Wildflower Ride and a Reptile Friend

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Some very nice shots redbirds. I particularly like the ol' refueling pump ...



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Here be another "cow shot" with the NC750X ...

I like the cattle shots.

Thank you for those great pictures and also for saving the little tortoises , we have a Greek tortoise as a pet for over 45 years and is probably about 70 years old and doing very well and could easily outlive us.

The Gopher Tortoises were very common when I was a kid in Florida. Their favored habitant is sandy pine and scrub oak lands that were at one time widespread but have now been turned into subdivisions and strip malls. In my little corner of the world there is still much undeveloped land and these tortoises are still thriving here. They are known to live up to 80 years in the wild and 100 years in captivity. On a warm day during winter it's not uncommon to see a Diamondback Rattler sunning at the mouth of the tortoise burrow, the snake seems to get along fine with his cold weather room mate.