Secrets Told Caution played heavily in their mutual approachIt was a gambitBe you family or interloper?They joined incisorsThe confidential act answeredA sensory rush of recognitionThey belongGrooming cemented their bondThe coterie was at peaceSecrets told ~ Poem and Black-tailed Prairie Dog capture, Secrets Told © Jerry L. Ferrara
One Way For this Roadrunner the one way sign became a convenient viewpoint. I had just gathered my equipment and was striking out into California’s Anza Borrego Desert State Park when suddenly this Roadrunner came skirting around a creosote bush. Its bent-forward, arrow-like gait moved the creature smoothly through the sandy scape. Then it took wing and flew to the top of the sign. At first its body pointed toward the right. If only it would turn to the left … and then it did. Click! The image was made on Kodachrome 64 film many years ago. ~ Anecdote and Roadrunner capture, One Way © Jerry L. Ferrara
The Pounce Early one morning I was watching and training my camera and lens on a Coyote hunting an open field. Here, the camera caught the subject in midair as the crafty canine leaped toward its prey. ~ Anecdote and Coyote capture, The Pounce © Jerry L. Ferrara
Taking a Plunge Diving off an iceberg on its way to catch a meal, an Adélie Penguin is caught midair taking a plunge. The diminutive dynamo is Antarctica’s ‘Lilliputian’ species. ~ Anecdote and Adélie Penguin capture, Taking a Plunge © Jerry L. Ferrara
The Puckish Pair On the coast of the scenic Scottish isles, a pair of Eurasian Otters take time to play while staging on a bed of seaweed. Following a round of spirited wrestling, the puckish pair vanished into the sea. ~ Anecdote and Eurasian Otter capture, The Puckish Pair © Jerry L. Ferrara
Endangered One of our largest feathered fliers, the California Condor, is a critically endangered species. ~ California Condor captures, Endangered © Jerry L. Ferrara
A Steely Stare A young Bengal Tiger gives a steely stare into the camera lens in India’s Madhya Pradesh. ~ Anecdote and Bengal Tiger capture, A Steely Stare © Jerry L. Ferrara
An Ebullient Song A smartly ‘dressed’ male Bobolink [sometimes called a ricebird] belts forth an ebullient song. ~ Bobolink capture, An Ebullient Song © Jerry L. Ferrara
A Goat Antelope Some call me a goatThat name might not floatSo how do I copeAs I amble the slope?I may be a goat antelope ~ Poem and Mountain Goat captures, A Goat Antelope © Jerry L. Ferrara
The Groupthink Crowd What Jonathan’s done the flock has shunnedhe doesn’t fit the moldBut off he flew the deep sky bluehis path so ever boldMany thought his plan be fraughtwith strife, defeat and doomHe didn’t synch with groupthinkyet failure found no roomHis mind was set and off he wenthis actions were a dareHe never cowed to the crowdJonathan didn’t careAs time wore on and Jonathan wonit all worked out as plannedThose within the ‘groupthink crowd’just couldn’t understand ~ Poem and Kelp Gull capture, The Groupthink Crowd © Jerry L. Ferrara. Poem inspired by Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull