My wife and I were taking our dog for a walk the other day and we came upon this guy/gal. INaturalist says it is a Ruddy Shelduck. It had three friends nearby and they had a very cool vocalization that I did not capture. I come to find out that a neighboring subdivision owns them and they escape quite frequently.
My wife put up bird feeders and the grackles really appreciate it. Talk about loud and noisy though.
Lizzy gave me a big yawn when I was trying to get a portrait.
Here is a sculpture at a nearby park of a dog flushing some bobwhite quail.
We visited Tulsa’s Botanic Gardens today and in addition to the beautiful flowers, shrubs, and other plantings they had an exhibit of animals made out of Legos by an artist. This is a spiny anteater.
That’s a wrap for this week. I am linking with Eileen’s Saturday’s Critters. Check it out.
The floral sculpture is cool. Great sighting and photo of the Shelduck, it is pretty.
The Quail Lego sculpture is a favorite, along with your cute Lizzie.
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Great pix as usual. Like the duck.
Ruddy Shelduck – that’s a new one for me. And I see why, as they are not native to our part of the world but, as you said, can and do escape from private owners. Lizzie’s yawn was quite a capture. We have grackles, too (alas) and when they come in a large flock we take our feeders down. That Lego Animal exhibit would have been something my son would have gotten into when he was younger.
Wow! What a unique array of photos ~ that first bird is a mazing ~ never seen one of those ~ the sculpture was awesome and your kitty was certainly expressive and an amazing lego sculpture ~ thanks,
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Those ducks are really unusual looking. I hope they found their way home. Kudos to whoever put those Legos together! Great shot of Lizzy’s yawn. Tulsa seems to have lots of beautiful artwork.
Interesting duck. You’d think the owners would be more careful to keep them contained.
A spiny anteater? The coyote makes sense for OK, but not a spiny anteater!