Deck shots

Yellow-crowned Night-Herons 

Boats in the Bay

Great Blue Heron surveying his domain

Red lily in our pond

You too can rent this yacht

Invasive Lizards in Florida

 

Brown Pelicans on Bird island: 5-8-21

 

Pair

Indian Cave State Park, Nebraska: 6-10-19

Eastern Meadowlark

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

 

Bald Eagles in Alaska: 9-20

Eyeing each other: Eagle and Magpie

Preening

 

Deck shots

 

Boats in the Bay

Male Northern Cardinal chowing down on safflower seeds

Phoebe next door

Fish Crow with discarded litter

Mourning Dove

Mimicry in our state bird

 

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbirds seem to learn their mimicry from other mockingbirds

These birds mimic only those songs similar in pitch and rhythm to their own vocalizations.

Mockingbirds learn most of their mimicked calls from older males

rather than from the species they imitate.