Instead of going to normal work I got to go to a POST class of Courtroom Testimony at the Marina Village. (Or as I prefer to call "Court Room Confessions".) This coincided w/ bike-to-work day and google maps laid out a nice little 6 mile path from my home to destination. While finding Marina Village, I came upon these two kitties among the sea wall by the Life guard Services Station. This is a close as they'd let me get to them.
After learning how to not make an ass of myself on the stand, if ever I should testify, I began my bike ride homeward bound. About 40' before I got off of the bike path & onto Morena Blvd I saw a guy standing on the side of the path w/ a little bird several feet to the side of him. I did a double take, stopped, and went back because it looked like a juvenile red tailed hawk to me. (I've volunteered in wild life care before so I actually know what they look like :)
I asked the guy if the bird was his and he said no, he had just gotten there and wanted to make sure no bikers ran over the bird so he was standing by it. The poor little guy didn't look to well and it was pretty cool out, so I took off my sweater and wrapped him in it. Then I called work which handed me over to Animal Regs. Luckily AR was willing to come out and pick him up because there wasn't a safe way for me to transport him on my bike.
After several minutes wrapped in my sweater I thought he had passed on, because he stopped moving. Then his foot kicked a bit and I was relieved. He must have been so stressed that being wrapped in something soft and warm had simply induced him to fall asleep.
I called April to explain why I would be late in meeting her and told exactly where I was while waiting for AR's to show up. She wonderfully surprised me by driving over & parking nearby. This was a bit of a relief, because even though the guy (Bill) who was standing w/ the bird was nice enough, he weirded me out a bit. I'm now privy to how his first marriage ended, the incredibly creepy way he met his second wife and then her passing, and about some of his family history. When April came, Bill nicely excused himself to continue on down the road. Here's April holding the hawk while we waited for AR's together.
Luckily AR's found us easy & was willing to take the baby to Project Wildlife where they'll care for him until he's ready to be released back into the wild. Below is AR's holding the raptor in the proper fashion (talons secured w/ one hand and hands around the wings w/ another.)
Then it was off to celebrate both a good deed and Mel's birthday. Here is my Hefenweizen trying to complete it's lemon.
And the three graces of the Harp.
We are just so cute. Someday I'll open my eyes in a photograph.
Goofy picture moment!
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