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Photo by Lisa Carroll/Animal Welfare Coordinator, City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Photo by Lisa Carroll/Animal Welfare Coordinator, City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Elgin Animal Shelter Featured Pet

News Staff
Friday, June 3, 2022
Wannabe couch potato seeks loving new home!   Mina is looking for a human sidekick of her own to take her out on adventures, eat snacks, and take naps with!   Even though this pretty girl is built as solid as a tank, Mina is great with all people.
Photo by Randy Mitchell An adult male common yellowthroat perches on the branch of a shrub. Note the yellow throat, and black face mask bordered by white.

Photo by Randy Mitchell An adult male common yellowthroat perches on the branch of a shrub. Note the yellow throat, and black face mask bordered by white.

Randy's Natural World: Apparently, they're common

News Staff
Friday, June 3, 2022
This week’s featured creature is another one of those birds that is called common but isn’t easily seen. Not only is the common yellowthroat a tiny bird, but also it doesn't much like to venture out into the open, preferring instead to skulk around low to the ground in thick vegetation.
Photo by Lisa Carroll/Animal Welfare Coordinator, City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Photo by Lisa Carroll/Animal Welfare Coordinator, City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Elgin Animal Shelter Featured Pet

News Staff
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Outgoing canine looking for a place to call home. Ace is his name and acting goofy is his game! This young happy-go-lucky Mountain Cur mix is a charmer! Ace likes to spend his days flirting with the girls at the shelter, playing chase with his canine friends and lounging quietly in the shade.
Photo by Randy Mitchell A limpkin walks along in search of food. Note the brown and white coloring and long legs

Photo by Randy Mitchell A limpkin walks along in search of food. Note the brown and white coloring and long legs

Randy’s Natural World: The Lewisville limpkin

News Staff
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
This week, I had planned to feature a little warbler that inhabits the Comanche County area. However, time may be of the essence when it comes to featuring this week’s subject, the limpkin. And while this bird may have never visited southwest Oklahoma, it might do so in the future.
Photo by Randy Mitchell A female brown-headed cowbird, foreground, and a male, consume seed off the ground. Notice the female is brown overall, while the male is black with a brown head.

Photo by Randy Mitchell A female brown-headed cowbird, foreground, and a male, consume seed off the ground. Notice the female is brown overall, while the male is black with a brown head.

Randy's Natural World:These birds have 'mafia' behavior

News Staff
Sunday, May 22, 2022
These birds have 'mafia' behavior   There’re a few species of birds out there that I just don’t care for, and the brown-headed cowbird is definitely one of them. My dislike for them stems from the fact that their behavior is detrimental to other bird species.
Photo by Lisa Carroll/City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Photo by Lisa Carroll/City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Priscilla looking to give fun and joy to a new family

News Staff
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Look at that face! Just imagine how much fun, laughter and joy Priscilla would bring to your family! This 3-month-old, Heeler/Husky mix is a shy, but lovable, quiet bundle of fluff. She is spayed, current on age-appropriate vaccines and on flea/tick prevention.
Photo by Lisa Carroll/City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Photo by Lisa Carroll/City of Elgin Animal Shelter

Sister still seeking new home

News Staff
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Elgin Animal Shelter’s longest resident! Sister has spent almost four months seeking a new home, with no luck so far. This one-year-old chocolate lab mix would make a great addition to your farm!
Photo by Randy Mitchell A barred owl perches on an electric line early one morning. As far as I know, this bird hadn’t gotten its share of food overnight, so it stayed out a little later to hunt. Although they are mostly nocturnal, barred owls will sometimes hunt during daylight hours.

Photo by Randy Mitchell A barred owl perches on an electric line early one morning. As far as I know, this bird hadn’t gotten its share of food overnight, so it stayed out a little later to hunt. Although they are mostly nocturnal, barred owls will sometimes hunt during daylight hours.

Randy’s Natural World: The laughing owl

News Staff
Sunday, May 22, 2022
The laughing owl   The barred owl may just be my favorite bird. I have a fondness for nearly all birds, but I have a long, interesting history with barred owls.  When I was a kid, I learned to mimic owl calls by cupping my hands together and blowing into them at the thumbs.
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