An owl flies across the growing dawn’s dim light heading in the protection of the dense forest that stretches ahead as far as the human eye can see. The mighty oak trees silently welcomed the owl who lives among their many boughs.
At high noon in the Sahara Desert three hungry buzzards are circling two men who appear near death. They are crawling in the hot sand blindly looking for water. Their time is getting close. When they stop crawling the buzzards decrease their altitude and lazily soar closer to the day’s lunch.
Two Red-Breasted Robins playfully dodge in and out of the Flowering Dogwood’s majestic canopy on a mission to eat any insects lurking among the fragrant pink blossoms. Two tourists stop and take their photo.
A pandemonium of parrots pours out of the thick foliage surprising the exploration team busily digging up Mayan artifacts from a ruined city that once housed thousands of people. They shriek and curse the intruders before disappearing back into the dense jungle.
The Peacock unfolded his iridescent tail feathers for the nearby Peahens to admire. He starts shaking his feathers in an age-old ritual that drives the girls crazy. While not as clever as Parrots, Peacocks use spatial awareness and are smart enough to survive in the wild.
A mating pair of Blue Jays are enjoying taunting a dog who can’t reach them on the tree branch. They call the dog, a beagle named Gus, rude names and threaten to poop on him if he doesn’t stop barking.
A murder of crows circles the battlefield before the fight starts. It’s a bad omen for the superstitious soldiers who scornfully try to pretend they aren’t worried but are secretly praying to their pagan gods to help the survive the upcoming bloodbath.
A squadron of Pelicans swoop down to visit the fishermen on the busy dock. The hang around preening and sunbathing between shrill calls begging for fish guts and human snacks.
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The Creative Chronicles of Dave Stancliff 