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Spook-Around Mountain Lion Talk . by Alice B. Clagett

Spook-Around Mountain Lion Talk

Image: “P-22 was re-captured in April 2019 to replace the battery in his GPS collar,” by Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 23 April 2019, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-22_2019.jpg … public domain

Image: “P-22 was re-captured in April 2019 to replace the battery in his GPS collar,” by Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 23 April 2019, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-22_2019.jpg … public domain

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

This video reveals quite spooky telepathic talk with Mountain Lions in Charmlee Wilderness Area. There are short segments on Raven Talk and Scrub Jay Talk as well.

There is an edited Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Spook-Around Mountain Lion Talk
By Alice B. Clagett

Alice makes clicking sounds. A Raven flies into a tree.

Alice to Readers: There is a Raven over here. It landed in this tree a minute ago. And it made a sound a little like the clicks I just made, only very, very fast. And I asked the Raven what it meant, because it had made that fast clicking sound a few times.

Caption: A Mountain Lion spoke up in response to my question to the Raven.

And I asked the Mountain Lion what it meant, because it made that sound a few times.

The Mountain Lion said: It means “I’m here, but don’t want anybody else to know … just the Raven.”

So I figured that very fast clicking sound … as fast as the sound of paper shuffling … is Raven language for “Shhhh. Be quiet! Shhhh. I’m here!” Cool, huh?

The Raven told me that over this-a-way [pans to viewer’s right] there is a Mountain Lion stalking. I had already heard it. That same Mountain Lion … it is an older Mountain Lion … had told me that its daughter is over this- way [pans to viewer’s left] waiting for somebody to go by.

I was going to go up the hill but the Mountain Lion … I could not see it. It is so amazing. I am such a poor person for seeing stalking animals. But I can hear them on the telepathic plane. And I could tell that this Mountain Lion was following me with its eyes, and that it was about to follow me up to that point where there is a bench overlooking the Pacific Ocean and people can stop there. The idea the Mountain Lion had was that it could grab me there and pull me down the hill, and nobody would know.

So that put me on guard. It sounded like a mature Mountain Lion. Almost like a male Mountain Lion over that way [nods towards the viewer’s right]. It was a deep, hoarse voice. It seemed that it was tracking me with its eyes preparatory to going up the hill to the place where the bench was.

Then I saw two ladies behind me, who were heading up that way. So I waited until they were abreast of me, and then I decided this was just too much for me.

I have a concern that I might be eaten. I don’t want to be eaten at all … which I have already explained to the Mountain Lion. But I don’t think it cares at all. It understands I don’t want to be eaten, but when it’s ready to eat, it’s ready to eat. [Laughs.]

This is daunting … so I am heading back again. I have been doing this all year long I have been concerned about the Mountain Lions. I did ask a naturalist, on the telepathic plane, how it is going with searching for the remains of people in those places where I predicted it would be discovered that the people were killed by the Mountain Lions. The Ranger said … [You cannot take this too literally until you check the facts in the third dimension (i.e., by telephone or email or online)] … they had found the remains of five people up there at that place high on the mountain above the Pacific Ocean. That was at the intersection of Ray Miller Trail with Overlook Trail north by northeast of La Jolla Canyon Campground.

He said that what happened was the Mother Mountain Lions had their cubs as usual, but that more of the cubs survived this year, maybe because of the great rains.

I cannot see any Mountain Lions. But I asked this Mother Mountain on this trail where I am walking now whether she had made any kills down here. And she said … this year, I presume … she had caught one school child.

And I said: Was the school child walking alone?

And she said: No. With other school children. And they ran away really fast.

Alice to Readers: Who knows! I just do not know if this is true. It is enough to set a person on edge, all this Mountain Lion stuff.

[Alice hears something, then looks around. It sounds like a Scrub Jay that is far away.]

Alice says to herself: Nope. No Mountain Lions.

Alice to Scrub Jay: What? What was that? What did you say, Mother Scrub Jay? What? What? Mountain Lion? There?

