There was a Green Heron in Clark Creek Park this morning. It appeared to be carrying nesting material. Nearby a flicker was inside the nest hole in a dead cottonwood.
Below: wood-=pewee; American goldfinch; punk-lookin’ house finch.
The “horned” finch above is a molting juvie. Unable to reach his own crown, the waxy sheath of the new feathers must gradually wear off. I guess his mom won’t comb his hair. You’d never see a young crow out in public like that!
TOMCAT…tom and cat, hiding ‘neath the truck:
Only my second dragonfly sighting of the year:
SEE BEES:
MONET WOULD CRY WITH ENVY, AS NATURE PAINTS A MURAL:
I am teaching a three-week birding class in McMinnville in July: 14, 21, 28. Saturday field trips. Click here for activity guide, birds on page 13.
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