Good Thing It is Summer or his tongue would stick to the metal. Be honest, who did that when you were younger. Had your tongue get stuck to a metal pole. I did, on the playground during recess. They dared me and I went ahead and tried it. But I barely touched it, I was only stuck for a few seconds. I never forgot it, good thing we get a little wiser as we get older.
Good Thing It is Summer
Little Round Balls of Feathers, with their little yellow legs and knobby knees. This was quite the sight as I walked along the river, with the sun warming everything around me. Even these birds taking a nap, makes them look like they lost their heads.
My thought is, if I rolled a bowling ball out there, they would all just fall over.
Little Round Balls of Feathers
Pileated Woodpecker, A big dashing bird with a flaming crest, the largest woodpecker in North America. I finally got a photo of this beautiful bird today. I have been trying to get one for years. For such a large bird, they move pretty fast through the trees.
Excavating deep into rotten wood to get at the nests of carpenter ants, the Pileated leaves characteristic rectangular holes in dead trees. This species became rare in eastern North America with clearing of forests in centuries past, but has gradually increased in numbers again since about the beginning of the 20th century.
Who Makes the Best Splash, starting with this long necked bird. Can you guess which bird he is? He is at the bottom of the post with the catch of the day.
Funny thing is, the smaller bird above makes a big splash, this medium size bird below, (White Pelican), makes a beautiful, artistic head dive into the water.
Now, I am not positive what bird disappeared into the water on this photo below, I believe it was a diving duck. π
But when you really want a big splash, just hang out with a swan during bath time.
The first photo above is the Blue Heron and he did get a nice fish after all his efforts dunking his head into the water.
Who Makes the Best Splash
