Wildlife in the Wind
Over the weekend, we were glued to the TV set keeping an eye on the path of Hurricane Rita. Fortunately, we didn’t experience much more in Dallas than some moderately high wind and ominous grey storm clouds. In the late afternoon on Saturday I went out on the patio with my camcorder to catch some of the action. View a 49 second video (QuickTime, 4 MB, no audio) of a cardinal, dove, and squirrel hanging on tightly while the wind whipped between the buildings.Edit: I decided the video could use a fun soundtrack, so here’s another version with music (QuickTime, 6 MB, with music). The music is Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee. I don’t know… it just seemed to fit.
