In the wild: Animals edition

[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.

[SFMCfranky]

This afternoon on the butterfly bush:

[Oaktavia]

@motojobobo wow those tanagers are beautiful i have not heard of those before.

[Matt]

Black Crowned Night Heron…

[motojobobo]

This little guy seldom drops by for a sip of water, one of the smaller woodpecker species around here.

[motojobobo]

@Oaktavia they are fairly common around here. Their plumage colors range quite a bit around the bluish tones (age, sex) and when you get a cluster of them it makes for a beautiful palette. I’ll try for a clearer pic next time and post here.

[Tago Mago]

[Oaktavia]

@motojobobo that's so neat!

[sabergirl]

This hawk hung out with us while we were grilling out the other night.

[mclaincausey]

Yesterday, we observed an unusually low perch for a red tailed hawk

[Bridger]

@sabergirl I hope you set another seat at the table

[Mizmazzle]

Came across a few moose while I was out fishing the other day.
A cow and calf here. Also saw a bull later on, but he was too far away to get a decent picture of.

[mclaincausey]

@Mizmazzle where’d ya go?

My buddy lives up near Ned and he constantly has moose and bear on his property. I feel like I’m seeing more and more wildlife of late. Perhaps Mother Nature’s come to arms

[Mizmazzle]

@mclaincausey this was out past Salida near North Fork lake.

[mclaincausey]

@Mizmazzle said in In the wild: Animals edition:

@mclaincausey this was out past Salida near North Fork lake.

One of my favorite parts of our beautiful state!

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle amazing man. I’d love to see a moose in the wild someday

[SFMCfranky]

I’ve been seeing barn owls about in the early morning and evening hours. One swooped by in the back field while I was walking my dogs and then I spotted this one perched on a tall stump. I think I might have a nesting pair on my property.

Please excuse the poor image quality. Taken with a zoomed iPhone at dusk.

[Oaktavia]

@SFMCfranky that is amazing, owls are magnificent creatures.