The first is a phoenicopter, otherwise known as a flamingo. 😆 The others include a robin, red breasted woodpecker, downy woodpecker, egret, Cooper’s hawk, and a sparrow.
Dunno if this qualifies, but many years ago, while checking compaction density and moisture content of new levee construction around New Orleans, we walked up on a NOLA ground bear. I apologize for the image quality, but at the time, it was the best I could do...
The place - and it surprised me - had about a thousand sandhill cranes just meandering around waiting to have shots taken. These two were originally against a washed-out sky. Neo and I supplied one to make the shot a little more interesting
Chipmunk I had one taking seeds and stuff from by my house and running up the road to his hideaway to deposit them. He made about twenty trips (60 feet, one way). Each time I would have sworn he was packing a golf ball in each cheek. A rear view of him running up the road like that made me almost wet my pants laughing
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Thank you very much Joe! Yes, those critters can really pack a lot of food in their mouths!