Scrub Jay’s voice is heard far away.

Alice to Readers, explaining what the Scrub Jay said: Not right now.

Alice to Scrub Jay, repeating its message: Not right now.

Alice to Readers: I will show you where the Mountain Lion is not right now. [Zooms to oak grove on the horizon.] The Scrub Jay is right up there. And Scrub Jay says Mountain lion …

Scrub Jay to Alice: Not right now.

Alice to Readers: Not right now. Not here right now.

Alice to Scrub Jay: Run faster? Me? What’s so funny?! What? Not a Scrub Jay? What?!

Scrub Jay to Alice: Scrub Jay!

Alice to Scrub Jay: Scrub Jay?

Alice to Readers: This is a difficult conversation. I am trying to learn Scrub Jay, but I am not so good at it yet. You will have to excuse me.

[View of trail from Charmlee Wilderness Park parking lot to Pacific Ocean]

Alice to Readers: I was talking to that Mother Mountain Lion that was over there by the oak grove at the top of the hill [pans to the viewers’ right]. The Pacific Ocean is over that way [pans left to hill line and horizon] … over that hill. The school child was apparently caught right round here [zooms to center of trail].

I asked the Mother Mountain Lion where it left the body of the child. And I heard from over here [pans to viewers’ left] … I think it was the Mountain Lion’s children talking from over this-a-way, and from farther away down the hill that ends at the ocean.

The Mother Mountain Lion’s children said: Scattered that body all around.

I said: Why?

They said: But soon it was all gone away.

I said: Why did you scatter it?

Replying as if they were the Mother Mountain Lion, they said: Hiding pieces here and there.

Alice to Readers: That is the MO [modus operandi] over here, I guess, because the land is so open, and it is hard to drag things into the chaparral. There is not much chaparral here.

I guess from that, that Mountain Lions are right bright, and that they develop their own hunting strategies in various locations … and that they also develop their own ways of concealing the felled prey.

I have been hearing quite a few Mountain Lion stories. I just thought that, before I leave the area, I should check on those two women who were walking past the bench that overlooks the Blue Pacific. It looks like they took the loop trail down from that overlook, into an area that is relatively uninhabited.

So I called over that way, past the hill that meets the skyline. On the other side of the hill there is a plateau of land, and then a steep descent towards the Pacific Ocean. Then there are houses down there.

That lip of wildland down to where the houses are is apparently the place to which the Mother Mountain Lion’s cubs migrated to. Really they need to be taken to Ventura County, where there is more open land, I feel. At least they would have a chance there … because the new season of baby Mountain Lions is coming up.

Anyway, I heard those two ladies. They said they were fine, but that they had had a near escape over on the other side of the mountain there. Not a Mountain Lion, but a Bobcat had tracked them for a while. So apparently there is also a Bobcat population that is also mushrooming out here at Charmlee Wilderness Park.

Then I heard a man’s voice. He said: If anything tracks you out here, the thing to do is to come on back to the trailhead … with which I heartily agree.

Then I remembered that, on a prior visit to Charmless I had heard the most outrageous yowling sound from this bush down here. [Zooms to a stout chaparral bush to the left of the center of the rail as you face the Ocean.] Here it is … this bush! It is prominent when you walk down this path, that bush over there is prominent … a standout.

I had heard these crazy yowls coming from it. I thought: What could that be? Then later I went home and looked up on youtube the different kinds of predators that are out this way. [More on that shortly.]

I got back to the main parking lot of Charmlee, and I was just sitting here next to the picnic benches and the restroom.

I was eating my lunch. And I kept hearing a voice. It sounded like a male, younger voice. For a while I mistook it for a human being. It was only a telepathic voice.

Then I got to thinking that humans rarely contact me on the telepathic plane and just keep on talking, out in the wilderness … and I realized it was one of the young male Mountain Lions, following me so close to the facilities and the restrooms here, and the picnic tables over there. It just does not make much sense.

