The yellow-headed blackbird stood out from the brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds as you’d expect a mustard-head would.

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The yellow-headed blackbird stood out from the brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds as you’d expect a mustard-head would.

The lone city in Loup County, Nebraska, is the county seat.

The lone city in Loup County, Nebraska, is the county seat.

Hooded mergansers are cavity nesters and enjoy a crayfish (crawdad) dinner.

Hooded mergansers are cavity nesters and enjoy a crayfish (crawdad) dinner.

A grateful meerkat.

A grateful meerkat.

Sibley says the cinnamon teal makes a chattering or rattling “gredek, gredek.”

Sibley says the cinnamon teal makes a chattering or rattling “gredek, gredek.”

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A noon hour walk in Arizona brought an encounter with a barrel cactus ready to stick me with lunch.

A turkey vulture concluding its horaltic pose, a spread-winged stance.

A turkey vulture concluding its horaltic pose, a spread-winged stance.