Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Totally Enjoying a Summer Shower

Video: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird enjoying the rain

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in the rain

This male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is having too much fun in the rain! The more I observe hummingbirds away from the feeder the more I appreciate their personalities and natural behavior. The nectar feeder is just a very small part of their daily activities and food.

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Relaxing Nature Meditation - Summer Mountain Thunderstorm

Video: Summer Mountain Thunderstorm

Relaxing Nature Meditation - Summer Mountain Thunderstorm

Relax to the sounds and sights of a passing July thunderstorm in the Great Smoky Mountains. Rain...Thunder...Wind and bird calls as the weather begins to clear and the mountains reappear from behind the clouds. As the rain tapers off to a drizzle the dominant sound will be a rain-swollen fresh mountain stream below. Not the call of the Eastern Towhee and Carolina Chickadee.

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Owl smuggler caught by German police

Owl smuggling by train? This story out of Europe.

Owl smuggler caught -  Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper

Western Screech Owlets Saved From Forest Fire in Sierra National Forest

Western Screech Owlets saved from fire. (Photo: US Forest Service)

The U.S. Forest Service reports on two Western Screech Owlets rescued from a nest in a dead tree in the Sierra National Forest fire. It's a great story of quick action by dedicated people to get the owls to a rehab center. They are doing fine and will be released back to the wild in an un-burned area near their original home. 

Relaxing Nature Meditation - Morning By a Cool Mountain Stream

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Video: Enjoy a cool little mountain stream swollen by recent rain in a world of deep green.

Nature Meditation Cool Mountain Stream

Relaxing Nature Meditation - Enjoy a cool little mountain stream swollen by recent rain in a world of deep green.

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Mourning Dove Versus Red Bellied Woodpecker

Video: Woodpecker Versus Dove!

Mourning Dove Fights Off Red Bellied Woodpecker

Dove's may be peaceful but they hold their ground!

Mirror - Mirror : Mourning Dove versus Red Bellied Woodpecker

A Mourning Dove holds its ground against a female Red-Bellied Woodpecker by facing-off with it wherever she turns. The Dove puffs itself up to look bigger and scarier and stays puffed-up until the woodpecker leaves and then returns to normal. Doves can be tough - this is a rematch of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pvHSNVWIk  and again the Dove wins. 
So the Dove wins best out of 3 - how about best of 7? You can be sure the woodpecker will get a rematch.
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Pair of Mourning Doves - Nature Meditation For Your Cat

Video: Pair of Mourning Doves Getting Ready to Start Their Busy Day!

Pair of Mourning Doves - Your Cat Just May Be Fascinated

A beautiful pair of Florida Mourning Doves in early spring warming up and preening before they start their busy day. I have had feedback that such videos are enjoyed by Cats, especially indoor cats may find this fascinating stuff.  - Meditation for you and your cat. Play on big screen in HD.

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Screech Owl Scratches An Itchy Face With Razor Sharp Talons - Yikes!

Female Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl Has Amazing

Scratching Tools to Ease her Itching!

Scratch an Itch with care!

Female Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl  About to use her razor sharp talons as an Amazing

Scratching Tool!

Your not likely to have seen anything like this before. This female Red Morph Screech Owl has an itchy Beak / Nose area - it's driving her nuts -  we all know how that feels - but she is equipped with some serious scratching tools - the razor sharp and long talons look dangerous, but they must feel really good to her to scratch that itch!

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Cute Hummingbird in Hemlock Tree

Video: Hummingbird Relaxing and Being Mellow

Cute Ruby Throat-ed Hummingbird in western North Carolina

It's rare to see a Ruby Throated Hummingbird relaxing and looking cute. But Hummers can be cute - if they sit still long enough to see them! This female is relaxing and having a bit of fun in her favorite Hemlock Tree.

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Giant Standing Groundhog Eats an Apple

Video: One Large Groundhog polishes off an apple!

One Large Groundhog!

A Huge Groundhog aka Woodchuck near Great Smoky Mountain National Park taking advantage of a trimmed apple tree by eating one apple after another off the ground. Believe it or not this giant fellow can climb fruit trees and climb out on branches to grab apples and peaches. At the very large end of the spectrum of Groundhog sizes this fellow stands two feet tall and looks a lot like a miniature bear.

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