I got up, and I was going to leave. Then I heard the Mother Mountain Lion chip in. She was farther up the hill up here.

[Shows steps from picnic area to restroom.] See, there is the restroom up there. And then there is a fire trail that goes past the ranger station and the nature center, and up the hill.

Turning left at the top of the hill, the fire road goes on along the ridge line to the water tower up there. There is a fork in the path in front of the water tower. To the right, Potrero road goes down past the water tower. To the left, a trail goes on down from the ridge to the main trail.

Anyway, earlier in the month I had sensed something waiting in the underbrush up there as I approached the water tower. Because of that, I thought I would not go back up there that way. Then today I heard the telepathic sound of the Mother Mountain Lion coming down from that direction.

The young male Mountain Lion seems to be lingering right close to where I am sitting right now. So I asked it if they had ever caught any people here close to the parking lot. It said that they had chased them, but that the people called out, and that other people came to help them. And so they could not catch them here.

I noticed just now that all the people have gone away but me. [Uneasy laugh.] So I am thinking it might be time to leave.

One other thing: I did the research online on youtube about the sound of a Bobcat roar. It sounds like this: ROAR! Honestly! … and then the sound of a Mountain Lion roar, which sounds puny by comparison. It really sounds like it comes from a much smaller animal.

When I heard the strange roar coming from that sumac bush down the hill out in the field priorly, I could not figure out what it was. But when I saw the videos online I found out. It did not sound like “ROAR” so it must have been a Mountain Lion that was upset that people were going by. Could it have been protecting a portion of felled prey there?

So there are Mountain Lions here. In fact, the young Mountain Lion averred just now that there are five Mountain Lions in this area. That is quite a few Mountain Lions really. I wonder what will happen next year? Will there still be quite a few Mountain Lions? Is that not an interesting question?

I think I am going to start working out at an exercise facility instead of going out to the wilderness parks. Or maybe I will go down to the beach for a beach walk. At the beach all you see are Roadrunners, flowers, and surf. You do not see Mountain Lions!

So here I am in my car in the parking lot. I was just drinking my coffee … safely, I presumed … getting ready to leave. Then on the telepathic plane I heard that young male Mountain Lion over there [nods towards the restrooms].

Some hikers came up. They had a young dog on a leash. The dog started barking. I thought: Oh no, I hope there is not a Mountain Lion encounter! Then the dog got in the hikers’ car.

I looked up at my sunroof. I had it only four inches open. I thought: I wonder if that is safe from the Mountain Lion.

Then I heard the male Mountain Lion say: That’s what I tried the other day.

I said: What happened?

It said: The man was in the car, and I jumped on the roof, and I reached down with my claw and tried to get him.

Alice to Readers: Well, I’m figuring, this can’t be possible. This is just a Halloween joke.

The Mountain Lion said: No, it’s not a Halloween joke.

Alice to Readers: I have to figure somebody else is pranking around with me on the astral plane. I just cannot believe this. This cannot be true! So please take it ‘with a grain of salt’.

I said to the Mountain Lion: You could not get to the person anyway, because they were in the car.

The Mountain Lion said: I figured he’d get out.

Alice to Readers: I don’t believe it. I really don’t believe it. I hope nobody outside the car hears this.

[Waves to a man passing by.] Hi!

Alice to Readers: There was a man just over there. He approached me. He said he was looking for a bride and groom. Maybe he is the photographer. I sure hope he finds them before the Mountain Lion does.

[Starts car.] Well, Happy Halloween, everyone!

