Park wildlife

It makes no sense to me at all where you find wildlife. We can be out in the seclusion of a remote area and see nothing.  And then we can be in an RV resort and see all kinds of things.



This falcon was sitting on the RV next door to us- I managed to snap this through the window.

The Blueberry Hill RV Resort is surrounded by a moat, which I found fitting for the Queen in her castle. Well, Left Brain just corrected me...it's not really a moat, it's for rainwater run off.  Anyway, there's water all around the edges of the park and this attracts a lot of beautiful birds.

And they are both small and large.  The larger ones are lovely cranes and absolutely fearless as they stroll through the resort.  They are even comfortable enough to lay down and take a little nap next to the road.

It's nice to see they look both ways when crossing the road.

As you can see here, cars driving by do not frighten them at
all.

I was able to stand about 10 feet away to snap these images.

I probably could have gotten closer, but I was the one who was afraid.  These guys are right at my eye level and that beak looks pretty lethal to me.

We also have dragonflies buzzing all over the place. I haven't been able to photo one of the really huge ones yet, but this guy was pretty nice.

There's also a bunch of ibis in the pond across the road from the park...oh wait, Left Brain is explaining it's not really a pond...it's something about water retention or run off or whatever.  It's a lovely pond and as soon as I capture some ibis photographs I will post them.

Long Live the Queen of the Crane