Jul 12 2009
Dolphins Ahoy!
It never ceases to amaze me what can end up in the backyard pond… especially when it is connected to the bay, and the bay is connected to the Gulf of Mexico….
I had leaping Manta rays last weekend, flinging themselves out of the water in a vain attempt at flight.
I have seen sharks, both large and small, cruising the end of the bayou for unwary prey.
Dolphins are our favorites though, and always cause a commotion when they drop in to spread awe and the occasional coronary… My neighbor nearly fell off the dock when a 10 footer thrashed madly trying to catch lunch a few years ago. He was standing on his dock facing away from the Dolphin when it started after its luckless meal, chasing it into the shallows and nearly up the boat ramp to catch it. The rooster-tails of water were really flying off that mammal, but the neighbor held his own, windmilling to keep from tipping from the edge of the dock and into the water with who knows what in it… his back still turned to the water.
This morning a mother and child tag team of Dolphins were creating quite the show, chasing the locals around, and splashing. I ended up with several good photos after running for the house to retrieve the camera, coffee had been foremost on my mind until the Dolphins cavorting begged for pictures!
Two of those pictures are featured here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1935318/dolphins_in_the_backyard_.html?cat=7
and I have posted one more here on the blog.
Thomas H. Forthe
