Saturday’s Critters – On the Lake, at the Mountain, and Home

I went on a bike ride the other day. I saw this great blue heron and a turtle hanging out together on Zink Dam here in Tulsa.

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Nearby was this egret fishing for their lunch.

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An isolated American White Pelican was paddling around.

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I rode my bike over to the other side of the river and saw these geese wandering around.

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Slim pickings on the backyard trailcam except for a couple of dog pics. This is our pom, Kodi.

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And our rescue terrier, Sadie. Her tail is always straight up in the air.

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With my camera I captured this mourning dove on the camera feeder.

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And a sparrow with a bit of fluff it found.

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A squirrel checking everything out.

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A brown thrasher

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A house finch

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Another sparrow, tiny enough to sit down on the flat part of the fence picket.

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I went hiking on Turkey Mountain on Wednesday. I heard all sorts of birds and even spotted some but I wasn’t quick enough to take their photo. Oh well, I saw this guy though out in the open and it was polite enough to wait for me while I got my camera, focused and took a few shots. Merlin and google images tell me that it is a Western King Bird. I had never heard of such a thing but there it is. Number 19 on my recently started life list.

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Here’s the Merlin screenshots on the smart aleck birds that I could hear and not see.

And here is a short 57 second video of some of birds showed up at the camera feeder the past few days.

That’s about it for this week. I am linking with Saturday’s Critters.

10 thoughts on “Saturday’s Critters – On the Lake, at the Mountain, and Home

  1. A ShutterBug Explores

    Heron and turtle photo is neat ~ Egrets too ~ love the variety today ~ especially your doggies ~ precious.

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  2. Eileen

    Hello Yogi,
    You do see a nice variety of birds and wildlife.
    I love the heron, egret, pelican, the brown thrasher and doves.
    The Western Kingbird is a great sighting and bird.
    Congrats on your lifer. Kodi and Sadie are cuties.
    Thank you for linking up and sharing your critter post.
    Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  3. Lavender+Dreams

    I saw a dull colored Heron the other day and wonder if it is a young one. You got some neat photos and heard even more! Enjoy your weekend. Too hot to get out for me right now! I might melt! lol

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  4. Yvonne

    Nice video. You really make your visitors work for their food. How wonderful to get a new bird on your life list. If I ever saw a Western King Bird in all the years I lived in Colorado, I never knew it, but on my visits to my parents in Nevada, mom would say the birds yacking overhead on the power line were Western King birds. Your first photo, great blue heron and a turtle hanging out together, is wonderful, and it’s always nice to be reminded how sweet Kodi and Sadie are. Have a nice middle of the week time.

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