ENDING CLIP

Alice to Readers: That’s all for now.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

See you at my website “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Filmed on 28 September 2024 and published on 8 October 2024; youtube transcript edited on 10 February 2026

VIDEO CREDITS

“Spook-Around Mountain Lion Talk”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 28 September 2024 and produced on 8 October 2024
Location: Charmlee Wilderness Park, Malibu, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International – By Alice B. Clagett

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interspecies communication, mountain lions, bobcats, ravens, scrub jays, nature,

FEATURE: First Contact with Turkey Vultures . SHORTS: Songbirds Talk about Turkey Vultures . Funny Scrub Jay . by Alice B. Clagett

FEATURE: First Contact with Turkey Vultures . SHORTS: Songbirds Talk about Turkey Vultures . Funny Scrub Jay

Image: “Californian Turkey Vulture,” by Audubon, 1840, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Californian_Turkey_Vulture.png … public domain

Image: “Californian Turkey Vulture,” by Audubon, 1840, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Californian_Turkey_Vulture.png … public domain

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
    • FEATURE: First Contact with Turkey Vultures
    • SHORT: Songbirds Talk About Turkey Vultures
    • SHORT: Funny Scrub Jay
    • CONCLUSION
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a three-in-one video. The feature film is “First Contact with Turkey Vultures.” Then there are two Shorts: “Songbirds Talk about Turkey Vultures” and “Funny Scrub Jay.”

There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

FEATURE: First Contact with Turkey Vultures . SHORTS: Songbirds Talk about Turkey Vultures . Funny Scrub Jay
By Alice B. Clagett

FEATURE: First Contact with Turkey Vultures

Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

I have a story to tell you about when I first got to this park (City of Malibu Charmlee Wilderness Park) mid-morning. I mistook two large birds circling overhead for Ravens. First I started with the Raven Salutation, which is like this: Raven! STRONG Raven! BRAVE Raven! GOOD Raven! … which is what I usually say to get things rolling.

I got halfway through the Salutation, and then I realized they were Turkey Vultures, which feed on carrion. They feed on dead animals. They are scavengers. So my conversation went like this: Raven! BRAVE Raven! STRONG Ra …  Uh Oh! Turkey Vultures!

I was very embarrassed that I made that mistake because the difference between Ravens and Turkey Vultures is very clear. So I was looking down and feeling embarrassed. Then I heard my very first ever word from one of those two circling Turkey Vultures. I was so surprised that it took me a moment to register it.

It sounded like this … from far off, up above: TUR-Key-VUL-Ture. It was a lot like that … keeping in mind that the two high notes … TUR and VUL … are exactly the same height … the same high pitch.

The way the Turkey Vultures intone their words is not the same as the way the Songbirds intone their words. The Songbirds were amused at my feeling of embarrassment, and they then said: TUR-key VUL-tures. When the Songbirds spoke, the syllable VUL was higher in pitch than the syllable TUR. This intonation is typical of Songbird speech.

But the Turkey Vultures had said: TUR-key VUL-ture. When they spoke, the syllables TUR and VUL were at exactly the same high pitch. Do you see the difference? A difference of intonation.

SHORT: Songbirds Talk about Turkey Vultures

I was mulling all this over because a First Encounter is always very cool. I could not get those Turkey Vultures to say their names one more time. They just flew off.

So I talked to the Songbirds about it. They are very talkative Songbirds that speak English here at the entrance to Charmlee Trail that leads to a spot overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Those particular Songbirds are very talkative. They must have been talking with the Ranger or the hikers. Those Songbirds’ English skills are impressive. There is a tribe of Songbirds here that do that.

I was hoping to get the Songbirds’ attention, because I have not been talked to by Songbirds for a long time. So I said to the Songbirds: Why won’t the Turkey Vultures talk? And they said: Repeat! Repeat! Too many times! The Songbirds implied that the Turkey Vultures don’t like it when I repeat words or phrases. I guess it is easy to get on a Turkey Vulture’s nerves. I would say they are rather taciturn birds. They do not like talking much. That is my feeling.

SHORT: Funny Scrub Jay

Here is one more adventure: I was going on a little farther and I heard a rasping sound I thought maybe it was a Fox off in the bush over on the side there. I immediately noticed it was something brand new for me. So I asked: What was that?

