A break in the rain let things dry out enough to move the cows and calves from the barn and cement lot where the calves were born, to the pasture where they'll spend the summer. |
| Rick and Bob herd the calves towards the area of the pasture where their mothers are gathered |
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| Bob, Rick and a few of the calves enjoy the fresh grass and sunshine |
On our way home for a week off between the end of the semester and the start of Rick's summer classes, we stopped at one of our favorite places to do some fishing and birdwatching. |
| Eastern Towhee |
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| Wren (not sure which kind) |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Prothonotary Warbler |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| Green Heron |
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| Rick and a pretty little Bluegill - caught on a fly |
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler aka: Butter Butt |
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| Ruby Crowned Kinglet |
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| Rabbit |
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| Nashville Warbler |
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| Butter Butt |
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| White Throated Sparrow |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| Black and White Warbler |
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| Pine Warbler |
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| male Mallard |
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| Leucistic Squirrel - she's not quite an albino - she has some pigment and her eyes are dark instead of red, but this squirrel has a similar mutation that makes her fur white instead of red-gray. |
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| Bullfog tadpole Rick caught by hand in the shallows |
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| Ryan caught this little Garter Snake |
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| Matt E's first fish of 2013! -Bullhead Catfish |
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| Rick accidentally snagged this huge Buffalo Carp with a lure! He thought he was dragging the bottom until it started to fight back. |
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| Ryan's first fish of 2013! - Bullhead Catfish |
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| Ryan also caught this little locust, but released it to this twig. |
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| Another of Rick's little Bullheads |
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| Rick's first fish of 2013! - Bullhead Catfish. |
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| Erin's first fish of 2013! - Bullhead Catfish |
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| Rick and I have only seen a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker once before, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This is our first time spotting one in Iowa. |
