[patriot08]

One of our clever FReepers needs to make up a Piper for president poster..LOL

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SUNDAY SMILES:

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Phoebe Allen, the hummingbird, presently hatching her fifth clutch:

http://phoebeallens.com/

(Live cam)

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Mother cat hugs baby kitten (Absolutely adorable):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4KVoEVcr0&feature=player_embedded

(Viral on YouTube, made it to Good Morning America)

[Flycatcher]

Glad to see the Allen's hummingbird female is doing such a great job.

I have a desert area search plot that a survey (for birds) 2-3 times every ten days. I've got a black-chinned hummingbird female raising one chick in a nest in a desert willow (Chilopsis linearis).

She doesn't like it when I get near, though, so I check the nest status from about 20 feet away with my binocs.

Also been watching a brood of LeConte's thrashers turn into "punky teens."

I love my job!

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