Birds and a cat. . .

This morning, as I caught up on blogs I follow, one of those uncanny coincidences seemed to emerge; a focus on photographs of birds and cats. 

This photo, taken near Port Aransas, Texas was an accident—just snapping away!

I took this at Paradise Pond in Port Aransas.  Maybe a Blue Heron?

Inky adopted us several years ago.  When he first showed up he was mostly a flash of black that we saw going and coming from under our deck.  I started leaving him a couple pieces of dry dog food and soon he was a fixture on the deck.  He now has his own bowl, his own cat food, cat treats, and, courtesy of our friends Gina & Harold, he has a bed for his naps! 

He periodically leaves “treats” at our door, usually parts of gophers, mice, birds, maybe even a lizard. Last week, to our surprise he left us---yes, beep-beep---a Roadrunner!  He is a good hunter, but Roadrunners are really fast!  How did he do that?  Plus, we very rarely even see Roadrunners in our area.  (I took a picture of his present  but will spare you that image.)

What’s next Inky. . .a wild turkey or maybe a Canada goose?

There are so many Roadrunners (official name is Greater Roadrunner) zipping around that it’s not too hard to get a picture of one in Big Bend National Park in Texas.  This guy took off shortly after I took his portrait!

Beep-Beep!

P.S. No, they don’t really go “beep-beep.”