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Well, apparently, Evel could have just taken the bridge across to the other side.
3 years agoI especially loved the photo of the sparrow. Sparrows don't ever get enough credit for all the wonderful things they do.
3 years agoThat’s what I thought too, but it was fairly small. I didn’t know if other birds build ones like this also.
3 years agoLooks like oriole type nest. Apparently Bullocks oriole is the species in that area.
https://birdwatchinghq.com/orioles-in-oregon/
A Beluga-shaped corvid.
3 years agoA non-icterid!
3 years agoI love the call of this particular icterid!
And .. I was surprised to learn that a magpie is in tbe corvid family and the grackle is an icterid.
Things you only look up when your friends use words like 'icterid' in their blog posts!
I love it!
3 years agoCan't compete with Greg, but here my humble attempt at rhyming.
The gypsies of Southwest America,
Off their bikes and in a car to Siberica,
So cold they could die,
Ate instead pizza pie,
Hoping for better weather or a miracle.
On the way to the town named after Brigham Young,
The polygamist whose praises have oft' been sung,
You see a skunk and so many birds,
It's so awesome I don't have the words,
I thank you for the pleasures your journal has brung.
Great wildlife photos today!
3 years agoWould not be a problem. Just move slowly and do not threaten them. They do not want to spray, because if they do, they have used part of their defense, so they save it till things are really scary.
But you REALLY do not want to scare it!
https://sciencing.com/physical-behavioral-adaptation-skunks-8573139.html
Might be boxthorn.
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=651
Yes, and perhaps unwise. Maybe this is why my knees have been cranky for the past few days.
3 years ago
we call them whistle pigs around here. Good photos! They are quick moving.
3 years ago