Shelter

“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who cannot speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.” 

Chief Edward Moody, Qwatsinas, Nuxalk Nation

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Trees as Shelter

Tire swing, home in a small town in Nebraska Male cardinal, Springtime Cardinal at the Dallas Arboretum, early January Downy Woodpecker at the Dallas Arboretum
16 grackle nests in one tree; some trees have more - thousands of Grackles flock with Blackbirds every evening in trees and along telephone wires in every city of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Male Grackle 5 Baby bunnies discovered by a visiting dog - nest camouflaged under our backyard tree Finger shows relative size of baby bunnies, saved in a box until the visiting dog left
Downy Woodpecker at the Dallas Arboretum Squirrel - Coppell, Texas Green Anole, September in Lewisville, TX Blue Jay at the Dallas Arboretum
Abandoned hornets’ or wasp nest Rough Greensnake, a nice surprise in the Autumn forest - Coppell, TX Rough Greensnake, close-up Large Grasshopper - November, Lewisville, TX
White Tiger, Fort Worth Zoo Lizard Love - Fort Worth Zoo Diamondback Rattler Garden Toad
Delicate Red Squirrel - Stony Swamp, Nepean, ON Anise Swallowtail in the forest near Coppell, TX Raccoon family, 5 in all in my son’s back yard in Ottawa, ON Raccoon, as curious as I was.
Male Cardinals in January, Coppell, TX Great Blue Heron, flying through a forest in Copppell, Texas, early March Orchid growing on a Flamoyant/Flame tree, Chapal, Mexico Blue parrots at the Fort Worth Zoo
Coyote in our small neighborhood forested area - Lewisville, TX Cormorants in the trees at Whiterock Lake, Texas Cormorants gather by the hundreds on the trees at White Rock Lake near Dallas. Camouflaged Sparrow - tree needs I.D., Chapala, Mexico
A large reddish-orange dragonfly on a twig in my back yard - Lewisville, TX Cardinal eggs in our backyard tree, May 2007 A local pair of doves in our neighbor’s Bald Cypress tree during early Spring. “Nestrise” - Crepe Myrtle tree in December

* Also see the post Rainforest Shelter *