Park Pals

Gilded Flicker, male

I go to several urban parks on a regular basis. Weekly I head over to Granada Park, the closest to my house, but I also visit several others. Here are a few friends I met over the last month, mostly at Granada but also 4 other parks.

Gambel’s Quail, female

Green Heron

Killdeer

Rosy-Faced Lovebird, juvenile

Curve-Billed Thrasher

Verdins

Spotted Sandpipers

Black Phoebe, chowing down

Gila Woodpecker, female

Brown-Headed Cowbird, female

Red-Winged Blackbird

House  Finch, yellow variety

Neotropic Cormorant

I guess these guys, above, must be Mallard hybrids (or domestic ducks), but they’re funny, always swimming together and looking similar but different. Must be related.

And another little buddy that I see at the park often, Georgie, a water dog:

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