[LadyRobyn]

So as we were leaving the yesterday to get "house pictures" I noticed this youngster sitting on the aerial above my place... a young Mississippi Kite.






Across town there was an older one:





Not far from him was a rather scruffy looking young Meadowlark.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

I know these are not Oklahoma pictures, but don't tell any of the moderators okay? I didn't want to start an entire thread in the Texas forum called "Palm Trees for Jammie" so I figured it wouldn't hurt anything if I posted them here for a short time.

Below is a picture of a house in our neighborhood with some kind of palm tree (the kind I do not know). Interesting how they filled in those windows near the palm tree with what looks like shells from the beach. I guess they are palm lovers like Jammie!

Update.. Choctaw2 tells me that this is a Joshua tree, which thrives in the Mojave Desert.

Considering the heat down here lately (100+ most every day), it is right at home but probably wouldn't survive in Oklahoma's cooler climate.

[Choctaw2]

I had 7 of those in my yard in CA Near the town of Mojave. Squirrels and Chipmunks loved them. Every summer they produce seed pods about the size of lemons. when they dry out they (the animals) climb the trees to get the seeds to store for winter food. Long ago the American Indians also used the seeds as food and except for the leaves made use of the entire tree, for different things, because the trunks are fibrous (no age rings) that fiber was also used for a time to make paper so I read.

Here's a link to some more pictures. These trees grow throughout the Mohave Desert in both CA and AZ.

Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia


Those birds are beautiful! Now I have to go bac to page 24 and start enjoying all these Oklahoma pictures again. I want to thank all of you for making me homesick. sniff sniff. LOL

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

Update.. Choctaw2 tells me that this is a Joshua tree, which thrives in the Mojave Desert.

Considering the heat down here lately (100+ most every day), it is right at home but probably wouldn't survive in Oklahoma's cooler climate.

Those are called "Yuccu Plants"

[Goodpasture]

Yucca is a general label for a desert type plant.....I don't know them well enough to identify individual varieties. I just assumed that when they get old enough and big enough they become Joshua Trees. They thrive in harsh environments, and they do well in Oklahoma. You just don't see them much for some reason in the eastern part of the state. In the high desert and mesas of western Oklahoma they are common.

[Choctaw2]

If y'all say so, but I lived with them in the Mohave desert for well over 40 years and everyone there knows them to be Joshua trees. Even the very smallest is just a baby tree.

Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia

[Jammie]

Synopsis, thank you for the pictures. But whenever you feel like starting a thread like "Palm Pics for Jammie", go right ahead.

[karibear]

I just got an email with the most incredible photos of a volcano in Chile erupting into a lightning storm, and I can't figure out how to post it. Anyone want me to forward it to them so they can do it?

Give me good ol' hot OK anytime!

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by karibear

I just got an email with the most incredible photos of a volcano in Chile erupting into a lightning storm, and I can't figure out how to post it. Anyone want me to forward it to them so they can do it?

Give me good ol' hot OK anytime!

Karibear: you can forward it hear and I'll post it for you.

[Jammie]

Cool~after it's posted, do you mind if I link it to the weather forum? I'm sure the members there would love to see something like that.