{"id":16127,"date":"2026-07-25T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16127"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:42:30","slug":"saturdays-critters-road-trip-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16127","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; Road Trip Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We went on vacation for a week or so at the very end of June. Sorry to say I did not get very many &#8220;live critters&#8221; but I had my handy Merlin app so I was able to identify the little birds that I could not see but could here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55371552839\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Spotted Towhee Merlin screenshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55371552839_757f7648e2.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Spotted Towhee Merlin screenshot\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55371552774\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Juniper Titmouse and Pygmy Nuthatch Merlin screen\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55371552774_789e43a19d.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Juniper Titmouse and Pygmy Nuthatch Merlin screen\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55371813425\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55371813425_ac2828bb61.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a bar in Santa Fe I spotted this Desert Dogs sign painted on the walls. I thought it was cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55377016798\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Desert Dogs Sign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377016798_4e869501dc.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Desert Dogs Sign\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55377070743\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Merlin App - Northern Yellow Warbler and Song Sparrow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377070743_9317c8d8b8.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Merlin App - Northern Yellow Warbler and Song Sparrow\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pagosa Springs, Colorado was dry as a bone. The San Juan river was way down and there was a burn ban in the area. We walked by the US Forest Service Ranger Station and they had Smokey Bear out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55377119804\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377119804_0eb2a72005.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"436\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We did find one live critter. A young mule deer was wandering around the river bottom grazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55377344875\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377344875_1ba3066592.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55377120209\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Mule Deer - San Juan River, Pagosa Springs, CO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377120209_05ee48f804.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Mule Deer - San Juan River, Pagosa Springs, CO\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were lots of birds in Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55379827102\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Red winged Blackbird&quot; &quot;Northern Yellow Warbler&quot; and &quot;Violet-green Swallow&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55379827102_c9a5075869.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Song Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Red winged Blackbird&quot; &quot;Northern Yellow Warbler&quot; and &quot;Violet-green Swallow&quot;\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the way back to Tulsa we stopped in Guymon, Oklahoma in the panhandle. They had this cow sculpture out in honor of the local cattle and meatpacking industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/55379828357\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Hereford Cow - Guymon, Oklahoma\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55379828357_6f23f18dee.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Hereford Cow - Guymon, Oklahoma\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So that is it for our trip in terms of critters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/07\/saturdays-critters-658.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/07\/saturdays-critters-658.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went on vacation for a week or so at the very end of June. 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