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WILDLIFE
"Wildlife" is, of course, always all around us.  The familiar birds, squirrels, skinks, great blue herons, hummingbirds, geese, and toads all connect us with our original home . . . a "wild" home unlike what we euphemistically might therefore call the "tame" world of human beings.  Nature may be "red in tooth and claw" . . . and, therefore, wild . . . but perhaps Tennyson's phrase is more apt to describe our human world.  Does that sound too severe . . . too "preachy?"  Then chill . . . and observe the "wildlife" all around . . .  including the examples represented in the small selection below.
This little dragonfly rested on the
gunwale of our aluminum fishing boat. 
The white markings on the gunwale are
actually quite small . . . as was our hitchiker.
Well, why not put water droplets
on a spider's web here?  It took that
form of wildlife to create it, did it not?
The Herring Gull (l) was injured.  For several days and nights it rested on the beach at Treasure Island, Florida . . . fighting off marauding crows and the occasional child that, unaccountably, kicked sand on it before I protested.  On one day, a Royal Tern (c) and a Laughing Gull (r) rested beside it for several hours, seemingly to keep it company.  When I returned
on the fourth day, it was gone . . . no sign of a struggle. 
Fly away, fly away, fly away!
"Wild Wildlife" is as good a title as any. 
Love knows no season.  This was
taken in September.