes and martins all around us. And cats. Since mallards typically lay eight to twelve eggs, I'm hopeful that there will be some surviving ducklings.
It's a jungle out there.
So kind of Bert to bring the "bird" home for you since it's not his preference.
ReplyDeleteEarly this morning I was thinking that this was Tasha Tuesday. Thanks for this lovely back lit picture of her. And sorry about the duckling but cats will be cats, won’t they?
ReplyDeletetasha is protecting her daddy. good girl!
ReplyDeleteTasha does look gorgeous but I keep thinking how much cooler she would be during your heat spells with a shorter coat. Perhaps it is good insulation; she doesn't appear in the photos to be uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that baby duckling. Yes, in the jungle, WATCH OUT!
What a beautiful picture! Your dog is very photogenic!
ReplyDeletemitch, he's generous like that.
ReplyDeletebettyann, yes they will. :)
anne marie, very good!
mary, I don't think it bothers her too much, especially on chilly mornings. She does look uncomfortable at night in the hot loft, so we keep a water bowl up there. When it's hot she sleeps on the wood floor, and moves around to the cool spots during the night. Callie used to go downstairs to sleep on the ground floor on hot nights, but Tasha hasn't figured that out yet.
michael, she's a looker!