High Desert Life

Posted by: calpoppy, 01 04, 2013 15:52 GMT

In SoCal the Anna's Hummingbird is year round, even in our high desert winter the Anna's will stick around. Going to a frozen feeder!

One of my favorite seasonal hummer is the Rufus, small but mighty around the feeders!

Here is a male Anna's Hummer

The female on the next two pics I believe are Anna's.

The blogger on WU WatchinTheSky has the most hummingbirds I have ever seen! He even has a cam set up for both the hummers and Orioles.

Besides photographing the coyotes, Hummingbirds are my favorite. Since I am not set up like the professionals with all their flashes it is a challenge. But these birds can be quite tame and like I said in my previous blog, they don't seem to mind a big old lens in their little faces.

Enjoy the pics and for people in SoCal enjoy the weather it is way to nice for our high desert spring!!

Updated: 13 05, 2013 17:40 GMT

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New pups!

Posted by: calpoppy, 18 02, 2013 23:03 GMT

When we decided to get pups we choose to go through an adoption center. We don’t believe in paying for a pup but in the case of an adoption center it is a donation. They are non-profit and the foster parents get no pay except for the costs of feeding the animals. They have some pretty hefty vet bills to pay so the cost of these foster dogs is not cheap. They get them from shelters and many are surrendered to them. While we were picking up ou...

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Chimp Haven

Posted by: calpoppy, 27 01, 2013 22:59 GMT

Chimp Haven was founded in 1995 by a group of primatologists and business professionals. They had their sights set on constructing a chimpanzee sanctuary where the chimps could live in large social groups. The government selected this sanctuary to operate the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary System. This initiative was a result of passage of the CHIMP Act that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000 and is overseen by the National Institutes of Heal...

Updated: 27 01, 2013 22:59 GMT

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Who was your favorite animal friend?

Posted by: calpoppy, 08 01, 2013 00:23 GMT

This was a hard question for me! Each of them have meant so much, but I posed the question so it came down to a tie. One dog, one cat.

I'll start with the cat. Yahtzee was a six toed cat, that got his name because of his habit as a kitten of sleeping in my kid's Yahtzee game box. He was a least 17 pounds of long haired, blue eyed cat. One of the funniest animals that has ever been a part of my life. He would sleep in the bathroom sink, and never did...

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Holiday Potpourri

Posted by: calpoppy, 17 12, 2012 15:51 GMT

Couldn't come up with a new blog that would be appropriate for the season, so here you go, just holiday potpourri!!

for the cat lovers!

Cute!

They fly!

Sleeping the winter away!

Updated: 17 12, 2012 19:49 GMT

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