Tag Archives: birds

What’s wrong with this picture? (The answer is way down at the bottom of the post)…

Did you spot it right away? …ooo000ooo… Are you still trying to figure out what it is? …ooo000ooo… Maybe you need to watch the nature channel more. …ooo000ooo… Or the National Geographic channel. …ooo000ooo… Or go to the zoo… …ooo000ooo… … Continue reading

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You put your right foot in… you put your right foot out…

No! I didn’t say ‘shake it all about’ yet!!! Wait… which foot are we putting in first? Oh wow… cool nests… I wonder what kind of cute little birds built those? Great… devil birds… This is not going to end … Continue reading

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It’s good to be back in San Diego after being in the desert for three days…

Where there are surfers… And friendly young egrets… And skeletons riding on hammerhead sharks that are chewing on a leg… wait… what? And our heat wave has broken!!! It was cool and cloudy at the beach, where we gathered for … Continue reading

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She’s got the little baby otter on her tummy!!! How cute is that???

So there I was, on my way home from my last adventure in the Bay Area, making a quick stop in Morro Bay on the California coast, just to get a few more pictures to share… and once again… you … Continue reading

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Bird is the word, and a picture is worth 1,000 words, so this post is worth… uh… stupid new math!!!

That is a woodpecker… sitting on a feeder full of jelly… suddenly realizing that jelly is a lot easier to peck than wood is… That is not a woodpecker… that is a nuthatch… which isn’t really a better-sounding name than … Continue reading

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A Bay Area sunset…

On the first night at my mom’s house, I took a few pictures of the sunset from her balcony. And after I dropped the kid off the following morning, I had nothing to do for like eight days… but run … Continue reading

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Even more animal adventures… part 6…

See… animals and babies really do love me… that bird is dancing on my head! Feeding the lorikeets at the San Diego Wild Animal Park is fun. They are cute little birds, and sometimes you can get a whole group … Continue reading

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Even more animal adventures… part 5…

My daughter made friends with this little guy, who was still growing in his adult feathers… I called him Scruffy! A little girl who heard that thought it was the funniest thing ever. Feeding the lorikeets at the San Diego … Continue reading

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Even more animal adventures… part 4…

Whoops… I totally lied to you… by accident… I hinted in the last post in this series that the next post in this series would be a bunch of pictures of Mollie… my daughter… and I, feeding the lorikeets… (which … Continue reading

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Even more animal adventures… part 3…

Uh… that is not an attractive bird… No… please don’t hang your head in shame… I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings… But preening is only going to help so much… See, even the other birds looked at that spoonbill … Continue reading

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