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Benny in conversation with another in Eugene, Oregon.
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Leaves were just beginning to appear among last year's dead leaves.
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A few rain drops hung off a tree in our back yard.
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Dirt has been prepared into three parallel rows for the future planting of corn and tomatoes.
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The first snowdrop flowers bloomed under our backyard Tulip Tree.
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The blooms on the hellebore, growing in the back corner of our yard, were edged in lavender.
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Short grass is growing between the stones that form the path around the Monster raised bed in our frontyard.
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Eleanor sat in her home in Bay Point, Clifornia and looked to one side.
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The rosemary bush in our Monster raised garden bed, in the frontyard, grew wild.
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The first of our yellow crocus flowers bloomed under our Tulip Tree in the backyard.
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The second of our yellow crocus flowers bloomed under our Tulip Tree in the backyard.
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Leaves covered part of the sidewalk and needed to be raked up.
After this photograph, the leaves were raked up and added to the leaf compost.
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Our front-yard red hellebores were in full bloom.
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There was this one lone white pelican at the nature center that day. It was probably an injured bird being nursed back to health, or it just knew a good hand-out when it saw one.
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(87 views) A large fledgling appears mesmerized by the camera.
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(87 views) Bald Eagles are very numerous in Dutch Harbor, where they live year round. They are used to people and you see them perched on dumpsters and piers, looking for an easy meal.
Bald comes from the Old English "pie-bald", which means partially white.
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This juvenile Heermann's gull exhibits its main identifying marks clearly: black feet, red bill and dusky body. As an adult, its head will become pure white.
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(86 views) I was quite taken with this two foot tall, chicken-turkey-like bird. It's a ground dwelling native of eastern Africa.
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(86 views) This juvenile was perched directly across the canal from the adult bird I posted on this blog yesterday.
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(86 views) On a tour of the Canal of Palms, this was the first animal spotted by our guide. There were three of these tiny bats on the underside of a dead branch. How the guide even saw them was a mystery because they were perfectly camouflaged. The guide identified them as long-nosed bats.
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(85 views) It's breeding season again for the Night Herons and Snowy Egrets. Here is a Heron settling a property dispute with his Egret neighbor.
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A light fog obscured distant trees in our neighborhood.
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(84 views) Here is a close up of yesterdays' subject.
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(83 views) On our boat trip to Turtle Beach Lodge we saw many Roseate Spoonbills feeding near the banks. When they feed, they move their heads rapidly back and forth in the shallow water, making them look very industrious and a bit silly.
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(83 views) I observed this female oriole as it fed and then flew into its nearby nest. It would remain in its nest a few minutes, then fly out again. The nest would have been invisible if not for the white egret feathers the orioles had used in its construction.
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