Blue Meanie
Cliff Lake, Montana
2015

A camp robber of a different type, this Stellar’s jay (also a corvid) was pretty good at chasing the gray jays around and making sure he had first choice of treats. This was the only decent photo I got of him as he was very skittish and barely landed long enough to snatch a cracker before flying off again. In contrast the gray jays were much more comfortable at hanging around with us at the picnic table.

Camp Robber in Training
Cliff Lake, Montana
2015

This juvenile gray jay (a.k.a. camp robber) and his friends were practicing their skills on our picnic table in the campground we were staying in at Cliff Lake. Although young, they were already pretty good at their vocation. Along with crows, ravens, and magpies, gray jays belong to the family corvidae so should fit in well with my ongoing collection of corvid images.

While cleaning up after finishing my rock retaining wall summer project I realized I had a lot of small but serviceable rocks left over. Having spent quite a bit of effort “mining” the rocks out of the hillside and getting them stockpiled up by the house, I didn’t just want to just discard them. So I built another smaller wall along the hillside cut next to our deck. No leftovers this time so I think I really am done with rocks, for this summer anyway.

The Lesser Know 4th Law of Thermodynamics
Seattle, Washington
2014

Little Big Man
Seattle, Washington
2014

Far From the Madding Crowd
Seattle, Washington
2014

This is the counter-point to the Madding Crowd photo from two days ago.

You Me and Eternity
Seattle, Washington
2014

I’m In!
Seattle, Washington
2014

Although some might quibble with me about the last item on the list, I believe I qualified for entrance. However it was early in the morning and the bar was closed at the time so it was a moot point.

The Madding Crowd
Seattle, Washington
2014

Actually, for the most part they look happy rather than mad. Myself, I was a bit worried about how I was going to swim upstream through that crowd when the light changed, so I snapped this photo and then took a detour to the other side of the street.

Zucch Blossom
Bozeman, Montana
2015

A zucchini blossom from the Fashion Queen’s garden.