Still Life with Robin: Bunnies and Turkeys and Bears, Oh My!

 by Peggy Robin

Ever since I opened up the PHOTOS section of the Cleveland Park Listserv, I've been looking for list members' photos to fill up the pages of the various albums I've created.

My first stab at turning the Listserv in a photo-palooza was with the Spring Flowers album: I posted quite a few there, and started a very lively discussion link about the real ID of The White Flower (see discussion thread accessible from Message #224861)

Today, the photo album that's waiting for your best pix is called Wildlife In & Around Cleveland Park (and other places). This time there's no need for any detective work as was the case with flowers: not so hard to tell a bunny from a bear or a turkey from a chicken. Well, you may have some trouble telling an alpaca from a llama -- but if you encounter a cute, soft-furred animal at the Kids Farm at the National Zoo, you can bet it's an alpaca. (Click on photo #8 below, cf. llama.)

Because of the Listserv's limits on the display of photos in a single message (that's four, if you want to know, and the max size of all photos combined must be under 500kb, JPG format ONLY), I have picked out just four photos to display below. But keep scrolling down, and you can click on the photo links to see another eight.

Bunny in the garden by Barbara on Upton

Franklin the Brookland Bear [photo from Twitter 6 9 2023]

Big Toms in Westchester County, NY by Jerry Garfinkel

Frolicking baby alpacas at the Kids Farm, Photo by Smithsonian National Zoo

That's not all, folks! 

1. Fox in the snow Photo by Sally H. NoVa 
2. Opossum on the roof Photo by Elizabeth Loeb
   
3. Snake on the trail in Rock Creek Park May 31, 2025. Photo by Peggy Robin
4. Chicken feathers, extreme closeup, Ever After Farm, May 31 2025 Photo by Peggy Robin
5. Stag Photo by Thomas H. Mann 
   
6. Alpacas at Feeding Time, Ever After Farm, Warrenton, VA. Photo by Karen Adler
7. Alpaca, closeup of a sweet face Photo by Karen Adler
8. Llama and pig at Hidden Valley Farm Camp, This photo and more by Hidden Valley Camp

(OK. so not all are of wildlife -- there are some domesticated animals in the mix. Didn't want to create yet another album for the tame or semi-tame!

Feel free to upload your own photos. Here are the upload instructions:

1. Go to the PHOTOS section of the CP Listserv. 
2. Click on the album you would like to add your photos to - for example: Wildlife In & Around Cleveland Park (and Elsewhere)
3. Look for the green +Add Photos button and click on it.
4. You will see an option to "Drag image here" or "browse," allowing you to choose how you would like to locate your photos on your computer and add them to the album. 
5. Pull up each photo you want to add to the album, and write a description in the "description" box. Helpful details for the description box include: your name, photo location, date taken, a caption, and any other info you want list members to have.
6. Click Add. 

Happy [photo] hunting!

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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.