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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Best video of the now 3 male (red head crest) Ladderback wp's. One is still begging for food. Haven't seen the black crested Mama yet.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Three male ladderback woodpeckers! Never seen that many! Where's the Mama? She has a black head crest.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ears at mid alert level. No squirrels🐿️🐿️ , only Doves🕊️🕊️, who kinda look like squirrels in the shade.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hummingbird snacking on the zinnias. Think that's Ms Black Chinned

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Fledgling oriole & ladderback woodpecker getting brekkie together. Flash of a blurry hummer in 2nd pic. However did those ladderbacks get their name?

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The hummingbirds love the Zinnias. Thought they were supposed to be butterfly 🦋 favorites. Yet to see a butterfly 🦋 on them.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Same fledgling ladderback wp still begging Daddy to feed him, and maybe getting schooled to eat for himself!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This story is WILD! They had one of the world's most venemous snakes, an Inland Tiapan along w/ cobras, mambas & others. Oh & also cocaine & $22k cash. That part's normal for Albuquerque. koat.com/article/fede...

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South Valley raid uncovers venomous cobras, mambas and an inland taipan

The seizure included cocaine, $22,000, and highly venomous reptiles like cobras, mambas and an inland taipan.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fledgling Ladderback woodpecker being fed by Daddy!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's juvie oriole bath time! They SQUABBLE about everything! The temp isn't 118°, it's only 96°. Camera is in the sun.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Few seconds in a wasp of some sort gets a drink from the floating pad w/ holes just for the insects to drink from. At the end a black & bright yellow bird comes in, pretty sure that's a male lesser goldfinch. Saw a female on another video.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oriole & at the end White Lined Dove comes in. I had no idea there was such a steady stream of birdies to the birdbath.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Juvie oriole using the wire bee 🐝 I put in there as a perch. The other one is a wire Dragonfly. I'm certain I got them w/ perches in mind.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I put a trail cam on the bird bath & purple salvia. Wait till the end… 🐤 Pretty sure that's Ms. Rufus hummingbird, they came in about a week ago. I've since added some decorations I got years ago that'll make great perches.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My toad 🐸 & lizard 🦎 sanctuary is working! I found an itsy-bitsy teeny-tiny squeeee 🐸 toadlet hanging out by the water bowl. I put veggie etc scraps in there for the flies & worms & I have a worm composter tube in there too. Plus 2 boards to hide under, & night lights for the toads too.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Welp, the whelp is 9 months old today & her growth has plateaued for last month & weighs 32#. Those small poodle 🐩 & cattle dog (heeler) genes might be keeping her from becoming huge! She's the perfect size now.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This male Northern oriole almost looks more like a hooded oriole. Maybe he's moulting?

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Splash the Cooper's hawk was here getting a drink! They live in a big elm tree

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another look at the juvie orioles who are all hungry at the same time. We had 3 pairs this year, so that's probably 3 nests of baby orioles.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It looks like ALL the oriole babies are here at the same time! Plus a Daddy oriole. So many babies! Good thing I got that jelly feeder w/ 4 bowls, I filled them back up after this. I wish they'd stay longer, they'll leave *soon*.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mama painted a nuthatch, looks just like the one who visited

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I KNEW there was a Nuthatch in my half dead tree, I've seen glimpses. She came to the woodpecker seed bar!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Feeding a flock of juvie orioles & black chinned & rufus hummingbirds

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Every morning around 0500, Marshy plops down on my head & neck, pins me with her paw (she's a pro at that) & then kisses me awake. She's such a sweetie! 🥰😘 Not bad for taken in total darkness!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Marshmallow has a very angry 🐿️ trapped in the wheel well of the trash trailer. She came in later all hot & panting without a 🐿️. She caught a baby squirrel yesterday & brought it to bed last night.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Have some GOOD NEWS for once, the dolphins 🐬🐬🐬 saved the whale 🐋

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Marshmallow shows off her impressive crunching skillz & her retained baby fang that's supposed to have come out months ago.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Oh WOW, this is one of the coolest deep sea fishes! Has *clear* part on it's skull…

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Baby Orioles chowing down on grape jelly. They really prefer this particular jelly bowl, over the others. Dunno why.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I 1st saw a guy petting a baby triceratops 🦕🦖

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I tried this fruits & veggies substitute & it is an excellent cyclosporiasis preventative.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I re-learned a big lesson today: If I tell myself something WILL happen, like say, the branch I'm holding the bottom end of that I'm trying to trim overhead, *when this goes it's going to release a lot of kinetic energy*, I should take myself seriously I fell on top of the TINES I'm ok, just bruised

Photo of small garden tiller with exposed tines sticking in different directions on it's side.
I fell/rebound flung on my left back. Just bruised, have it on ice & learned my lesson. Marshmallow thought that meant it was time to PLAY!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I just told my hubby how J.K. Rowling is actively going after Trans people, cuz she hates them so much. He said: *What are they supposed to do, they were born that way.* He gets it, why is that so hard to understand?

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reminder to everyone dealing with extreme heat, iffy air quality, etc.. Dehydration sneaks up on you. If we can't do anything else we should set timers & drink when the bell goes off. I woke up dehydrated & didn't think to drink a glass of water. Keep "fluids first thing" in your morning in mind.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is a fascinating study of what pregnancy does to the brain!

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We will NOT be discussing what happens in the stacks of University libraries. It's possible that 1979 me confirmed this.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Marshy went up to a higher dose of Simparica Trio heartworm+ med today. Later she crawled onto my lap like never before, 1st circling around then pressing hard into me. Now she's asleep. She tried to bury her dinner by putting a doggie bed over it & wouldn’t take any treats. She's normally PICKY.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

That *wildflower* garden I spread about 3 cups of various kinds of seeds & the only things coming up are Zinnias & something with feathery leaves. Gonna have lots of zinnias.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Marshmallow is wondering about those doggies in the TV. Till she comes back & chomps my foot.

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Marshmallow & Cricket 🦗 (Mom) @frecklesxx20.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is absolutely the most gorgeous ammonite* fossil ever! *read the thread

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Oral rehydration should be with an electrolyte solution, not just water, juice or soda. Pedialyte is optimized. Gatorade is okay. Both can be expensive. You can also make it at home - 1L water, 1 tsp sugar, 1 pinch salt, squeeze of citrus if you have it. This optimizes absorption. 2/

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