Ha! Gotcha there! Totally kidding. It seems I got stuck in some kind of Catholic mindset there for a second. Because we really know He put us here for the boobies to enjoy......
Right. This is going to be a quick post. I can harken back to last weekend another time. I just wanted to post this Red-necked Grebe that we found at Cholla Bay (spotted by the one and only Elias Elias), west of Puerto Penasco, as I reckon they're not exactly a common sight south of the border. As you can see, its pretty haggard looking, and acted sickly. After we walked away from it, I looked back to see a small Mexican child bounding towards it. To understand what was going through my head at the time, you should know that I am uneasy when I see children bounding towards anything, let alone some poor, lonely, badly lost grebe. When el nino was a few feet away, the grebe slipped into the (very small) amount of water and dove, so I thought it might escape the wrath of the child......but a few minutes later I looked again and saw the kid's dad walking around with the bird in his hands (which in retrospect, would have been a hilarious picture to use for documentation). At this point, I assumed the grebe was doomed. He walked around with it (gently, to his credit) for a full half hour before he put it back in the bay, apparently not any worse off than it was before. Truly bizarre.
seriously? bizarre, yes. My spanish is in a sad sorry state but I would have attempted to have words. This disturbs me. (and bounding children? horrifying). But I'm glad to hear the grebe friend was eh, okay...Sweet sighting though, I really hope he was safely on his way soon after. Glad the mud butt is/was under control.
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