{"id":15967,"date":"2026-04-18T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15967"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:51:20","slug":"weekly-critter-photos-18-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15967","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Critter Photos &#8211; 18 April 2026"},"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\/2s6Ej8z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55198026239_faa04c12b4.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is our terrier mix rescue Sadie. Sweetest dog ever and she loves taking a nap in the sun after chasing rabbits and squirrels all over the back yard.<\/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\/2s7W4ER\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55212415881_09cb34c637.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a turtle I found crossing a trail at Ray Harral Nature Center in Broken Arrow, OK. Something about turtles, they are crossing everything from trails to freeways right now in Oklahoma.<\/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\/2s6NrS2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55199613145_1ba37f3297.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Komodo Dragon at the Tulsa Zoo.<\/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\/2s6MDjB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55199456579_f360d74a2c_z.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"551\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;tower&#8221; of Giraffes milling around at the zoo waiting to be fed. I love collective nouns of animals. Tower is new to me and might be my favorite. A murder of crows is pretty high up there also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun fact: See the green pipe in the background. That is for the zoo&#8217;s elephant enclosure. It was donated to the zoo by one of my previous employers, ONEOK, Inc. It is brand new pipe with the green coating used for buried pipe to protect it from corrosion. The pipe and its coating costs a fortune.<\/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\/2s6FLqv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55198309797_ef47c52fdf.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lone rhino picking through their hay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for checking in. I am linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/saturdays-critters-644.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/saturdays-critters-644.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our terrier mix rescue Sadie. Sweetest dog ever and she loves taking a nap in the sun after chasing rabbits and squirrels all over the back yard. And a turtle I found crossing a trail at Ray Harral Nature Center in Broken Arrow, OK. 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