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Saturday’s Critters – Life at the Dam

I went on a bike ride the other day along the Tulsa’s Riverparks trails along the Arkansas River. The first time in a while. The sun was shining and the wind wasn’t too bad and I took my superzoom camera with me. I stopped at the Zink Dam to rest a bit and take a few photos. Things were busy there.

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In a pool just downstream of the dam, the great blue herons were fishing.

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A pod of American Black Tipped Swans had the area downstream of the herons to themselves.

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Segregation, A station of great blue herons in the pool, pelicans downstream. I love collective nouns.

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A pelican on a rock with a goose.

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Naptime!!

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A great blue heron standing siege.

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And a fellow human fishing. I think see this guy a lot.

And in other matters. Here is 41 second video of birds I liked on the birdcam in the backyard this week.

And that is about it. I’m linking with Saturday’s Critters.

Saturday’s Critters – Birds of a Feather

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This sight greeted me the other morning. A red shouldered hawk squatting on my trailcam in our backyard. I think he was looking for a mouse. We have bird feeders in the backyard which attracts a few birds and a whole bunch of squirrels and a few mice.

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The trailcam captured this cat in our backyard a while back. I’m thinking he might be carrying a mouse in his mouth.

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I went to Philbrook Museum of Art the other day. I saw this squirrel resting for the intense midday heat.

And this big ole hippo sculpture made out of car bumpers.

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I rode my bike on the Arkansas River the other day and found this egret fishing in the Arkansas River.

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And this group of geese hanging out.

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And this cross species collection of egrets and great blue herons sharing their fishing grounds.

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After years of construction Tulsa is opening up the new pedestrian bridge and putting the new Zink Lake Dam into service this weekend. I’m going to wait until the hubbub has died down a little bit before I go check it out.

I’m linking with Saturday’s Critters. Go check it out.