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Official Bird & Nature Post
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Recent low tides up this way and photographer Kate Woods posted this photo of an Alabaster Nudibranch she claims was found in a tidal pool near Sooke.
Neat critter.
Take care.
Neat critter.
Take care.
WTF is wrong with people!?
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Yellowstone tourists put baby elk in their car for a drive
Elk, the most common large mammal in Yellowstone, are enduring complications with wolf...
While it's well documented that Deer swim from island to island around here, it's not every day they swim when a transient Orca, T124C, aka Cooper is swimming by. A member of the transients that frequent our area and are the mammal eaters, perhaps he wasn't in the mood for venison this day.
Here's a cropped version. They were pretty close together.
Take care
Photos from Pacific Whale Watch Association
Here's a cropped version. They were pretty close together.
Take care
Photos from Pacific Whale Watch Association
Backyard yesterday afternoon, a juvenile hawk decided to get cleaned up. I crawled on hands and knees from the dining room with the pocket camera, through the kitchen, to the breakfast nook, peeped up to get a shot through the window, managed to get one in-focus photo, then it saw the movement and flew up to the wire, where I got the 2nd in-focus photo.
Am unsure what type of juvenile hawk this is, but will guess it is a Red-shouldered Hawk based on the hint of red on the shoulders in the birdbath image.....just a guess though, so, any other guessers?
Am unsure what type of juvenile hawk this is, but will guess it is a Red-shouldered Hawk based on the hint of red on the shoulders in the birdbath image.....just a guess though, so, any other guessers?
I would guess red-shouldered hawk as well. Is that a sniper rifle sticking out of the horsetail reed?
My backyard has a poured-in-place concrete "design element" from the early 1930's.
Long have I wanted it removed, but, well, that is a lot of concrete to dig out...concrete birdbath on concrete pedestal in concrete (raccoon) pool (about 6 ft across, 3 ft deep, and 4 inch thick sides.
Sweetie-pie took initiative and made a refilling feature with some leftover plumbing materials. No longer do I need to use a hose, just flip a switch, and the recirculating pump fills it right up.
Long have I wanted it removed, but, well, that is a lot of concrete to dig out...concrete birdbath on concrete pedestal in concrete (raccoon) pool (about 6 ft across, 3 ft deep, and 4 inch thick sides.
Sweetie-pie took initiative and made a refilling feature with some leftover plumbing materials. No longer do I need to use a hose, just flip a switch, and the recirculating pump fills it right up.
Kate Woods is an artist and photographer living at Sooke, on south Vancouver Island.
With the recent very low tides she ventured out to Port Renfrew and the nearby Botanical Beach tidal pools.
Here's a couple photos of them.
Encountered this healthy looking black bear leaving the beach. It looks like it has been in the water recently to my eyes.
For a tiny little swell this is an inspiring show of power. LOL Not much surf here right now.
Take care.
With the recent very low tides she ventured out to Port Renfrew and the nearby Botanical Beach tidal pools.
Here's a couple photos of them.
Encountered this healthy looking black bear leaving the beach. It looks like it has been in the water recently to my eyes.
For a tiny little swell this is an inspiring show of power. LOL Not much surf here right now.
Take care.
Hiking just outside Yosemite this weekend on lesser known trail to some waterfalls above Bass Lake. Most water I've ever seen in that area. Waterfalls were roaring. Narrow areas of the river looked like water was being shot out of canon. Moving incredibly fast. Violent rapids and whirlpools of death all over the place. And water was probably in 40d range, quite freezing.
Trail was mostly cleared except one off shoot that was destroyed by falling trees this winter. And another part of trail which got flooded by the river expanding.
Shot some vid but not sure how to upload as I don't use Yt.
Water trough on the upper right is about 10' tall. Water is collected there, and then funneled into multiple pipes that flow down stream to the Bass Lake community for use.
Trail was mostly cleared except one off shoot that was destroyed by falling trees this winter. And another part of trail which got flooded by the river expanding.
Shot some vid but not sure how to upload as I don't use Yt.
Water trough on the upper right is about 10' tall. Water is collected there, and then funneled into multiple pipes that flow down stream to the Bass Lake community for use.
Florida city under quarantine after deadly giant African snail detected
State officials placed part of a Florida city under quarantine Tuesday as they race to eradicate the invasive, parasite-carrying invasive giant African snail.
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