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I SAW A MOLE
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rydra_wongAlive and in broad daylight! I was concerned that it might be injured/unwell because of its being above ground, but it was very lively (some of my other photos were very motion-blurred).
It looked as if it had come up at a point where the earth was very dry and it couldn't find a way back into its tunnel system again; it investigated and trundled about with great energy and powerful front paws (including doing a pull-up to get up a steep bit of lawn next to someone's front steps) before eventually locating an entrance and disappearing.
It looked as if it had come up at a point where the earth was very dry and it couldn't find a way back into its tunnel system again; it investigated and trundled about with great energy and powerful front paws (including doing a pull-up to get up a steep bit of lawn next to someone's front steps) before eventually locating an entrance and disappearing.
rydra_wongYesterday I got to see a tiny shrew very close-up and it was very exciting.
So I was sitting on a muddy path in a wooded area because of reasons (ok, exhausted after climbing) when I saw movement and a tiny thing scurrying past me. I figured that glimpse was all I'd see, but I turned round to see where it'd gone and it was on the path on the other side of me, and with great caution so as not to startle it I managed to dig my phone out of my coat pocket:
(There's nothing to give a sense of scale, but the shrew is a few centimetres long. It makes mice look big.)
THEN --
( Cut for blurry close-ups and blurry worm death )
So I was sitting on a muddy path in a wooded area because of reasons (ok, exhausted after climbing) when I saw movement and a tiny thing scurrying past me. I figured that glimpse was all I'd see, but I turned round to see where it'd gone and it was on the path on the other side of me, and with great caution so as not to startle it I managed to dig my phone out of my coat pocket:
(There's nothing to give a sense of scale, but the shrew is a few centimetres long. It makes mice look big.)
THEN --
( Cut for blurry close-ups and blurry worm death )
rydra_wongI had to check the comm profile to try to decide if this was legit, as this was clearly not a wild pigeon; it was obviously someone's sleek, well-fed and well-cared-for homing/racing pigeon.
However, it was definitely "unsupervised", as it was hanging out at a gritstone crag eating bilberries and watching the climbers.
It wouldn't quite let people touch it, but was otherwise very comfortable with humans and happy to let you get very close.
I took a lot of photos of it trying to get a shot of the tags on its legs, as I was worried it was someone's beloved pet and lost. But when I got home, I found out that the "report a found pigeon" websites (they exist, naturally) say in rather weary tones not to even bother unless the pigeon's been around for at least 48 hours; apparently they like to take pit stops.
( Cut for more pigeon )
However, it was definitely "unsupervised", as it was hanging out at a gritstone crag eating bilberries and watching the climbers.
It wouldn't quite let people touch it, but was otherwise very comfortable with humans and happy to let you get very close.
I took a lot of photos of it trying to get a shot of the tags on its legs, as I was worried it was someone's beloved pet and lost. But when I got home, I found out that the "report a found pigeon" websites (they exist, naturally) say in rather weary tones not to even bother unless the pigeon's been around for at least 48 hours; apparently they like to take pit stops.
( Cut for more pigeon )
Some rocks near Sheffield
Jan. 30th, 2012 05:44 pmrydra_wongOn Saturday, I got up at 6 and jumped on a train to Sheffield, and by 11 I was in the Burbage valley bouldering in the snow (finding the bits of rock that had stayed dry or already been dried by the sun).
( Cut for lots of photos of boulders in snow )
( Cut for lots of photos of boulders in snow )
A bus ride from the centre of Sheffield
Jun. 14th, 2011 03:30 pmrydra_wongLast week, I spent five days bouldering on the gritstone in the Peak District. Here are some photos taken on my crappy little phone camera.
They have a lot of sky up there.
[Boulder against bright blue sky with fluffy clouds.]
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They have a lot of sky up there.
[Boulder against bright blue sky with fluffy clouds.]
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