Category: Photo

The bobcat and the peacock

The bobcat and the peacock
While enjoying the morning, I saw a bobcat skulking across the street. He disappeared into the neighbor’s back yard. Moments later, he was followed by a peacock who was honking all the way to warn the neighborhood about the danger. The peacock’s family was about a half a block away doing their morning forage.

A quiet neighborhood photo from the porch. A small bobcat enters the frame at the corner at 11:57:08.
A quiet neighborhood photo from the porch. A small bobcat enters the frame at the corner at 11:57:08.
The bobcat walking down the neighbor's driveway. He's very easy to see against the white driveway. Taken at 11:57:11.
The bobcat walking down the neighbor’s driveway. He’s very easy to see against the white driveway. Taken at 11:57:11.
A close up as the bobcat crosses the neighbor's yard at 11:57:15.
A close up as the bobcat crosses the neighbor’s yard at 11:57:15.
The bobcat skulks into the neighbor's back yard at 11:57:22.
The bobcat skulks into the neighbor’s back yard at 11:57:22.
The peacock following the bobcat moments later at 11:58:03.
The peacock following the bobcat moments later at 11:58:03.
Some shots of the Bobcat Fire while away from the house
View of the smoke coming from the mountains near Mt. Wilson as seen from the car headed Northbound on the 210 west near the JPL exit in Altadena.
View of the smoke coming from the mountains near Mt. Wilson as seen from the car headed Northbound on the 210 west near the JPL exit in Altadena.
View of the smoke coming out of the mountains from the Bobcat Fire as seen from the 210 South into Pasadena
View of the smoke coming out of the mountains from the Bobcat Fire as seen from the 210 South into Pasadena
View of smoke emanating from the mountain near Mt. Wilson viewed from the 210 Freeway West in Old Town Pasadena
View of smoke emanating from the mountain near Mt. Wilson viewed from the 210 Freeway West in Old Town Pasadena
Smoke emanating from the Mt. Wilson/Telecom ridge viewed from the corner of Colorado Blvd. with Plate 38 in the foreground
Smoke emanating from the Mt. Wilson/Telecom ridge viewed from the corner of Colorado Blvd. with Plate 38 in the foreground
View of the fires at the top of the mountain from my front yard in North East Altadena right under Mt. Wilson
View of the fires at the top of the mountain from my front yard in North East Altadena right under Mt. Wilson
Soot-covered air filter
I swapped it out in July and it should still have had a few weeks/months left in it, but the fires apparently have caked it up. Based on previous changes of filters in the house every 3 months, this looks like about 2 years or more of dust build up. Changed it because the filter seemed to be whistling in the ducting.