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Friday, July 13, 2018

Friday Funnies

Greetings to all!  It's me, Maggie!  Today, Cam and I thought we'd show you more photos from our recent trip down to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.  Yesterday, Cam shared some of the photos from our stop in Ellinwood; today I thought you'd like to see some of the more amusing bird photos.

Let's see what's out there!

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"Dad!  Hold up.  There's a traffic jam up ahead!"

Even in the refuge, there is traffic from time to time! Check it out:

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Traffic jam, Quivira NWR style!

In this case, it was a Snowy Egret and a Great Egret.  We got past them, but then hit some sort of traffic check-point:

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"Hold it right there!  Papers, please!"
"See if they have any frogs on them."
"Yeah.  Or bugs.  Charge them a few dragonflies if they want to go further!"

Who knew Snowy Egrets could be so assertive?!?

We saw a group of White-Faced Ibises. This one guy seemed rather friendly!

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"Camera Lady?!?  Hey!  Hey, over here!  Hello!"

These three Snowy Egrets were pretty cooperative about posing!

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"Oh, wait!  Chins up, everyone!"
"Yes!  Raise your chins - it's more flattering!"
"I'm not ready!"
"Oh, for the love of ..."

The Great Egret on the far right ... not so much.

I'm not sure, but I think one of these American Avocets is trying to trip one of his flock members:

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"Heh, heh, heh ... watch this!"

We didn't see anybirdie fall, so I think they were on to him.

There were big flocks of Snowy Egrets and big flocks of Great Egrets -- then smaller groupings of a mix of the two!

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"Hey, buddy. This area is for Greats only."
"Yeah.  'Great' Egrets.  Whatever.  We Snowies are every bit as great as you!"

We think so, too!

Oh.  For anyone wondering about the small bird on the left up there, it is a Semipalmated Sandpiper.

Lastly, we were intrigued by this small group of Snowy Egrets:

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"Belinda's back from the salon.  Check her out, but don't be obvious!"
"La la la ... just doing a little preening ... la la la ... OMG, seriously?!?"
"Hey girls!  Check out my new hairdo!  What do you think?"

For the record, we think she looks lovely.  Maybe a little less teasing and spraying on the top next time, but other than that ... really nice.

We hope these shots brought you a smile or two!  Happy weekend everyone!

Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher

11 comments:

  1. That looks like a very cool place for an outing. We love all the bird photos :) Milo,Jet & Arli

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  2. Your photos are fabulous as usual and you brought us lots of smiles and giggles☺ Thank you!

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  3. We ARE smiling great big cheshire cat smiles and this cracked us up
    "Hold it right there! Papers, please!"
    "See if they have any frogs on them."
    "Yeah. Or bugs. Charge them a few dragonflies if they want to go further!"
    The mental image of paying toll in dragonflies is too funny
    Hugs madi your bfff

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  4. Anonymous12:43 PM

    Can't express how much I enjoy this blog!!! Love it. Brings a smile to me every single day.

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  5. All your captions have us cracking up!

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  6. Great post - thanks for the smiles. We really cracked up over that traffic check-point:)

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  7. MOL! OMC! Maggie, you need your own comedy show! You're funny!

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  8. What a hillarious bunch of birdies you ran into Maggie! We know all how hoity toity those Great Egrets can be sometimes!
    xoxo,
    Rosy, Arty & Jakey

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  9. Those silly birds made us smile!!!
    hugs
    Hazel & Mabel

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  10. Wow, all these birdies were being very outgoing, weren't they? And who knew those small egrets would be so... bureaucratic?? My stars. But the impawtant question - how were the snacks?

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  11. Hahaha, those birds are a hoot!

    Kiki and Nala

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