Turtle | Bob's Misanthropic Adventures

A female Bluebird with gathered nesting material waits for the all clear signal.

After looking both ways she heads for the nest…

…with the male Bluebird providing over-watch.

Graceful in flight, she nails the landing.

The male looks and listens for any sign of danger.

He is a formidable foe for just about anybody that chooses to interfere, dive-bombing and chasing away all comers.

Guarding the nest, he is tempted by a bug close by on the ground, but he remains steadfast at his post.

He decides to check out his mate’s work on the nest.

But in no time flat, she is back with more…

…and more.

The opening to the nest box is a small target but as she lands, she digs into the wood with her sharp-toed claws.

She will repeat this dozens of times throughout the day until she is satisfied…

…or until the Catbird calls out “Break-time!”

My dog Betty, ever vigilant, hears the Catbird as well…

…and being proficient in trans-species communications,

takes the message to heart.

She quickly stands down to DEFCON-2…

DEFCON -3

DEFCON – 4

Turtle guards are quickly posted to take up the slack.

They take their job very seriously.

Heroes in a half-shell…Turtle Power!

Today’s work brought me across the Bay Bridge to look at a tower site in a small town called Ridgely,Maryland. After my meeting at the tower site was over I used my lunch break to go to nearby Tuckahoe State Park. It has some great camping sites,a good size lake and wetland area teeming with wildlife. Four or five Geocaches were located in the park as well so I made the best of my lunch time and snapped a couple photos and grabbed a geocache find to boot. Just before crossing back over the Bay Bridge on my return trip, I stopped briefly at Matapeake and walked to the beach to take a couple of quick shots near an old tower site we built some years back.Not a bad day as far as work goes.