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This heat wave has kept Bigun indoors out of the sun's heat, making space for the flickers to come foraging. They peck at insects -- making it a bird eat bug eating bug world!
This heat wave has kept Bigun indoors out of the sun's heat, making space for the flickers to come foraging. They peck at insects -- making it a bird eat bug eating bug world!
And aren't we lucky for that! If it wasn't for birds eating countless bugs, I suppose we'd be living in a much buggier world.
I saw a mockingbird today nestled in the crook of a small oak tree, just hanging out, looking at other birds flying overhead, and occasionally swooping down into the grass to eat a . . . you guessed it - a bug. Then back to it's position in the tree. Not a nest just a great place to hang out. Catbird seat maybe?
And aren't we lucky for that! If it wasn't for birds eating countless bugs, I suppose we'd be living in a much buggier world.
I saw a mockingbird today nestled in the crook of a small oak tree, just hanging out, looking at other birds flying overhead, and occasionally swooping down into the grass to eat a . . . you guessed it - a bug. Then back to it's position in the tree. Not a nest just a great place to hang out. Catbird seat maybe?
Hopefully there wasn't a cat sitting on the fence watching the bird eat the bug....
DH took us kayaking today on the Mercer Island Slough
These three little ducklings were all alone on the water. I was afraid for them, and hoped Momma Duck returned before they got into real trouble.
Just around the bend we saw this guy sunning next to a Mallard
Later we saw another large turtle with a female Wood Duck. I wonder if turtles are attracted to ducks.
Turning back from Lake Washington to paddle the slough waters, we disrupted a few fishing herons. This one decided to stand his ground. I am guessing he had his eye on THE Big One!
We also saw mid-sized swimming varmints and guessed they were either muskrats or otters. There were two of them and they were playing (until they saw us), so I am guessing otters.
There must've been about a thousand, or more, blue-violet dragon flies and damsel flies, but they were too fast to capture with the camera.
We were serenaded by a number of birds, but only the red-winged blackbird was familiar.
On my way home on my road (taken thru my jeep windshield, pardon the bug spots):
Bug spots not a problem. Cool picture.
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