{"id":15837,"date":"2026-01-10T08:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15837"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:15:50","slug":"saturdays-critters-american-white-pelicans-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15837","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; American White Pelicans and More"},"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\/2rQxSLw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55027022806_c4933f2a20.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3836\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago it warmed up enough to go for a bike ride on the Arkansas River Parks Trails here in Tulsa. I took my superzoom camera with me and captured this pod of American White Pelicans in the river. They are a happy sight for me. They do not get very close to people.<\/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\/2rQxSS3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55027023126_6826909bb2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3833\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped for a rest and drink and I could hear this Northern Mockingbird singing but I really couldn&#8217;t see it against the glare. My cell phone was hopeless but by elderly Nikon superzoom got 85% of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sadie Playing Fetch\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8b_vigvjAPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A short and unremarkable video of our terrier rescue playing fetch. She lives to play fetch and I do it with her about four times a day or more. She never gets tired of it. She is so enthusiastic though that I don&#8217;t mind too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m linking up with Eileen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/01\/saturdays-critters-630.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/01\/saturdays-critters-630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a>. Check it out, animal lovers from all around post photos of all sorts of critters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago it warmed up enough to go for a bike ride on the Arkansas River Parks Trails here in Tulsa. I took my superzoom camera with me and captured this pod of American White Pelicans in the river. They are a happy sight for me. 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