{"id":15340,"date":"2024-12-28T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15340"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:10:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:10:17","slug":"saturdays-critters-art-on-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15340","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; Art on the River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In early December I was on Tulsa&#8217;s RiverParks trails working on an art themed Geocaching Adventure Lab. I posted about it earlier and saved the critter themed art for this post.<\/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\/2qxD7Rd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54179308534_7db9594a81_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolves are always a good subject.<\/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\/2qxx3Kc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54178124057_d4090eef03_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking this is a great blue heron. These murals were not part of the cache project but they are also beautiful and animal themed.<\/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\/2qxx3Fz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54178123847_bd421f1b34_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe this also is a great blue heron.<\/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\/2qxxuRa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54178211867_ccf7605f77_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this sculpture. I see lots of great blue herons while out on the trail. They are beautiful animals but they make the most awful squawk as a vocalization.<\/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\/2qxDUwn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54179462185_61f808ac68_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And right near the sculpture is a real life great blue heron.<\/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\/2qxDr7R\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54179369993_eb71175613_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And an American White Pelican. I see them sporadically. They are kind of touchy about people. I&#8217;ve learned I&#8217;ve had to sneak up on them.<\/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\/2qxD7Fy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54179307974_71d3b2c259_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Geese are everywhere, all year long on the RiverParks, and the whole town for that matter.<\/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\/2qxCYAe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54179280753_5942e2532b.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"494\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So yep, I completed the cache and got the coordinates for a nearby physical cache, and found it, so yep a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want more information about geocaching check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/play\/search\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/play\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>geocaching.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2024\/12\/saturdays-critters-576.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2024\/12\/saturdays-critters-576.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early December I was on Tulsa&#8217;s RiverParks trails working on an art themed Geocaching Adventure Lab. I posted about it earlier and saved the critter themed art for this post. Wolves are always a good subject. I&#8217;m thinking this is a great blue heron. 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