Let's Look Over Thayer

http://www.10news.com/news/19826265/detail.html But Triple Crown's reportage is much better... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...7c-3748aa4ead91

It has always been the case that reasonable accommodations will be made on an as-needed basis to deal with muggled and archived caches. Any needed clues will be provided upon request for situations like this. Perhaps it would be possible to find a qualified cacher to hide a new Bogey...

Weird. Hours later, a duplicate of the message I sent earlier.

Nice one! The beeth jutht weren't ath cooperative on my attempt at thuch a thot (posted higher up on this thread...) From the D-Day stripes on the tail, it'd either be a Western Diamondback (crotalus apox) or a brown version of our old friend Crotalus Ruber (a.k.a. Red Diamond Rattlesnake) Narrowing it down further, if you were east of El Centro, then it's a Western Diamondback. If you were in San Diego county though, then it's a Red Diamond (some of which are more brown than red...)

If she didn't love you, she probably wouldn't get steamed...so yes. At least that's my theory...

Ironically, many of the things we call "nuts" are not, botanically speaking, really nuts, including cachews, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, almonds and peanuts. Not only that, but most Brazil nuts come from Bolivia. Something to keep in mind when you are munching down a can of mixed nuts. Edit: Darn typos. They'll drive you nuts!

There's probably a geocache in this film somewhere... But mostly it's just a scary car commercial. Watch the car closely...

Not that I know of but you are not the first to accuse me of having stinky feet... By the way, I forgot to mention, with respect to the previous photograph, that "...beeth are our friendth but thithtleth thuck!"

I was thinking to myself, "Would it be a bad thing upload a picture of a thistle to the Cache Critter's page? They are kind of mean in a crittery sort of way..." The problem resolved itself when I realized I could submit a photograph of a bee instead... Bee near "Hafnium - HIKEnCACHE - PQ Style"

Not really a cache critter since there is no cache here (though I used to have one here...) but I liked the picture anyway. Lizard at the garden railroad at Anderson's Nursery

While walking toward Trecherous Turtle (GC1MWVD) in Florida Canyon, we saw a hawk fly over and up into a eucalyptus tree. We could see that the hawk was carrying some sort of prey but we could not tell what the prey was. Looking up at the tree, we could see the hawk but it was too far away to get a good look at it. But with the help of a telephoto lens, we were able to get a better look at it... Red-tailed Hawk in Eucalyptus Tree A change of angle and a tighter shot reveals that the prey is a squirrel. Red-tailed Hawk with Squirrel After a bit we noticed that the hawk seemed to have attracted the attention of some smaller birds. Several of the shots of the hawk also include these other birds zooming through. Tentatively, I am identifying these birds as kingbirds since they are known to be aggressive to hawks (especially if the hawk is near their nests). If anyone can confirm or refute this identification, please let me know. Red-tailed Hawk being buzzed by a male kingbird (directly above the hawk) Red-tailed Hawk being buzzed by a female kingbird For the most part, the hawk seemed to ignore the kingbirds but occasionally one would get close enough to ruffle some feathers but still the hawk was largely unperturbed. Female kingbird gets the hawk's attention

Cache Critters of Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve #5 Critters seen while hunting the NCIS cache series Gopher Snake It was basking in the sun on the trail. I was surprised at how close it let us approach but as soon as I moved around to its other side, it moved quickly into the underbrush.

Cache Critters of Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve #4 Critters seen while hunting the NCIS cache series Horned Toad Well adapted to its environment...we would not have seen it if it had not moved...

Cache Critters of Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve #3 Critters seen while hunting the NCIS cache series Tadpoles I can't help but wonder if these guys aren't being over-optimistic regarding the puddle that they living in...

Cache Critters of Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve #2 Critters seen while hunting the NCIS cache series Velvet Ant Also known as a "Squeak Bug" because they emit a squeak when threatened. These "ants" are actually a type of wingless female wasp. Their sting can be quite painful (My sister, Totavi, helpfully points out that I have some first hand experience with this...)

Cache Critters of Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve #1 Critters seen while hunting the NCIS cache series Moo Cow

Uhh, Houston...we have a problem...

harmony, adj; 1) harmon-like; 2) that which has the attributes of harmon Exercise for the class: Is it a good thing if that filly lives up to her namesake?

Must....Resist.....Snarky.....Response..... Be good James..... I thought about this all day, but couldn't figure out what you were going to say. Were you going to paraphrase Mae West?-BadSquirrel I actually thought of several responses but since my snarky mood has left me, I'll just say that he's not rare. Indeed, he's more like medium well done.

Must....Resist.....Snarky.....Response.....

Wow! I think that's the first time I ever saw you guys when you weren't smiling! And it almost killed them not to smile for this photo...(really!) Allright James, details please ... on your way to the subcontinent again? Not much to say really...Marieke and I were in Atlanta her brother's 50th birthday and we couldn't very well not visit Laurie and Billy Bob while we were in the area. On the whole L&B have done well for themselves. They have traded up from their rundown SD condo to a palatial house with acres of land. On the other hand, a 250 cache pocket query has an 8 mile radius in that part of the world so that might explain the lack of smiles...

Wow! I think that's the first time I ever saw you guys when you weren't smiling! And it almost killed them not to smile for this photo...(really!)

"Smyrnacan Gothic" Honk if you know these cachers...

Wearing long pants I see. I guess you don't want us to see the unbunched socks. Nice look on your face BTW. 'Augh, haugh, haugh, en Provence nous portons pas de chaussettes. Apparently, Harmon has transformed into un garçon de vache de crique de sable. (Or something like that...pardon my French...)

That's great if you are headed to the barn. Not so good if you are headed for the pub.