Portland Walk About 4.12.10

Well, to get this party started, we saw these birds yesterday and we believe the google has identified them as Northern Flicker Woodpeckers.  Apparently (per the Wikipedia link), this is one of the few Woodpeckers that actually migrate and commonly feed on the ground...

To continue along the bird theme, we captured this video of Crows down the street.  Something had 'em all up in arms...



We suspect that one flock of Crows ran into another one's territory and the were dukin' it out.

I always  like these skyscapes...

Argh... The Azaleas are back!

Who would of guessed?  This next one is from the Olive Tree Family and although considered to be a tree it is classified as a bush.  Introducing, the Lilac Bush...

Very cool looking Iris...

And today we finish up with the neighborhood favorite, The Dogwood...

Americans Can Do Anything

As proof....

We got motivated early today and headed up Hawthorne to walk the dog and to grab a latte at Peet's. It was pretty cold out (around 36 degrees) but, we survived.

Still seems amazing to me that flowers are popping up around here in February. Here is a shot of some Irises that we passed by. Little did I know that there are up to 300 species of this plant and as you may notice, this is one very short stemmed variety (if I am correct on this identification).


In the spirit of the title of this post, I thought it appropriate to close out the day monitoring some volcanoes. Might want to keep an eye on Mt. Redoubt everybody!

Oh and I also showered and shaved today!