There was a Scrub Jay nearby. It thought that was amazingly funny. It started imitating that same rasping sound, only in a slightly different, more nasal variant.

Every time it pretended to be that other wild being, I started to laugh. It must have happened five or six times: The Scrub Jay would imitate the rasping sound, and I would laugh. Finally I just gave up and walked on. It was right funny. I guess I will never know what made that sound.

CONCLUSION

That is all for now.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett … overlooking the Blue Pacific.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 28 September 2024 and published on 7 October 2024; youtube transcript edited on 10 and 12 February 2026

VIDEO CREDITS

FEATURE: “First Contact with Turkey Vultures”
SHORT: “Songbirds on Turkey Vultures”
SHORT: “Funny Scrub Jay”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 28 September 2024 and produced on 7 October 2024
Location: Charmlee Wilderness Park, Malibu, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International – By Alice B. Clagett

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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nature, first contact, birds, first contact – Earth animals,

Green Finches – Baby Gopher Snake – Baby Fence Lizards! . by Alice B. Clagett

Green Finches - Baby Gopher Snake - Baby Fence Lizards!

Image: “Baby Gopher Snake, Simi Hills, California,” by Alice B. Clagett, 25 September 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Baby Gopher Snake, Simi Hills, California,” by Alice B. Clagett, 25 September 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!
    • VIDEO 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!
    • SUMMARY OF VIDEO 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!
    • VIDEO CREDITS 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!
  • BABY GOPHER SNAKE!
    • VIDEO 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!
    • SUMMARY OF VIDEO 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!
    • VIDEO CREDITS 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!
  • THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!
    • VIDEO 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!
    • SUMMARY OF VIDEO 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!
    • VIDEO CREDITS 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!
  • CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here are three wildlife shorts filmed on the same day’s hike in the Simi Hills, California. Featured in the videos: Green Finches, a Baby Gopher Snake, and three Baby Fence Lizards!

GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!

VIDEO 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!

SUMMARY OF VIDEO 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!

Green Finches and Bush Sunflower Seeds!
By Alice B. Clagett

Green Finch to another Green Finch: This is real tasty.

Bee (with a buzzing sound): Boy, Am I hungry! I am really hungry.

Green Finch to another Green Finch (continuing): Yes, It is.

Alice to herself: Huh! Good idea.

VIDEO CREDITS 1 – GREEN FINCHES AND BUSH SUNFLOWER SEEDS!

“Green Finches and Bush Sunflower Seeds!”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 25 September 2024 and produced on 1 October 2024
Location: Simi Hills, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..


BABY GOPHER SNAKE!

VIDEO 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!

SUMMARY OF VIDEO 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!

Baby Gopher Snake!
By Alice B. Clagett

Alice to Baby Gopher Snake: Baby Gopher Snake! Wow! Wow, look at you! Aw, so cute! Look, I hope he makes it.

Baby Gopher Snake to Alice (in a voice like tiny puffs of air): Oh, God, I hope he makes it as well. I hope he doesn’t …

Alice to herself, looking at the Baby Gopher Snake’s tail: Definitely not a Rattlesnake.

Baby Gopher Snake (continuing, very quietly): … die.

VIDEO CREDITS 2 – BABY GOPHER SNAKE!

“Baby Gopher Snake!”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 25 September 2024 and produced on 1 October 2024
Location: Simi Hills, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..


THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!

VIDEO 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS

SUMMARY OF VIDEO 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!

Three Baby Fence Lizards!
By Alice B. Clagett

Caption: — 1 —

Alice to Baby Lizard 1: Baby Lizard! Aw! Getting bigger! That looks good!

Baby Lizard to Alice (simultaneously, voice relatively high for a Lizard; pleading): Oh, Jesus God! Please don’t look at me!

Caption: — 2 —

Alice to Baby Lizard 2: Baby Lizard! Aw! Lizards so far. So cute! Dude, Dude! So cute!

