Burrowing Owl – The Breakfast Club

Burrowing Owl

The Breakfast Club I made this Burrowing Owl family portrait in the spring of 1980 on Kodachrome 64 film. It’s hard to believe that was 45 years ago! The youngsters [6, portrayed at the right] came out of their burrow one at a time until all were aptly assembled topside while one of their parents [left] took a brief, if not needed, snooze. “Get to work, Mom! The breakfast club has arrived!” ~ Anecdote and Burrowing Owl capture, The Breakfast Club © Jerry L. Ferrara

Crocodile – Gaping

Crocodile

Gaping A Crocodile spreads open its mouth in a gaping posture. ~ Anecdote and Crocodile capture, Gaping © Jerry L. Ferrara

Black-tailed Prairie Dog – Give Out A Shout

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Give Out A Shout Up on hindquarters you give out a shout,so what could this antic be all about?Are you telling your fellows ‘you better pay heed’for there lurks in the nearby a danger indeed?Or is it you warning those of like kind,’this piece of property’s certainly mine’?Could it be simply your caper’s a quip,a ‘contact’ with others, a friendly jump yip? Scientists believe there may be multiple meanings attached to this highly social rodents’ behavior known as the jump yip. ~Anecdote, poem and Black-tailed Prairie Dog capture, Give Out A Shout © Jerry L. Ferrara