July 2009

Blue Jay With A Sunflower Seed

I have been trying to get a good photo of this Blue Jay at my feeder for days. It would grab a seed and then take off making it very difficult.

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Young Robins

by Steve Creek on July 22, 2009 · 2 comments

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I thought that I would spend the next few days showing some of the birds in my yard. This has been a great year for the robins. It seems like they are everywhere.

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Prairie Dog

by Steve Creek on July 21, 2009 · 11 comments

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Prairie Dog Ecologists consider this rodent to be a keystone species. They are an important prey species, being the primary diet in prairie species such as the Black-footed Ferret, the Swift Fox, the Golden Eagle, the badger, and the Ferruginous Hawk. Other species, such as the Mountain Plover and the Burrowing Owl, also rely on [...]

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Green Heron With Butterfly

This Green Heron was working a small pool of water near the Arkansas River. I watched it catching small fish but was unable to get a good photo. It did sneak up on a butterfly that was on the side of a tree. It held onto the butterfly (first photo) for a long time so [...]

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Whitetail Doe -3284

This whitetail doe just could not figure me out. It tried to get me to move so that it could get a better idea of what I was.

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Smile! I AM SMILING

by Steve Creek on July 16, 2009 · 6 comments

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