Baby Lizard to Alice (simultaneously, voice a little lower than that of Lizard 1): Oh, no!

Caption: — 3 —

Alice to Baby Lizard 3: Baby Lizard! …

Baby Lizard to itself (simultaneously; thinking, not speaking): Oh, no. Why me?

. . . . .

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing): Aw. So pretty. Beautiful …

Baby Lizard to Alice (simultaneously; shouting in a tiny, tenor voice): Why me? Why don’t you go some place else?

. . . . .

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing): Okey-dokey. Don’t get caught. Eat a lot of food.

Baby Lizard to Alice (in a tenor voice): Right.

. . . . .

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing): Ok, get plenty of rest. Grow up to be a big, big Lizard, ok? …

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing):  Everybody loves you.

Baby Lizard to Alice (in a tenor voice): Right. I intend to do that.

. . . . .

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing):  Yes they do. Good, good Lizard.

Baby Lizard to Alice (in a tenor voice): Ok.

. . . . .

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing):  Wow, what a big tail. My Goodness! What a strong, brave, good Lizard.

Alice to Baby Lizard 3 (continuing): ‘Bye. See you next time.

Baby Lizard to Alice (simultaneously; in a tenor voice): Thank you much for that.

VIDEO CREDITS 3 – THREE BABY FENCE LIZARDS!

“Three Baby Fence Lizards!”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 25 September 2024 and produced on 1 October 2024
Location: Simi Hills, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

CONCLUSION

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 25 September 2024 and published on 1 October 2024; transcribed and youtube transcripts edited on 11 February 2026

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Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Head, and a Huge Maw – Is It an Arthropod? . by Alice B. Clagett

Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Head, and a Huge Maw - Is It an Arthropod?

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a video about a tiny segmented animal with pincers on its head and a huge maw. It could be a Mystery Arthropod. Co-starring a Pill Bug whose ancestors crawled out of the ocean 300 million years ago. I read that, when cooked, Pill Bugs taste like shellfish.

Featured in the video, besides Male, Female, and Juvenile Quail are Mourning Doves and California Towhees.

There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Head, and a Huge Maw – Is It an Arthropod?
By Alice B. Clagett

Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

I found a really interesting being. Take a look … I hope you can see it ok. It is tiny. Ok, here it is …

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 4,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 4,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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See how big it is? Not very big. A little bigger than the breadth of my thumb. It has pincers on top [at the front of its face]. And it looks … I don’t know what it is, you know?

It was just in a big war with some Ants …

CAPTION: This Tiny Being is the natural enemy of Small Black Ants here in California.

Alice to Readers (continuing): … some Black Ants, and it was quite a commotion that went on. Apparently they are bitter enemies. And it has a kind of a soft body.

So what do you think? It’s a lot smaller than Millipedes and Centipedes that I’ve seen. 

Very Special Songbird to a second Very Special Songbird: She says Cen-ti-pede. Is it a Centipede?

Second Very Special Songbird to first Very Special Songbird (tersely): Yes.

[This Tiny Being crawls under some dried blossoms that fell from a Jacaranda tree.]

Alice to Readers: That will be that, I guess.

Alice to Tiny Being: So long, dude. I wish I knew who you were.

Very Special Songbird to another Very Special Songbird: Tsk! It’s a Cen-ti-pede.

Caption: 300 million years ago Pill Bugs crawled out of the ocean onto land. When cooked they are said to taste like shellfish.

Caption: Tiny Being (top) and Pill Bug (bottom)

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw – and a Pill Bug,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw – and a Pill Bug,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Alice to Readers: They are ancient, ancient … related to ancient, ancient things … Looks like nobody’s hunting for anybody else there. 

Very Special Songbird: Jesus, What is it?

Mourning Dove (purring or cooing sound, like wings fluttering softly): Pi-i-i-ill Bu-u-u-ug.

Very Special Songbird: Right! Right, It’s a Pill Bug.

