The Free Radical

I love my mountain home.

I don’t have an answering machine out here, but the messages are still piling up.

Well, at least it’s not brown! All I can say about this one is that it sounded very strange as it passed overhead. When I first heard it in the distance it sounded more like a bunch of quads tearing up the mountain. I’ve never seen this one before. I’ll freely admit that they didn’t appear interested in me at all; that suits me just fine. I have no idea why my neck of the woods suddenly seems so interesting though.

This was a welcome message.

A few weeks back I revealed a similar message not too far from where this was found. I always keep an eye out for anything that looks like it was placed directly and deliberately on my path. The last time I found the remains of the nest on the path in the dense woods before our route opens up under the power-line. Wasp and Hornet over recent years have come to represent the old order– the disintegrating power structure. The message from a few weeks ago told of the continued destruction and revelation… but still hidden from mainstream view; the ‘house of cards’ was collapsing rapidly… behind the scenes. Now it’s moved into the bright light of day!

The pieces of this nest were placed directly on the path where it exits the dense forest and continues in the most open part of our walk. They were basically lying on the road in an open field with no trees nearby. It could not have fallen here; nor is it likely to have been randomly or accidentally dragged to this location (two separate pieces). No, someone was giving me a direct, intelligent message about the exposure taking root in the visible world right now.

Then immediately when we got to the Mesa, two turkey vultures rose from the river valley below to circle awhile overhead.

As Sitka kept track of the raptors in the sky, I applied magnesium spray to continue my healing of old injuries. Once I was done, I resumed taking pictures. I noticed right away that this one didn’t carry itself much like a turkey vulture in flight… and I could sort of see flashes of white which suggested eagle to me.

During photo editing my suspicions were confirmed.

Two turkey vultures and an eagle seems rather auspicious to me! It also suggested that there was an ample carcass nearby, likely somewhere in the river valley directly adjacent to the Mesa. I’ve seen eagle join in with the ravens before at an elk kill, but this was the first time I’d seen eagle and vulture sharing equitably… if only sharing the sky.

Anyway, big things are afoot… and I keep repeating to myself “Bring it on!”