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Lizards at Butchart Gardens!? Totally unexpected. ID?

Vacay in Victoria

Seems like the smallish ones (roughly large pizza to car tire diameter) tend to be the most curious. A few times there have been literal rafts of dinner plate sized congregating in the hundreds. Until you get close, all you see is a forest of little "sticks" (fins) waving around. These little...

Agreed, and I wuz thinkin the same.

Solid work and great choice of fishing fuel! Just imagine the mojo boost some fly caught albacore would do for your game. Me thinks Billy needs to get out on the big blue!

One finally posed close enough for a proper shot.

What's cool about Merlin is seeing the ID highlight at the same time as hearing and seeing the bird. At first I was hesitant to write the Cooper's off as a mimic because I have seen one here twice. Even got some crappy cell pics. Being in a wooded clearing, the killdeer was another suspect...

Ran into him once at the Washougal feed store, and again at a gallery show in Vancouver. I felt a connection with him sharing many of the same fishing haunts on the Washougal and other area spots. As a fellow artist and gardener, I will always be in awe of his talents in both. He will be...

Our resident Stellar's gang tricked Merlin again. This time I busted one faking a Cooper's hawk. Seemingly an intimidation display to get us off the deck to raid the feeder in peace. .. And just now, switched to a very convincing red tail call! Such entertaining birds.

Excellent. Haven't had time to hunt this year. Always interested to see what others are finding in the way of wild mushrooms and other stuff in the woods. Feel free to post this in the mushroom and foraging thread here...

Nice to have the green back.

Oh yeah, you're a Southern boy! Have some good ones? ;)

Latest resident moving in. Fits well with the theme here on banjo lane.

:LOL: I would've been disappointed in you had you not pointed that out (now that I see it). And yup, ya never know what kind of scandahoovian hijinx are happenin' down here.

Thanks for pitnicking my pre-coffee logic cornfusion Mr Smartypants! ;)

I'd be more worried about what you say to the ravens than what your neighbors think. Those are some scary smart birds. I also wonder about the Stellar's with some of the bizarre sounds they make. I swear they are having conversations.

Hope to see a Swainson's one of these days. Very cool. Merlin has turned out to be a very addictive app. My Dad was into birds so we always had field guide books and binoculars handy when I was growing up. Thought I had a pretty good handle on PNW birds, but between this thread and Merlin, I...

Almost easier to start from scratch than wading through 600+ pages of What's in my vise... ;) Of course, I know I can search for my posts, but just a bit of hyperbolizing to illustrate why this app is really needed.

No time for tying anytime soon. When I do, calamari will be on the menu for sure. Edit: On the topic of breaking it. Will it be possible to link within a submission post? Example I'm thinking is like with my squid flies, they all use homemade eye-tabs. Making those things is a process in...