Saturday, January 27, 2018

A One-Track Mind? / Mente De Una Pista?

WHEN DUDO GETS focused on something, nothing can distract him. I watched him destroy another string mouse. Such exceptional concentration. Or maybe not.

CUANDO DUDO SE concentra en algo, nada puede distraerlo. Lo vi destruir otro ratón de sisal. Tal concentración excepcional. O tal vez no.






"BIRD!!!"
"¡¡¡PÁJARO!!!"

27 comments:

  1. Single-mindedness. And when one object has been disposed of, where's the next?

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    1. anne marie:
      He is! I just measured the distance from the top of his tree to the ceiling. 32 inches. After I took that last photo, he reached easily and pressed his paws against the ceiling.

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    1. Travel:
      It's constant. He sees the birds in flight and races to the drain where the crag martins always alight, and he prays for one to crawl through the drain.

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  4. A born predator, that Dudo. But obviously he disdains a mouse in the paw for a bird in the sky - so fickle.

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    1. Wilma:
      He just always wants what he doesn't have.

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  5. Well with 'Green Man' as one's audience, Dudo can really put on quite a show!!
    Loved the photo series here, Mitchell.

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    1. Jim:
      "Green Man" is named Olivia de Lopez. She began "life" in the San Juan Islands of Washington.

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  6. That there is one beautiful predator!

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    1. Deedles:
      Even more beautiful since we don't let him actually catch prey.

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  7. The Green Man is keeping a close eye on him though!

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    1. Debra:
      Funny that you and Jim both named the face "Green Man." Her "real" name is Olive de Lopez and she doesn't miss anything.

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  8. One day he'll get that bird

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    1. Adam:
      Not if we have anything to say about it. (He's already had one!)

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  9. That cat cracks me up! And love the face on the wall just staring at him.

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    1. mistress maddie:
      That face is our resident drag queen, Olivia de Lopez. She's become good friends with both cats (simply because their tree is in her space).

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  10. Birds are way more fun than string mice anyday!

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    1. Cheapchick:
      And these two cats will just have to make do with string mice.

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  11. Funny cat. I don't know how that Green man keeps a straight face watching him (well, I suppose being mad of what looks like stone helps.)

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    1. Kirk:
      I love that you, Jim, and Debra all call the stone face "Green Man." Her name is Olivia de Lopez (although it may be a drag name) and I also am impressed that she manages to keep a straight face.

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  12. Dudo the might hunter... a thing of legends and songs of old....

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  13. After all it's in the job description for cat.

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    1. Spo:
      That's a way to get him to stop hunting -- tell him it's in his job description.

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