{"id":15945,"date":"2026-04-04T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15945"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:34:06","slug":"saturdays-critters-out-on-a-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15945","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; Out on a Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few critters I have taken photos of on Tulsa&#8217;s Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area<\/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\/2s58ZHa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55180794415_2da98357da.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A turtle on a stick at a pond.<\/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\/2s58ZEV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55180794285_d5a7620ffe.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"431\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A beetle on a rock<\/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\/2s58ZE9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55180794240_0af110769e.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"488\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A robin on the ground. Robins are the only birds polite enough to show themselves and pose until I can get them in focus and snap a photo. The other little buggers flit here and there in the brush, never stay in place very long. They are aggravating.<\/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\/2s57MkE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55180557688_28da784aa7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Question Mark Butterfly\" width=\"527\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A butterfly. Google lens tells me it is a &#8220;Question Mark Butterfly.&#8221; I have never heard of such a thing.<\/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\/2s58Zzu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55180793970_6092abc4c4.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Lens tells me this is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly.<\/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\/2s5w7nz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55185109291_c7baa6882e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Three Toed Box Turtle\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This turtle was on the edge of a trail trying to climb that rock in front of it. I decided to help the little bugger out and lift it up and over the rock. After I did that it acted all kind of perturbed like it didn&#8217;t need my help. Deal with it is what I told him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/saturdays-critters-642.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/saturdays-critters-642.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few critters I have taken photos of on Tulsa&#8217;s Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area A turtle on a stick at a pond. A beetle on a rock A robin on the ground. 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