Day 19.175: Birthday; cemetery

Well, it's the birthday of the nation today and it's a strange one for a variety of reasons. One reason has been the weather in this part of the country that has been unusually hot and has resulted in us spending most of the time indoors. 

Anyway, I still have outings to recap. Last Sunday, Exile #2, Exile #3 and I went to Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. This is some of what we saw.

Pickerelweed

American bullfrog

American bullfrog

Eastern phoebe

Mallard ducklings

They were retreating rapidly from a small dog that charged into the shallows where they were hanging out 

There were some very tiny ducklings in the group

Eastern kingbird

Belted kingfisher

Red-eyed vireo

Red-eyed vireo

Great crested flycatcher

We watched it bashing its catch on the branch until the wings fell off...

...presumably that made it more palatable...

...and it was soon swallowed

Common snapping turtle

Ready for his close-up