Serene Scenery Sunday: Back To Quivira!

Hello, everyone!  It's me, Cammie!  As Maggie told you, last weekend, we took Mom and Dad back to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge to do some birding.  Now that Mom has finally processed her photos, we thought we'd share the ones we like best with you.

Here we are, on the way down:

"I think I'll catch some Zs."
"I need to help navigate."

OK, when we got there, there were tons of Pelicans all over the place! This is my favorite American White Pelican shot:

"Hey!  Watch where you're--"
"Umph!"
"Use your signal, buddy!"

How do they do that without bashing into each other? Amazing!

This Great Blue Heron had a lot to say as he flew by:

"SQUONK!!!  SQUONK!!!"

Speaking of greats, here's a Great Egret:

So majestic! So peaceful! Ah, but the refuge wasn't all serenity and peacefulness!

"Get off of my lawn!  Rocks!  Whatever!"
"Yeah, yeah..."

Somebirdie needs to switch to decaf!  I'm not sure, but this might be the Snowy Egret version of giving that Great Blue Heron the finger:

"And STAY OFF!"

We'd best move along!  Here's a pack-o-Pelicans!

American White Pelicans and friends

If you look closely in the center of the pack toward the left, you can see another birdie!  Can you see him?  I'm pretty sure it's a Penguin.  Or at least a Great Blue Heron doing a Penguin impression.  Really!

Here's one of Mom's favorite photos from the day:

American Avocet

And look at what else we saw:

Monarch Butterfly!

They were all over the place!

Mom photographed this Coot enjoying a bit of tranquility:

American Coot

We saw this Snowy Egret wading through the marsh, just minding his own, when:

"Ho dee doh dee doh..."

"ACK!!!  What the #$@& are these things?!?!?"

He seemed surprised when he saw the Ibises! Here's a look at one of them:

White Faced Ibis

And here's his friend, taking off:

"Later, dudes."

Here's a calmer look at a Snowy Egret:

Our favorite egret -- the SNOWY Egret!

Ahhhh.... snow!

Anyway, let me leave you with the Three Tenors:

Greater Yellowlegs

I hope you feel nice and serene now!

"Thanks for coming with us, everyone!  Snuggle on in here, Mags."
"Oh, I feel sooooooo serene, Cam.  I can barely keep my peepers open!"

Enjoy your Sunday!

Cammie!

PS:  If you'd like to see more of our photos from last weekend at Quivira, please click here.