Peanut butter and ??

This is my kind of character, peanut butter downy. I like peanut butter too.

As for this..... human frog???  I have no idea what was going on.

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Gull, duck, cat

Ice skating on February 15th

One-legged gull

Horny ducks,  female shaking out after "session".

Same cat I've seen before, previously attacked by birds in Rambles. Owner hasn't learned a thing. Cat now snow prowling.

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On the water

The coot was hunting for nibbles in the fallen leaves and feathers. Mallard also joined the search.

Adorable grebes floating about.

Totally uninterested in camera wood ducks.

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The feeding station

When it's cold the feeding station is a popular spot.   The European goldfinch loves the seeds. So do the house finches.

Nobody was picking at the berries.

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More saw-whet

No words necessary.  This is a honey.

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The European

Pretty visitor, the European goldfinch, male.  How did it get here? Escapee? Perhaps. From where? The best I heard was that it escaped from Petco. ( They sell European goldfinches.)  Other overheard : "Pretty bird. He'd be much prettier if he was duck-size."   "I've seen 20 life birds at Petco."   Whatever- this is one gorgeous little bird, domineering, watched him face-off against other birds.

Went into feeder and didn't let any other birds inside.

More goldfinch images to come.
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