In the wild: Animals edition

[seawolf]

Meet Evil Josie. We watched her build this nest over the course of a few days, and she's VERY territorial. Imagine going outside to do laundry (I know this might sound weird to a lot of people in and of itself, but that's where our laundry is) and getting buzzing fly-bys from a mama hummingbird trying to protect here turf. She makes it very clear that this is her area.

We're having a baby! She made her nest right next to a growing lime.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf That's amazing you are able to see her nest so clearly. I have been trying to see where the hummingbirds in my yard have their nests, but I have no clue! There are frickin' trees everywhere.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia They're really hard to spot! This one was relatively easy and we really got lucky. Also, it helps that I'm in the city and trees aren't found in great numbers.

[seawolf]

Update:

[seawolf]

[SFMCfranky]

Today’s Wild Kingdom - Sonoma edition.

[SFMCfranky]

This morning on Wild Kingdom: The cycle of life.

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[seawolf]

Osprey on my bike ride this morning:

[Go For Chill]

Red-winged blackbird dive bombing an osprey outside of Banff.

[Tobi]

My regular evening guest in the garden snacking some cat food

[Oaktavia]

@Go-For-Chill that is one worth framing

[Oaktavia]

Bandit chewing on sunflower seeds from our bird feeders.

[ROman]

@Oaktavia Really a great shot.

[Oaktavia]

@ROman I guess he felt safe enough in the tree. Wasn't that high up this time so I snagged the photo. This was after my not so stern scolding I gave him.

[twin]

@Oaktavia They can become rascals some times.

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

[twin]

This guy in the park.

[SFMCfranky]

This evening’s sugar social:

[SFMCfranky]

This morning at the sugar bar:

[motojobobo]

Chilly mornings gets these guys hungry very early.

Cinnamon finches (all females) going after finely crushed corn

While these sayaca tanagers, exclusively frugivores, go nuts over bananas.