University Professors of Adult Education tell us that we seniors enjoy learning  in an environment that is different than a 9 year old having facts thrown at them in a class room setting.  We enjoy learning by observing what others have done.

Therefore, I urge photographers to study Dave’s photographs and read the “Dave wrote” insights  that he attaches to each of his postings.   I study them and read his insight.  I learn each time.  Dave is a very talented photographer and birder and loves sharing his experience with us.   He is a very active participant in our Club’s web site at”  Click  here to see Dave Cesari’s new photos on the Club’s web page: Bluejays, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet. 

________________________________MY TROUBLE STORY________________________________

Now a little bit about trouble: I am working on writing my memoirs to hopefully share with my grandchildren  and their families.  As I think back I recall that I  got into a little trouble when I was a teen.  Like the time I ripped my pants right off as my friends and I sneaked  over the town swimming pool fence for a night-time dip.  When the local policeman came I of course put my pants back on as if nothing happened. But he knew better because all the way from my bare rump to the front of my thigh I was sticking out through the ripped pants.  And then I had to stand in front of the the lady town Justice with parts of me showing that should not be showing.  To my embarrassment she offered a large bandaid for the cut on my thigh. She did that as she said something about dropping the “Breaking and Entering charge.”  Her final words as she escorted us to the door were sort of like a parent talking to a little kid:  “You should know better. Now, get out of here, behave,  and don’t bother me again.”

That little story is to introduce the first idea that teens are a little like animals. They get themselves  into lots of trouble.  The second idea is that animals get themselves into a lot of trouble because they have small animal size brains, just like I had when I was a teen.

Two years ago a Drummond Island doe got in trouble by sticking  her head into my bird feed tub and came up wearing the three foot diameter lid around her head. It was like one of those white collars you put on a dog to prevent it from scratching surgery stitches.  In this case the collar was a bright sunset red that could be seen from a mile away.  She eventually rubbed it off without my help.

Anyway, I have saved many animals from their trouble spots. Like the pelican tangled in the fishing line.  I have saved rattle snakes sun bathing in the middle of the road. I cut a snake out of an empty soda can after he swallowed a mouse living in the  can and then was too fat to escape through the hole he used to enter the can.  The list of savings go on & on.

Look at a few animal troubles captured on my camera:

This little buck found this 4th of July decoration somewhere and got it wrapped around his neck.  I was able to take out my trusty Leatherman knife, get him distracted by my friend throwing him apples to eat while I made a diving leap and cut the cord around his neck!

This gator was in the drive way and seemed to be unaffected by the beautiful collar of green weed around her/his neck – In fact he/she seemed to want to show it off – Like it was proper attire  for a formal dinner party of Tilapia waiting in the lake behind our house.

Click the video below – Do not make the mistake of fighting and loosing.  We did turn this guy over after the aggressor left.

After a hurricane, This fish got caught in the road – did not follow the receding water back to the lake. I threw him back into the water and I think he survived.

While biking on the nature trail I ran into this – I learned that my friend Chris found a miss-guided turtle laying her eggs right in the middle of the cart path. She put a fence and bright blankets around the nest to prevent it from getting run over.

As you swing through life, maybe be a teen again and take a mid-night swim. Anyway, make sure you only get into fun rouble where no-one gets hurt, and help rescue poor animals that get into trouble.