In 2010 The Phoenix Zoo's adopts pelicans affect by the Gulf oil spill.
September 2010 they were saved from the Gulf Coast spill by rescuers looking for birds coated with oil. The pelicans all have wing injuries that prevented their ability to fly away from the oil slick left by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April.

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Working on photos from the pass with a desert theme.
Interesting Facts
Hummingbird hearts can beat as fast as 1,260 beats per minute, or as slow as 50-180 beats per minute on a cold night. Even more amazing, some hummingbirds can enter a state of torpor, reducing their heart rates to as few as 50 beats per minute to conserve energy and survive cold temperatures.

Hummingbirds have outstanding spatial memory and can remember feeder locations years later. They are also able to keep track of bloom peaks and remember which flowers they've visited. They can visit 100 of flowers a day. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird, for example, can visit more than 1,000 flowers in a day, consuming up to half its weight in nectar between sunrise and sunset. Small species of hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world and light that a dime. Hummingbirds cannot walk. Some hummingbirds migrate more that 5000 miles each year and can travel nonstop for 500 miles in less that a day.

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Hawk fly by placing me on notice, that I am evading his territory.

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Schwabacher’s Landing is a spot on the Snake River, almost exactly east of Grand Teton, where the terrain flattens out and allows easy access to the river. There is a dirt road coming off the main highway and down to various trailheads.

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It snowed overnight and fog moved into the canyon, transforming the scene into an ominous and moody setting. The landscape was completely covered in a gray mist. Fog may move swiftly and disappear straightaway. It was a hit or miss morning.

There are several types of fog: Radiation Fog, Advection Fog, Freezing Fog, Evaporation Fog and Mountain/Valley Fog. This type of fog is the one of most common in the country, especially in the fall and winter. Radiation fog forms when the ground cools, then cooling surrounding air to its dew point. This fog tends to "burn-off" in the morning as the sun re-heats the ground and air. Common both at night and dawn.

The difference between fog and clouds is that Clouds form when the water vapor (a gaseous form of water) turns into liquid and form on tiny particles like dust whereas fog is formed when the air near the ground cools enough to turn its water vapor into liquid water or ice.

Also, clouds can form at any altitude and are present in any climate whereas fog can only form at ground level and are present during cold climatic conditions only.

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