{"id":14940,"date":"2024-03-23T22:31:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T03:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14940"},"modified":"2024-03-23T22:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T03:31:54","slug":"saturdays-critters-late-march-2024-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14940","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; Late March 2024 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pEYr9J\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53605935934_701631c8e6_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pEENsc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53602495575_73c7d527a0.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0616\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife put up bird feeders and the grackles really appreciate it. Talk about loud and noisy though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pEp2A9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53599417976_3499672cbf_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzy gave me a big yawn when I was trying to get a portrait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pEh8GG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53598072756_cb1b443a43_c.jpg\" alt=\"Skinnery Oak Bobwhite Sculpture\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a sculpture at a nearby park of a dog flushing some bobwhite quail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pEYzBt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53605964397_f3c1f77ac4_c.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0116\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We visited Tulsa&#8217;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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a wrap for this week. I am linking with Eileen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2024\/03\/saturdays-critters-536.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2024\/03\/saturdays-critters-536.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a>. Check it out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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