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and snoods a-snoodeling! LOL.
I made that word up, "snoodeling."
Do they make Viagra for turkey snoods?
here's some good info about turkeys
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I cannot imagine liking any of my photographic subjects the rest of this year more than this one. It was love at first sight!
Check them out including the dance move videos:
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I've always been enchanted by the silk strands created by spiders. One rainy day I noticed a teardrop of rain suspended in the air. Upon closer examination, I discovered what seemed to be Nature's fishing pole.
If you're interested, take a peek at this information about spider silk. ;)
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On a dry stone wall
At Bacup cemetery, the light and shade played nicely together with the shadows of the branches of nearby trees.
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Bacup
Lancashire
One unique appearance of a Gobbler or Tom turkey whichever you prefer is the wattle. That is the bright red skin that hangs from it's neck.
You will note the snood which hangs over it's beak.
You can read all about the Turkey's Wattle here .
I hope you know that I appreciate your comments and visits. I may not get back to you quickly but I will try my best.
No worries about this Blue Jay, it is not sick, just going through a growing phase, during which, it molts all of its feathers. There is speculation that it could be a dietary deficiency or mites, but currently, there is not enough data to support those claims.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/overview
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This Tom Turkey's snood is not a long as the one in the next image but his wattle is starting to get big but not like the next image (see comments below).
View large if you can. You can read all about the Turkey's Wattle here .
The sun was shinning on him so he looks almost metallic in colour.
I hope you know that I appreciate your comments and visits. I may not get back to you quickly but I will try my best.
The Mallards and Canada Geese at Centennial Park are habituated to people coming to feed them. Unfortunately, that often leads to poor health outcomes.
There are no signs to inform the public at this park, but even where there is signage, it is often ignored.
"Good options include barley, oats, birdseed, cracked corn, vegetable peels and chopped-up grapes that have been diced into pieces, One Kind Planet advises. It's important to chop grapes into small pieces as they can be a choking hazard otherwise."
"One word of caution for those who would like to feed the ducks and geese even more healthful, appropriate foods: Feeding wildlife is illegal in many areas, including on Forest Preserve District properties. The District's General Use Ordinance prohibits feeding any wildlife in the preserves, and violators can be issued citations and be fined between $25 and $100."
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Double-crested Cormorant with very sad looking fish. Food chain.
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An excellent Fisher and diver. The Double-crested cormorant can dive to depths of 25 feet, but some cormorant species like the imperial cormorant can reportedly dive to an astounding depth of 150 feet, which makes them some of the deepest diving birds around. This Bird can stay under water for about 15 minutes (www.reconnectwithnature.org)
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Megan had to take a furlough week from work, and since she had the day off today she suggested that we visit the Lake Renwick Heron Rookery, located about an hour south of Chicago. During breeding season they're only open for a single hour on Wednesdays (and a few hours on Saturdays), so there was a short window during which we really wanted to see a lot of birds.
We did. These small islands, on which man-made scaffolding has been erected to provide additional nesting space for the thousands of birds that breed here each year, are home (at the moment) to great blue herons, great egrets, double-breasted cormorants, coots, and black-crowned night herons. There were even great blue heron chicks, which we saw up close through the four scopes they'd set up in the viewing area. It was pretty amazing to see so many beautiful water birds in one place.
In the woods surrounding the lake, we also saw (and heard) tree swallows, red-winged blackbirds, goldfinches, various warblers (so hard to identify; they're almost all one shade or another of yellow and very little!), and killdeer.
We *also* saw something that might have been a huge morel, but we weren't sure about it at all and there was no way we were going to chance it.
No worries about this Blue Jay, it is not sick, just going through a growing phase, when it molts all of it's feathers. There is speculation that it could be a dietary deficiency or mites, but neither has data to support those claims.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/overview
feederwatch.org/community/participant-photo/bald-stage-of...
www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/nature-c....
Found among the ruins:
joliet illinois iron works Historic Site
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Algae Covered Stream and Iron Rail
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joliet illinois iron works Historic Site
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joliet illinois iron works Historic Site
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No worries about this Blue Jay, it is not sick, just going through a growing phase, when it molts all of it's feathers. There is speculation that it could be a dietary deficiency or mites, but neither has data to support those claims.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/overview
feederwatch.org/community/participant-photo/bald-stage-of...
www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/nature-c....
joliet illinois iron works Historic Site
www.reconnectwithnature.org/preserves-trails/Joliet-Iron-...
joliet illinois iron works Historic Site
www.reconnectwithnature.org/preserves-trails/Joliet-Iron-...