Thursday, December 01, 2022

The Saturday Night Bath Weekly Link Round-Up

 


I had a treat Saturday afternoon. A female kestrel came to take a leisurely bath in the birdbath right outside the window. This isn't the first time she's visited; I looked out in time to see her cannonball into the fairy duster bush in pursuit of a sparrow a couple of weeks ago. This time she had personal hygiene in mind. (Hot date that night?)
 
While she was bathing, a clueless house finch flew up and landed on an arm of the cactus next door. Evidently, it just thought an ordinary large bird was in there and it would wait until the big bird was done so it would have more flapping room for its own bath. THEN the house finch took a closer look and realized that Big Bird was a raptor. The little bird got an "Oh, sh*t!" look on its face and flew away. Fast. It's a wonder the kestrel didn't hear me laughing.
 



I've crossed all limber body parts in hopes that the video will play properly. 

Enjoy the links!


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►More Best Books of 2022 Lists◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄


That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.
 
Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

14 comments:

  1. The video is so cute. I never knew a bird could have so much fun taking a bath. And a kestral at that. If you want to see a sad movie about a kestral, see "Kes," Ken Loach's first film about a boy and his kestral.

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    1. I'll keep that movie in mind for when I'm in the right mood to watch a sad one.

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  2. OK, how did you guess which of your links would draw me in, Cathy? You were spot-on, too! And thanks for sharing that lovely video. It looks as though that kestral was enjoying the bath.

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  3. Kestrels are such beautiful birds! I've never seen one bathing like that. How cool to have one visit your backyard. Thanks for sharing! :D

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    1. You're welcome-- and she was in the front yard where everybody could see her!

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  4. Maybe she was freshening up after some successful hunting? Thank you for sharing the video - it reminded me of a weekend morning a few springs ago, when I drove out right after the neighborhood sprinklers finished. A couple of robins had found the puddles, and were having the best time bathing. I smiled all day then remembering them, and again watching your kestrel.

    Have you read the short historical series of mysteries featuring Julian Kestrel? They came out in the '90's, and I remember enjoying them.

    And I agree that books do NOT need ratings. Sheesh.

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    1. I'm glad I was able to make you smile. I have similar memories that never fail to brighten my day.

      Yes, I did read the Julian Kestrel series. I was reminded of it while I was watching her bathe.

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  5. We have a heated bird bath but we also have roaming neighbor cats. I hope I see some birds this winter.

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    1. I hope you do, too. We have a roaming cat problem here, too, and I'm never happy when I go outside and see drifts of feathers floating across the yard. I know what it means.

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  6. I hadn't looked at all of the links and now I just saw the one about the giant Pacific octopus hugging a diver like Marcellus, as you say. What critters do is amazing. Now I must read all of the links.

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    1. I've always had a fondness for the octopus, but it's even stronger now that I've read Van Pelt's book-- I even helped The Poisoned Pen sell a copy of it last Saturday.

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  7. I have been intrigued by octopuses when I learned how smart they are, like on climbing out of his tank in a lab to sneak over to the tank with shrimps, then having a nice snack and going back to his tank. And then when I saw the videos of females throwing shells and dirt at males who are harassing them, I was fascinated.

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