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Benny in conversation with another in Eugene, Oregon.
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The blooms on the hellebore, growing in the back corner of our yard, were edged in lavender.
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The rosemary bush in our Monster raised garden bed, in the frontyard, grew wild.
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A few rain drops hung off a tree in our back yard.
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Eleanor sat in her home in Bay Point, Clifornia and looked to one side.
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The first snowdrop flowers bloomed under our backyard Tulip Tree.
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Dirt has been prepared into three parallel rows for the future planting of corn and tomatoes.
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(260 views) On a tour of the Canal of Palms, this was the first animal spotted by our guide. There were three of these tiny bats on the underside of a dead branch. How the guide even saw them was a mystery because they were perfectly camouflaged. The guide identified them as long-nosed bats.
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This juvenile Heermann's gull exhibits its main identifying marks clearly: black feet, red bill and dusky body. As an adult, its head will become pure white.
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There was this one lone white pelican at the nature center that day. It was probably an injured bird being nursed back to health, or it just knew a good hand-out when it saw one.
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(255 views) I was quite taken with this two foot tall, chicken-turkey-like bird. It's a ground dwelling native of eastern Africa.
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(255 views) It's breeding season again for the Night Herons and Snowy Egrets. Here is a Heron settling a property dispute with his Egret neighbor.
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(254 views) On our boat trip to Turtle Beach Lodge we saw many Roseate Spoonbills feeding near the banks. When they feed, they move their heads rapidly back and forth in the shallow water, making them look very industrious and a bit silly.
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(254 views) Here is the female lesser scaup. The mate of yesterday's male.
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(254 views) A large fledgling appears mesmerized by the camera.
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(254 views) Unlike yesterday's bright green plumed basilisk, this brown one has a yellow stripe. Here the male shows off his crest.
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(253 views) This juvenile was perched directly across the canal from the adult bird I posted on this blog yesterday.
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(253 views) There were many Western Grebes
on the lake. They were more wary of people than the ducks and kept their distance.
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(253 views) It's an odd looking animal, but it's like any other dog, really.
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(253 views) The Irish Wolfhound is the tallest breed of dog. It's hard to imagine this extremely gentle animal being used in war, but war is the original use for which they were bred.
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(253 views) Yesterday's posting showed storks nesting in a tree. Here is a photo showing storks nesting on top of a building that was in the Stuttgart Zoo.
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(253 views) Greater Scaups
are very common in the Bay Area. This is a male.
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(253 views) This bird is resting on an urn placed next to a reflecting pool inside the Stuttgart Zoo. It isn't caged and flew in on its own. I witnessed many herons, storks and cormorants fly into various enclosures to take advantage of the plentiful food supply.
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(253 views) There are numerous Black River Turtles in the canals and rivers of Costa Rica. We stopped to view a caiman near the riverbank and this curious turtle came up to the boat. It was definitely used to people and was looking for a handout. Of course feeding the wildlife is frowned upon. It makes them dependent on humans and puts them at risk of disease and abuse.
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(253 views) Here is a close up of yesterdays' subject.
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