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Saturday’s Critters – Two is Company, Three’s Crowd Edition

We got out of the habit of taking the dogs on a morning walk this summer because it has been very hot, very early in the day. We got a temporary break in the weather a couple weeks ago so I took Sadie out for a morning jaunt. She was kind of unsure about it and kept her tail down and looking back over her shoulder.

Two red tailed hawks on a tall power pole in our neighborhood greenway.

I put my trail cam up on the fence and pointed it at the feeder cam. Some birds, like the mourning doves, don’t look good on the feeder cams because the wide angle lens make them look like short, fat, and squatty. A second look from a few feet away make them look awesome. Here it looks like dove is fighting off a sparrow.

Here we have two doves on the feeder with a third coming in hot. I don’t see room for him. Two’s company’s, three’s a crowd is the saying.

Squirrels are the bane of my existence on a feeder camera. Oh well, they have to eat also I guess.

And closing with the Welcome Bear at my former MIL’s back yard.

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Saturday’s Critters – Domestic Edition

This is Sadie, our rescue Terrier resting.

And Kodie, our Pomeranian, during a pensive moment.

And this is Lizzie, our sweet little chubby cat.

I don’t know this bird’s name but I caught him doing a little dance at the feeder. Check it out. It’s only ten seconds.

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Saturday’s Critters – At Home and in the Woods

A deer I found while hiking on Turkey Mountain. The deer is kind of fuzzy but the shrub in front of it is in perfect focus. That is why I call myself a picture and not a photographer.

Kodi the Pomeranian and Sadie the rescue Terrier resting together.

Earlier this month I found this rabbit on our front walk. It was very hot and I think it was thirsty so we added a water bowl in the front yard. We already a couple bowls in the backyard.

Lizzie the cat has such beautiful expressive eyes.

And a Merlin collage from a hike I took earlier this month.

We have a power line running through the greenbelt in the neighborhood. All sorts of hawks like this red tailed hawk perch up there and look for their next meal. Sorry for the fuzzy photo. It was at the far range of my camera and lens.

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Saturdays Critters -Domestic and Wild

Me and Sadie on the trailcam in the backyard. Her favorite game is fetch. We play it several times a day.

Deer sighted during a hike on Turkey Mountain earlier this month.

Yes, there are turkeys on Turkey Mountain.

Big Horn Sheep Sculpture on Turkey Mountain

And a bighorn sheep as well.

Lizzie the cat sitting on my lap looking at a bird through the window.

Sisters! Lizzie the Cat, and Sadie the Terrier, cheek to cheek.

A brief appearance by a sparrow.

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Saturday’s Critters – Backyard Edition, Mostly

Sadie the Terrier and Kodi the Pomeranian Chewing their chews

Sadie the Terrier and Kodi the Pomeranian love their “Turkey Tenderloins.” They immediately run to a dog bed we have in the living room and get to work on them. They will do anything the treats.

From the camera feeder. Two grackles getting irritated with each other.

And Lizzy the Cat looking at me all irritated and everything.

And from earlier this summer. I rigged a trailcam up to look at the camera feeder and caught a squirrel running away with a peanut.

Mourning Dove and Grackle having a tussle

Also from May I caught the colorful plumage of a dove as a grackle chased it off. I had never seen this view of a dove before.

And from a recent hike I saw this birdhouse somebody put up. I don’t know who Evie is but I love her birdhouse.

That’s it for this week. I hope everyone is enjoying the weather. We have a had a streak of over 100F days and it is expected to continue until at least next week. I sure do enjoy reading the blog posts from Australia and New Zealand. I am really liking them describing how cold the winter is down there. I’m looking forward to our own winter.

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Saturday’s Critters – On the Water and in the Backyard

I went on a bike ride on the River Parks Trails along the Arkansas River here in Tulsa and took along my “good” camera.

I found this pod of American White Pelicans. I think a couple of them are sleeping.

I am thinking these are female mallard ducks but I am not sure. If I am wrong let me know!

I love Great Blue Herons. They are a bird that no matter where I go, I see them. And those pose beautifully for inept picture takers like me.

And a Great Egret snoozing away in the river. Google lens says this is an American White Pelican. I don’t think that is right!! Maybe AI’s takeover of the world is not going well.

And from the backyard. I love cardinals, so bright chirpy.

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Saturday’s Critters – Backyard Birds at the Feeder

I love the Brown Thrashers that visit the camera feeder. They are such beautiful birds.

And we get lots of house sparrows. It’s not their fault they are non-native. I’m also non-native.

This poor bird looks a little strange because it is standing kind of close to the camera plus I think it’s just a teenager. I looked a little strange when I was a teenager as well. Of course some people I think I still look strange, but that is getting off topic.

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Saturday’s Critters – Road Trip Edition

We went on vacation for a week or so at the very end of June. Sorry to say I did not get very many “live critters” but I had my handy Merlin app so I was able to identify the little birds that I could not see but could here.

Juniper Titmouse and Pygmy Nuthatch Merlin screen

At a bar in Santa Fe I spotted this Desert Dogs sign painted on the walls. I thought it was cool.

Merlin App - Northern Yellow Warbler and Song Sparrow

Pagosa Springs, Colorado was dry as a bone. The San Juan river was way down and there was a burn ban in the area. We walked by the US Forest Service Ranger Station and they had Smokey Bear out.

We did find one live critter. A young mule deer was wandering around the river bottom grazing.

Mule Deer - San Juan River, Pagosa Springs, CO

There were lots of birds in Pagosa Springs.

Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Red winged Blackbird" "Northern Yellow Warbler" and "Violet-green Swallow"

On the way back to Tulsa we stopped in Guymon, Oklahoma in the panhandle. They had this cow sculpture out in honor of the local cattle and meatpacking industry.