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Saturday’s Critters: In the River and the Backyard

A scoop of American White Pelicans in the Arkansas River that I saw earlier this week.

A lone great blue heron fishing by himself.

A small colony of great blue herons along with a single egret in the river.

This cardinal looks like he is attacking my trailcam. My wife laughs when birds land on the camera and then poop on it.

And a cardinal behaving himself at the feeder.

And a female getting a bite to eat.

I took a bike ride on Tulsa’s RiverParks trails alongside the Arkansas River. There were lots of pelicans out and about that day.

Some standing on a sandbar preening themselves.

Others jostling for position just downstream of Zink Dam.

They are such funny looking creatures except when they fly. Then they are very graceful.

Sorry for the fuzzy closeup.

I am linking with Eileen’s Saturday’s Critters.