That's great!
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That's great!
Omg, @suzette.bsky.social! Thanks very much! ππΌ
He is just as cute as he can be!
He's 20% heavier than Chloe or Riley and they're 5 years. He is a big boy and still growing.
Here it was over the Golden Gate Bridge so there were photos on the front page of the SF paper the next day. I can see the bridge if I walk across the street. I would have stayed up if I'd known. I don't think there'd ever been one here before. You're really lucky you got to see it and get photos!
Really amazing and wondrous!
That's very exciting, I wish I'd see in the SF Bay Area. The one time it was very bright and nearby to where I am, I had given up and gone to bed.
That's one weird position! She must be comfortable or she'd surely move.
So neat they were able to figure out how to communicate with you and at the same time you were open to learning what they were trying to tell you. Wonderful how it's been working out. π
That's a really cool story! Glad you knew how to treat it and were able to send it on its way with its fellow ducks when it grew.
They clearly had some sort of thing going on. The mallard would watch the squirrel and the squirrel kept its eyes on the duck.
Interesting. Maybe there was some food deficiency or maybe some fungal or bacterial thing going around. Good that it seems to be gone or at least lessened.
That's wonderful. I think I've known for some time that walnuts have some healing qualities. Great it worked with the squirrels.
Neat to see one walking along on the open beach like that. Certainly was hoping for some treats from the fisherman. Nice photo!
Very sweet and wonderful that the walnuts you were helping to feed them really improved their health. Ms Muffin and Ms Pretty Bird!
Your stories about the squirrels reminded me a little bit of the posts I made yesterday with the Mallard and the Squirrel. They almost seemed to know each other and it really seemed like they were playing. I think I've seen that same squirrel a number of times in that same place with the mallards.
Ms Pretty Bird certainly does have it all figured out. It's astonishing how close she's become to you.
thousands of them in the bay. There were many more than usual in Berkeley and Albany and also very large numbers spread out on the bay so seems like migrating from further North, heading South for the winter. I'll see what I see this week. If they're gone, then they were migrating. π
Thanks for all the likes and reposts!!! I really love the herons and egrets. The pelicans were fishing. The water was shallow so they fly a little bit in the air looking for fish, then scoop them up in large pouches. In deep water, they fly high up and dive down. Someone posted photos of
How rude!!! The interrelations between them are fascinating, especially since you spend so much time with them in a discrete area and can observe them day-to-day. I spend more time now observing how certain shorebirds interact with each other and sometimes it reminds me of the Birdie Buffet.
It definitely is a form of addiction, especially the part about rushing to catch it before it changes and disappears. π₯°
You have such a wonderful way with words. Your description of their personalities and how they act made me feel as though I was present and enjoying the festivities from the sidelines. So heartwarming and entertaining. A perfect timeline cleanse! Thank you so much, Suzette!
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Hope Labor Day has treated you well and you have a lovely evening, also!
Such a delightful story! I love the picture in my mind of Sammy climbing up on your window sill, waving her hands above her head to get your attention. It's fascinating that they all have their ideas of what to expect and how to behave while visiting. I'm keeping it open so I can enjoy again later.
Thank you, thank you! I was thinking about you just a little while ago and hoping you would do this. Going to read it right this minute!!!
Thanks, Rob!
Stunning sunrise, Jean! Way to go!
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Wonderful image. Especially love your reference to the, what is local to me, Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge, also commonly referred to as Bay Bridge here.
Wow, those sunbeams are stunning! Kudos!
Wonderful, Dave! You have a good week, also.
Hi, P! I meant to comment on how beautiful the shots were that you had posted earlier of the skyline. They were really lovely. Hi from Riley and Chloe!
We're all chilling out today. Yesterday was in the 80s here and the humidity was 92%. It felt very warm and sticky. It was predicted today, but it is only 73 degrees now and humidity has dropped to 62% which is far more comfortable. So we're having a good and hope you are too!
I'll try to pay more attention the next time I'm over there. I'd love to see one of them.
The grassy area next to the mudflats has been cut down in the past several months. Nothing to keep the owls from crossing out of their designated area and wandering around next to the bay. I'll have to keep an eye out and will let you know if I see one. Glad at least momb has seen them!!!
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A long, skinny #Denver sunset from earlier in the week. #Stunday #PanoPhotos #WeekW for #Urban #SkySunday #MobilePhotography #Photography π·
Here's a bunny I saw yesterday evening when I went to the botanic gardens. It was getting kind of dark.
Great colors on the peach and the leaves! Hope you enjoy Labor Day, Breezie.
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Great Blue Heron next to Albany Mudflats yesterday, Albany, California. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Thanks, Karen. Gay Timmons @organicdays.bsky.social lives in this area and posted several photos of what looks to be thousands of them in the Bay this week. They're fun to watch!
