fishing in the sky ocean, fast and fugitive

[asakiyume]

This is the season for tiny green inchworms to be suspended from nearly invisible strands, which they're climbing either up or down. Someone in the sky ocean is fishing.

fishing (photo by Chris Kendig)


I suppose the fisher might catch some worm-eating birds? Robins, maybe, or starlings. Or maybe a bluebird. They generally eat insects and berries, but they "have also been observed capturing and eating larger prey items such as shrews, salamanders, snakes, lizards and tree frogs," says the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I'm sure a floating inchworm is not beyond the skills of such a potentially fearsome hunter. And yet if it takes this inchworm . . .

Then again, maybe sometimes you can catch people this way.

(photo from Lovebryan.com)


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Isn't it funny that a fugitive dye--a dye that runs away--isn't fast, and in fact a dye that sticks around is what we call fast. You'd think a fugitive, fleeing, would like to be fast. Different senses of fast though: the permanent dye is steadfast.



fleeing, but not fast

Comments

love this little inch worms

[seuzen.livejournal.com]

After years of not logging on, I was inspired by the bright green-ness of these little inch worms. This is the time of year when I feel like I have super vision, too. I love that feeling...though I'm not sure I'd love to eat one of those little critters :-)

Re: love this little inch worms

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing that the login still works? I love seeing you here!

Yeah, if I'm going to eat worms, I'd prefer them to be gummy worms.