The birds are gone.. It's all mine now!!! by mbz2662
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I was in my Uncle's backyard (in Arizona) and was trying to photograph the birds, when all of a sudden they lifted off, and I see peeking over the wall this squirrel. LOL. He would chase off the birds, jump on the bird feeders and steal some food then run off. I was quite entertained.
Okay, a little story from yesterday. I was outside grilling some chicken. My cat was out there as well.. he tends to follow me if I go outside. All of a sudden I see my cat jump straight up in the air and spin (LOL), and I see that he hunted up some sort of critter, but I couldn't tell what it was. I was assuming it was a grasshopper because we have too many of them. But as I neared the cat I see some alien like creature I have never seen before... Then I realized I was looking at a P.O.'d Praying Mantis. Wings all spread holding his own against the cat. I grab the cat and move him away because I don't want him to eat Fred. I run inside, grab the camera, and take a couple of quick shots of this great Mantis. I was soooo excited. The cat was miffed because I wouldn't let him back out to have his bug. Well, I come in to look at my photos.... OMG! There was no SD card in the camera, so now I was p.o.'d at myself for doing such a dumb thing. LOL. I pouted all night over the loss of a potentially cool shot. So we were all P.O.'d, and the only one who got what he wanted was the Praying Mantis who escaped the tortuous claws of my kitty. (I can do some goofy things sometimes, but this is almost as bad as holding your camera backwards! Needless to say I went into the menu functions and set my camera so it will not shoot without a card!)
So that was my Blonde Moment for yesterday. LOL.
Just thought I'd share.
Thanks for looking and commenting. My previous upload, "Shades of Gold".
Have a fabulous Friday and enjoy the upcoming weekend.. oh, and make sure the memory card is in your camera. Hehehe.
Hugs,
~Melinda~
Comments (13)
tennesseecowgirl
Loved your story and it reminded me of a time a praying mantis was in our hallway, not sure how it got in the house, but omg I had never seen one with its wings spread, freaked me out, the thing was what 2 inches or more high but to me it looked HUGE and I was at a loss of what do I do now. then I was in hesterics that I was so scared of this tiny little creature.. Love the expression here on the squirrel like he is really sizing up that feeder... they are very tricky little guys we have them all around the yard, they like to dig up this one certain flower pot I have they leave the rest alone... not sure the logic to that. LOL have a great night.
Revelation-23
Well, Mantises (or whatever the plural is supposed to be) may in fact be an advance alien scouting party or something. For such a small critter, they do fairly well, and you even named the one you tried to take a picture of! Me, I keep the card in the camera at all times (especially since I can only use the USB connection on my computer - no card reader); not sure if that's wise or not, but it keeps me from losing the only card I have and from doing what you'e just described for us.
DreamersWish
Wonderful stories on both the image and about the missing SD card. I have done that a time or two myself. I have met up with a few amazing looking Mantises. They are some fabulous critters. A wonderful shot of this cute critter!
Imaginatos
NICE picture ! :)
GBCalls
Fun story, like the peeking squirrel too!
ysvry
great foto.
jendellas
Great story, bet you were mad. Love the photo, such a cheeky look on the face of the squirrel.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
Alex_Antonov
Wow!
goodoleboy
Stellar capture of the opportunistic rodent eyeing the potential repast, Melinda, and a big LOL in re the missing memory card! I don't know, my LCD screen lets me know in big bright letters when there is no card in the camera.
bebert
:) curiosity :))
Chipka
I have no idea why, but squirrels always tend to remind me of Alfred Hitchock when they look like this...standing on their hind legs...which is funny, because Alfred Hitchcock did not look like a squirrel by any stretch of the imagination! Oh well...Maybe it's just that squirrels fit the theme song to "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." At any rate, this is a wonderful photo and a story that I can sympathize with. I won't tell you how many shots I've missed because of similar oversights in terms of whether or not my camera was "armed."
flora-crassella
great fun!!!!!!!!!!