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Its Head, and a Huge Maw 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Caption: Maw [mouth] wide open. Could the Mystery Being be attracting prey with an odor it’s secreting? What is it trying to catch?

Very Special Songbird: Swe-e-et JE-sus!

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 2 August 2024 and produced on 30 September 2024; transcribed and youtube transcript edited on 11 February 2026

VIDEO CREDITS

“Tiny Being with Segmented Body, Pincers on Head, and a Huge Maw – Is It an Arthropod?”
(Supporting character: A Pill Bug)
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 2 August 2024 and produced on 30 September 2024
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett

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My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth”… https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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arthropods, nature, ants, Millipedes, Centipedes, photos by Alice,

Oops! It’s QUAIL Which Make That ‘Woodpecker’ Sound! . by Alice B. Clagett

Oops! It's QUAIL Which Make That 'Woodpecker' Sound!

Image: “Mourning Dove (bottom) and Male Quail (top),” by Alice B. Clagett, 4 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Mourning Dove (bottom) and Male Quail (top),” by Alice B. Clagett, 4 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a video with fairly good proof that the “Woodpecker!” call is a Quail call and not a Woodpecker call. Oops! My bad!

Featured in the video, besides Male, Female, and Juvenile Quail are Mourning Doves and California Towhees.

There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Oops! It’s QUAIL Which Make That ‘Woodpecker’ Sound!
By Alice B. Clagett

Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

I found out the most embarrassing thing just now! ‘Wood HECK-er’ is what the Quail say when the coast is clear and they can come and get a drink of water without being preyed upon by the Hawks and so forth.

It’s not about the Woodpeckers. Please excuse me. I’m so very embarrassed!

Caption: A Male Quail

Songbird to other Songbirds: Look at that. They are getting a drink of water.

Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound

Quail to the Quail that is making the ‘Woodpecker’ sound: Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk! Would you stop it!

Quail: Dear me, dear me, dear me, dear me …

Caption: Male Quail (left) and Juvenile Quail (right)

Quail: Dear me.

Caption: A Mourning Dove

Quail: Dear me! Dear me, Dear me!

Another Quail: Would you STOP it! You’re really getting me  …

Caption: A Male Quail

Same Quail (continuing): … AN-gry!

Another Quail (in a soothing, shirring voice): De-e-e-ear me! …

Caption: Male Quail (left) – Mourning Dove (walking)

Same Quail (continuing): … Would you PLEASe stop it right now? …

Caption: Male Quail (front) – California Towhee (back)

Same Quail (continuing): … Would you PLEASe stop it right now? PLEASe stop it

Caption: Male Quail (front) – Two Mourning Doves (back)

[sound of an approaching airplane]

A Quail (in a rat-a-tat sound, like drops of water plopping quickly on the ground. You could also call this a chop-chop sound): I am flying.

Caption: Is this a “Look out! Look out! Look out!” sound from a Quail warning of the approaching airplane?

Quail may really be saying to the airplane: MER-cy! MER-cy! MER-cy! MER-cy!

A Quail, flying away (in a rat-a-tat sound, like drops of water plopping quickly on the ground, or like a chop-chop sound): I AM flying away.

Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound

Quail: GET AWAY!

Caption: Left to right: 2 Male and 1 Female Quail

Caption: The ‘Woodpecker’ sound

Caption: Juvenile Quail (left) and Male Quail (right)

Quail: Wait! WAIT!

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Alice to Readers: God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 4 August 2024 and published on 29 September 2024; transcribed and youtube transcript edited on 11 February 2026

Bing knows my name … just go search ‘Alice B. Clagett’. Don’t forget the period after the ‘B’ … Alice B. Clagett. On Bing you’ll find out all kinds of things.

VIDEO CREDITS

“Oops! It’s QUAIL Which Make That ‘Woodpecker’ Sound!”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 4 August 2024 and produced on 29 September 2024
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International by Alice B. Clagett

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My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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birds, Quail, Mourning Doves, interspecies communication,