Pair of MOBL carrying nesting material to cavity. Male has brown primary feather tips and some on the head. Possibly some Western Bluebird influence?
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Usually post one dandelion photo per year. The first observation. Last year it was April 19th Previous years:
April 27, 2022
April 13,2021
April 18,2020
Single young ram - grazing
Display & Singing
Roadkill
Morning streatches
Counted a total 181 elk m Bummer's Flats 3 locations. 86 in the south end, 43 in the middle and 52 in the north.
of the 181 counted in Bummer' Flats only 5 were on the benches
Counted a toatl of 181 elk in Bummer's flats 86 south of this heard, 43 at this location and another 52 just a little north
Mustard Flower Rust created these pseudoflowers.
A fascinating story
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=2ahUKEwiu76nCscboAhUYpJ4KHbhkAacQFjAEegQIAhAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indefenseofplants.com%2Fblog%2F2015%2F5%2F4%2Frusty-mustards&usg=AOvVaw1nZ39nt9Qxua1L54M-gJKH
Mustard Flower Rust created these pseudoflowers.
A fascinating story
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=2ahUKEwiu76nCscboAhUYpJ4KHbhkAacQFjAEegQIAhAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indefenseofplants.com%2Fblog%2F2015%2F5%2F4%2Frusty-mustards&usg=AOvVaw1nZ39nt9Qxua1L54M-gJKH
Urban ducks . Obvious they been feed as they walked over to the car when I parked to go into the mall
Northern Flickers have one of the longest, if not the longest tongue. Known for foraging on the ground for ants, its tongue protrudes up to 4 inches from the tip of its beak, and retracts to coil around the inside of its skull. Here it is using to retreive shelled sunflower seeds that it can't reach with its bill.