Not a 3:00 snapshot, but shoulda been

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The head of the local mounted park rangers came by the zoo to run a workshop on horse handling. One of the Poitou donkeys is behind him.

This 100 species project is a fun one, but my own rules (I have to take a picture of the species) are making it more challenging than I expected. Today I saw our first striped skunk in the yard, and took three pictures, each one worse than the last. Moments ago I saw our first American robin chase off a blue jay (go, robin!). I had no time to photograph either bird. By the time I got my camera, they had been replaced by the first European starlings and common grackles. I managed one halfway decent starling pic. Alexis has documented some other species in the yard: pixie cup lichens and snowdrops; her photos are very beautiful, of course. I have more catching up to do: the next species pics I want to post are full of snow, a substance which is suddenly, blessedly rare in the yard. Stay tuned for more urbpan picspam.