Tag: Behavior

It’s Tough Being A Leftie

We have a day? Left handers have a day? What did we do to deserve this honor, because the rest of being a lefty sucks.

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We have a day? Left handers have a day? What did we do to deserve this honor, because the rest of being a lefty sucks.

We live in a right handed world. School desks are made for righties. So are loose leaf notebooks. Do you know what it’s like to have to write over the ring?

Smartphones have their few mechanical components placed where you can get at them easily… we cannot.

My grandfather attempted unsuccessfully to convert my mom from left to right. He knew!

As a kid I was told left handed batters had a shorter run to first base. As far as I know that’s the only advantage of being a leftie and I think it might be BS as well.

We don’t want a day. We will accept cash for pain and suffering.

Something I Noticed While In The Desert

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Cousin Michael has decided to become a birder. He was on-the-lookout for birds as we walked in Red Rock. As I mentioned earlier, we found one.

I wanted to come back to this bird (Click the photo to see a larger view) because he/she&#185 received a generous serving of evolutionary help. In real life she is as well camouflaged as any animal I’ve seen. She looks like the rocks she frequents!

We’re not sure what she is. Michael says Canyon Wren. I say Rock Wren. They’re both native to the Southwest. Neither Michael nor I are qualified to make a definitive call. Our opinions are based on web knowledge.

This shot was taken from fifteen feet. It’s cropped, meaning the bird fills more of the frame than she did when the shutter clicked. I didn’t have a long lens with me.

She was hopping from rock-to-rock, sometimes ducking in the little spaces between two. When she flew, it was low and not very far.

Like so much else on the desert, she favors gray.

&#185 – Wikipedia says “There is no sexual dimorphism in the plumage of wrens, and little difference between young birds and adults.” That means you can’t tell the sexes apart by look alone.