Sounds

Srik-srik-srik, srik-srik-srik. I think that's onomatopoetic for the sound of a squirrel working on a nut. This one is in my back yard; yes, my friend returned.




Later today, on my way to work, i saw this painted turtle trying to make it through the chain link fence. He made sounds like a goose, a mouth-open hiss sound. Maybe he's the Tarzan of turtles - left behind by his parents, he was raised by a flock of wild geese and so only speaks goose. Crazy confused feral turtle.

At home, a few hours ago, i stood but five feet away from the neighbourhood skunk. Tch-tch-tch, i said, but the skunk just looked up, sniffed around, and silently wandered off. Skunk body posture reminds me of Ankylosaurus.