Red-Headed Woodpecker

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Heron

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Turkey Buzzards...

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Scissor-Tailed Fly-Catcher

State Bird of Oklahoma

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Badger

There were 3 or 4 of them when I stopped...

this was the bravest, and didn't disappear as fast as the others.





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“Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam...”

Maybe I edited this too much.... but I like it, so what?
I have a tattoo of a buffalo... symbolizes so much for me... I love it even more now than when I got it... Click on photo to see full size.

Hawk

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
John Burroughs (1837 - 1921), Birds and Poets, 1887

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Odds and Ends from my weekend

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His eye is on the sparrow....

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The easiest side of a deer to photograph...

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dragonfly...

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Manny Bear

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Ling, Doing Yoga in Her Sleep, ( photo 1, 2010 )

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Because I had reserved this blog for my favorite photos, only what I considered the best of what I had done, it often had whole weeks without posts...

In 2010, I want to post a picture every single day. A picture taken that day.

So, be prepared for a lot of pictures of pets, *smiles*....(I have 13 of them!!!)

Whooo do you think you are?

POURING down rain just as all the kids were getting out of school... snapped a shot of this guy on our way home... I got drenched for my efforts, and he... never... blinked...

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Lookout

Looks like someone still gets some use out of this old windmill...

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Garter Snake

November 1st seems awfully late to be seeing this guy out... he was moving a bit slow, so I took the opportunity to get up close and personal. Then I helped him to a safer sunny spot than the middle of the road...

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"Where are the cat treats!?"

Ling on the left, and her brother Avio in the bag :)