Pictures from Yesterday

[summer_jackel]

Yesterday, it was warm and lovely on the ridge, which is in full spring mode. It was gorgeous, and just windy enough to make sheltie fluff look elegant and windswept...



More glamsheltie shots under the cut, as well as wildlife and wildflowers.



Coba has coat.


Here's his headshot.


Sometimes you take the picture at _just_ the right moment


Spring on the ridge


This may be an Old-World Swallowtail; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1361 If anybody has opinions on the ID, please discuss.


Pacific giant salamander (a younger one)


A low-flying vulture








Tiny wolf spiders that scurry everywhere in the grass. Crossing the puddles in the trail slowed them down enough to get a photo


Female with egg sac






The find of the day...a wood scorpion! (Uroctonus mordax, which is a great binomial for a scorpion. It's totally harmless to humans, though). The photo does not do justice to the metallic blue sheen to her front parts. I don't find these guys very often, and it's always a treat.

Comments

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

Supermodel Housefox is gorgeous.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Supermodel glamfox is ready for the runway. ;)

[starchy.livejournal.com]

No way that's the same ridge where I went running with gale force winds and the hail on Sunday. Nope. Not buying it.

Gorgeous shots, though. I'll buy that for a dollar.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Well, the gale-force winds and driving sleet do give it a slightly different character, I will admit...

Glad you like the shots. Next time you come up, maybe there will be a bit less rain.

[raveness-d.livejournal.com]

Good gods but he's gorgeous.
*dogenvy*

Also. TURKEY VULTURES.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

awww, thank you
That vulture was wonderful, she was so low-flying and gave me great shots! I love them. Such fine birds.

[ladyringo.livejournal.com]

My coworker was intersted in who Coba was bred from? I figured I would ask. :D

He is a gorgeous housefox! Luck in the beauty pageant. :D

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He's entered in beauty pageant + beginning manners. ;)

He's out of Outlaw Kennels, linebred from this grandsire: http://www.royalhillshelties.com/skyler.html

who I think he resembles a great deal. I'm very excited to have him; he's an intelligent and very devoted pet, and is probably about the best show prospect a beginner is likely to wind up with. I don't have any real illusions about being able to finish him; shelties are a competitive breed, and I'm a very amatuer handler. But still, I think there's at least a chance.

I do expect to get him oibobedience titles, though. There's a chance he succeeds in that on the 24th.

[nesting.livejournal.com]

great photos! adventures <3
your pacific giant looks like an ensatina to me!

[kynekh-amagire.livejournal.com]

They reach a total length of three to five inches, and can be identified primarily by the structure of the tail, and how it is narrower at the base. This salamander is the only type that has this tail structure and five toes on the back feet.

Oh hey, good call there! There were two of them, lurking under adjacent sticks. It's always nice when there are more salamanders around than you'd think.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice! I think you're right.

[tinygalaxies.livejournal.com]

Coba has what coat? I don't see a coat.

;)