All things holler related such as animal interactions: with cattle updates, raptor stories, all interactions with birds especially roadrunners and quail, rattlesnake updates and coyote pack issues. Some time there might be human interactions as well, but there aren’t many humans near the holler!
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You bird watcher,
you.
You think,
you watch us?
Our lives depend,
on watching you.
We appreciate,
your jelly,
but we don’t really trust you.
You are a human after all.
Cheers to you from the wise and wonderful Holler Hooded and Bullocks Orioles~
For more on these orioles see:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bullocks_Oriole/overview
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/overview
Flying,
to you,
from The Holler,
and,
your feathered friends! (note the hummingbird’s tongue)
Cheers to you & Happy Easter~
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Our tiny,
mighty,
sleepy,
Holler hummers,
are flying jewels,
in the garden.
They make every Holler day,
a happy day.
Cheers to you from The Hollerites~
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To you,
from The Holler,
silent Slytherins,
of the night,
& Happy Halloween!
My best guess creepy crawly identification in order are: Rustic Sphinx Moth, Green Darner Dragonfly, and the rarely seen, mildly venomous, nocturnal California Lyre snake. I welcome any corrections~
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Meep Meep’s secret speed source revealed!
(Let’s keep his secret just between us.)
Cheers to you from The Holler’s Monster Energy drinking always running Roadrunner~
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Flying,
sunbursts,
in the garden.
This handsome boy,
is a Hooded Oriole,
and this is a male Bullocks Oriole.
The males are clearly striking.
But the females,
have their own more subtle beauty.
Male Hooded and Bullocks sharing the jelly!
Cheers to you from The Holler flying sunbursts~
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Gulp grape jelly,
gobbling a gallon in a week.
They love to guzzle,
and gape,
at the odd creature,
who gives them grape.
They don’t grumble and nicely share,
as long as there’s generous gobs of grape.
Cheers to you from the glorious, glutinous, Holler Acorn Woodpeckers~
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Holler Hummers,
are avid human watchers.
Especially when they need a safe siesta spot.
They know the nearby human keeps attacking hummers at bay,
allowing the tired hummer to nap-away.
Cheers to you from the nervously napping Holler hummer~
With all their birdie buddies!
The heavy rains have filled the seas making happy and healthy birdies (click to enlarge).
The Sandhill Cranes have flown here en masse,
to take advantage of the bounty.
This is the first time they have allowed me close enough to get decent photos.
Sandhills are big birdies,
standing up to 4 1/2′ tall when fully extended,
They winter in the Salton Sea,
and head north soon,
to breed.
I have seen them doing their mating dances,
in the far Arctic.
Sorry to be out of touch. We are traveling, and wifi is unreliable.
Cheers to you for the wintering Sandhill Cranes~
