Photo of the Day: Breakfast Scavengers

This photo was taken in Scottsdale, AZ when I was attending Jack Canfield's Breakthrough to Success seminar a few summers ago.  It was a great seminar and I made many new friends... these birds not being among them!  In this photo they are at least chowing down on someone's breakfast leftovers, but that wasn't always the case.  If you were sitting reading quietly while enjoying your meal, they would take that as an open invitation to eat whatever you weren't immediately touching.  It was actually pretty funny to watch because some patrons were not paying very close attention and would miss the swipe altogether, then look very confused when they reached for the last of their muffin and found it missing!  :o)  They were far more stealth than my Mugger Squirrel!

Photo of the Day: Stalker Squirrel

I took this photo last fall at Firefighters' Park in Troy, MI.  We were there with some friends and I was watching this little guy stalk a poodle.  It was pretty hilarious, because his tail was all tweaked at the end like it had been run over by something.  The result was that his gait was a little off  kilter and he almost looked drunk... he kept running a few paces, then stopping anytime the poodle looked in his direction.  It also reminded me of my squirrel mugging back at school (if you're interested let me know and I'll tell ya the story).  Anyway, I liked the way this shot turned out, and so I'm sharing my fuzzy little stalker with you today :o)