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mistressofmuses) wrote2026-06-05 09:19 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2026-06-05 09:19 pm
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Tuesday, May 26: Pelican Pond (+ some birds)
A week and a half or so ago, we went on a short walk at Pelican Pond. Alex wasn't feeling great, so we wanted to do something relatively easy. We walked around the most interesting half of the pond, and then back.
Some of the most vibrantly beautiful wild flax I remember ever seeing.
This squirrel seemed a little surprised that we dared walk past.
Distant turtles on a floating stick, adrift.
Much bigger turtles!
Redwing blackbird, judging us a bit.
It Bella.
Then when we got home, we got to see some crows dive-bombing a hawk that was sitting on the roof.
We've had at least a few days of afternoon thunderstorms. One day, the clouds to the east were absolutely massive.
Please note Denver in the middle along the horizon for scale. These clouds were huge.
And one day on one of my work walks, I encountered a little family of white-breasted nuthatches. They were very loud for such little birds!
Not fast enough to get a good picture, but a downy woodpecker briefly landed and had a moment of conflict with the little nuthatches.
I thought perhaps they were arguing over who owned the little nesting hole up there, but I haven't heard anyone there when I've passed by the tree since, so perhaps they weren't after that after all.
No worthwhile pictures, but I did see a nice garter snake on one of my work walks, too. :)
Some of the most vibrantly beautiful wild flax I remember ever seeing.
Five more pictures:
This squirrel seemed a little surprised that we dared walk past.
Distant turtles on a floating stick, adrift.
Much bigger turtles!
Redwing blackbird, judging us a bit.
It Bella.
Then when we got home, we got to see some crows dive-bombing a hawk that was sitting on the roof.
One more of the hawk and crows:
We've had at least a few days of afternoon thunderstorms. One day, the clouds to the east were absolutely massive.
Please note Denver in the middle along the horizon for scale. These clouds were huge.
And one day on one of my work walks, I encountered a little family of white-breasted nuthatches. They were very loud for such little birds!
Four more pictures:
Not fast enough to get a good picture, but a downy woodpecker briefly landed and had a moment of conflict with the little nuthatches.
I thought perhaps they were arguing over who owned the little nesting hole up there, but I haven't heard anyone there when I've passed by the tree since, so perhaps they weren't after that after all.
No worthwhile pictures, but I did see a nice garter snake on one of my work walks, too. :)
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I like the giant clouds and the tiny strip of horizon/Denver