Being parked in the forest (more or less) has brought lots of opportunities to observe the local critters. 🙂
We’ve seen a lovely selection of birds –
Western Bluebird
Acorn Woodpecker (love his eyes!)
Redbacked Junco
White-breasted Nuthatch
And even though this wasn’t in our backyard (it was at one of those little lakes we visited over the weekend)-
A Blue Heron in a tree!
But we also enjoyed the occasional mule deer wandering around –
And even though we see squirrels just about everywhere, we really had never seen any that looked like this –
Catch those ears! Turns out this is a Abert Squirrel. You wanted to know, right?
Just today I spotted this little guy –
A Greater Short Horned Lizard.
And trust me, if he hadn’t moved, I wouldn’t have spotted him! He stayed pretty still and without hardly moving snagged an ant that walked just a little too close. Ah, nature in action!
We certainly have enjoyed our backyard this month!
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Thank you so much for identifying the animals you see. You know that I really DO want to know.
I do like identifying the animals that I see, and am always open to correction! I really loved spotting that horned lizard and just wished I had my better camera with me. We should have put up a bird feeder because I’m sure we’d have had a host of lovely visitors, but we never got around to it. Oh well, there’s always the NEXT parking spot!
Amazing! Your pictures are the best!!
A squirrel with big ears or a rabbit with a long bushy tail. Confusing wasn’t it? LOL