I have not seen the burrowink owles dere. It is a protected area that is fenced and has very dense vegetation that I'm sure is intentionally designed to protect the owles from people and wildlife. Some people have posted here they've seen them at Chavez Park and I have yet to see them there, either.
The mudflats start at the entrance of the Albany Bulb, on the right side across from the parking lot for Golden Gate Fields (which no longer is in operation). They extend alongside 580 about half-way to the exit to Costco.
Great! I go over there frequently and was thrilled to see so many pelicans the other day. It's a really peaceful location.
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Interesting. They also have great communication skills since they gathered so many of their friends in such a short period of time.
There hundreds or thousands of them right now. I saw quite a few but someone from Richmond posted some photos from the Bay with a ton of them. It is interesting to watch them.
I don't usually see them between Costco and Albany. Friday was the first day I'd seen them there. If it is food, word spread quickly!
That's neat. Mine have all been rescues, although Chloe and Riley went directly from Milo Foundation to a foster family up on a hill overlooking the Bay in Point Richmond. There was the mom with 5 kittens and none of them had even opened their eyes so their early life was with a loving family.
Maybe. We used to have 10 or 20 hanging out at Marina next to where I live, but lately there have been hardly any. I have seen them at Berkeley Aquatic Park and a ton of them in area between Albany Mudflats and Costco in Richmond.
I wonder if they are all passing on a migration South now that Labor Day is here. I didn't see nearly as many as you did, but I saw more in Albany and Berkeley yesterday than I've seen all year.
That's adorable!
My car on my bear which happens daily but is always a smile.
Snowy Egret, Black-necked Stilts and Mallards watching the tide come in at Albany Mudflats, Albany, California. #birds #nature #eastcoastkinS
Black-necked Stilts and Mallards at Albany Mudflats, Albany, California. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
It seems to be happening everywhere.
It does seem slow, but traffic seems to be uneven on long weekends or holidays. I didn't know you could check on Skyfeed. Do you have a link?
I'm sure he'd be horrified. So disappointing when people do things like that.
They were so cute. They seemed to be playing together, the squirrel kept checking to see where the mallard was and would get close then run away.
That's so sad.
Thanks, Luis, you too! I'm problems with streaming right now and I hope it improves soon. Maybe too people online with the long weekend.
It was really funny because the mallard walks very slowly and the squirrel just raced back and forth.
Brown Pelicans at Berkeley Aquatic Park yesterday afternoon. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
I have thought exactly the same thing over the past year.
Mallard approaches squirrel as it races away. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
The squirrel that the mallard was watching and following. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
This mallard slowly followed a squirrel yesterday, while it taunted her rushing off every time she got close. Then, would return. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin
I'd love to read a Birdie Buffet update! If you do, and don't mind. please tag me somewhere so I won't miss it.
How delightful!
True and unfortunately they seem to be succeeding by destroying so many records.
Must have been amazing to have a first-hand account from someone who lived through it. About 20 years ago I learned that my Great-Grandfather had fought in the Civil War and his name is on a statue at Gettysburg. I got a photo from the park service. Would have been nice to have met him and talked.
How neat!
Great! That's a nice sign.
That is so screwed up.
You have such a remarkable relationship with these little ones! Yesterday I was watching a Mallard who was slowly following a squirrel around. The squirrel kept going back and forth and the duck would change course to keep him in her line of sight. I have pictures but was unable to get a good one.
Spectacular detail! So many beautiful bugs.
Mystical and beautiful!
A Great Egret making lovely shapes and reflections. Wishing you a beautiful weekend #birds πΏ
I am of the belief that they (birds in general) do remember people, especially if they see them on a regular basis. I don't know of any evidence to that effect, but it seems to be true.
So many Grackings! Beautiful flowers, Becky.
He was suspended for 24 hours and is back and posting! He said it was something about posting a dream he had, but didn't go into more detail. (That might not be completely accurate, but what I remember from what I read awhile ago this morning.)
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That's a nice thought, Suzette!
Dreadful. So sorry.
How wonderful, Jean! Hello "another Jerry."
You sure are!
Beautiful! They look like mirror-images they way they're posted. Great catches!
Sorry for all the harsh crops, but look at these beauties! In addition to our kites we got so many other raptors: osprey, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, and broad-winged hawk! πͺΆπΏ
Splendid colors, great shot!
Good work, Lumi!
Very festive hat, Syvie!
What is the likelihood that this administration would do anything asked by the parents or children, let alone schedule an early morning flight for them to Guatemala.
Fascinating cloud shapes and color!
Red in the Morning Lake Lonsdale, Victoria Weather turned to custard a couple of minutes later lol. #BlueSkyArtShow #stunday #bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #nikon #dxo #EastCoastKin
Great night photo! Wonderful reflections.