Thanks! I have never seen that before. It sure looked funny, esp. compared to the young buck deer antlers.
Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics
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Great pic on those goats...
If you google Spike Elk in Images you'll see a bunch!
Well nothing we do is going to make them go away. LOL they are a pain when they're trying to land on you looking for sweat. But there's so many other flowers here that they can survive off. I know they like open-faced flowers like daisies, which I have ...black eyed Susans, which I have a ton of...and coneflowers which again, I have a ton of! LOL they won't be leaving anytime soon.
I have one similar to that that's here all the time too but boy that one just never sits still for a picture! I'll have to try and take it from far away and zoom in next time I see him!
In the morning, Glory went nuts sniffing his trail down our walk. Falcon came out, and didn't even put his nose down....Dopey!
Not laughing at you, just the way you said it.
I've got bears here, but never had one on the property, but most of the other neighbors have them on their critter cams. But they aren't fenced like I am. A bear could easily climb over it, but I guess they just don't bother.
I actually think bears are pretty cool animals but people still have to realize they are opportunists and get into food or trash if they know it's accessible. There is a bear sanctuary a bit north of here and they are all wild bears coming and going but a lot of people started going to watch them and they could even mingle with them to give them food and stuff. Well people got too stupid trying to get a photo of them and the bears so they fenced it off from the public side and now there's just an observation platform to watch them from. Hubby was just telling me today that someone he knows saw someone there when you could still mingle and a dad was trying to put his little girl on a bears back for a photo. 
Not laughing at you, just the way you said it.
I've got bears here, but never had one on the property, but most of the other neighbors have them on their critter cams. But they aren't fenced like I am. A bear could easily climb over it, but I guess they just don't bother.
And I truly mean that. I can't live with them. I can't worry every time I open the door that there's going to be a bear out there to greet me and my dog. Nope don't want to do it. Illinois politics will never agree with me. But everything else does so here I am.
Oh, for crying out loud! People can be SO stupid!
We must have a different variety than you. They don't really bother people around here. Or maybe they just aren't interested in sweat because I have so much water around?Well nothing we do is going to make them go away. LOL they are a pain when they're trying to land on you looking for sweat. But there's so many other flowers here that they can survive off. I know they like open-faced flowers like daisies, which I have ...black eyed Susans, which I have a ton of...and coneflowers which again, I have a ton of! LOL they won't be leaving anytime soon.
Could be. I don't know. I know we have even scheduled our family picnics around them! LOL we always tried to do it earlier in the year instead of Late July and August when they are a nuisance.
Our daughter was here for the weekend and Saturday night she was still outside with her dad and she sends me a screenshot from the Merlin Bird app. It was the great horned owl again! 
I ran outside and said where is he!? She said he is across the driveway at the neighbors but I think he moved again. He was getting a little fainter sounding. So for sure we have the great horned owl here. I actually have a pair of night vision binoculars that my son got me for Christmas one year. And I always forget to try them out. Mostly because I don't like to be outside after dark with the mosquitoes or any other biting bug LOL but that would be ideal! Next time our daughter is in town I'll have to tell her to try them out!
I ran outside and said where is he!? She said he is across the driveway at the neighbors but I think he moved again. He was getting a little fainter sounding. So for sure we have the great horned owl here. I actually have a pair of night vision binoculars that my son got me for Christmas one year. And I always forget to try them out. Mostly because I don't like to be outside after dark with the mosquitoes or any other biting bug LOL but that would be ideal! Next time our daughter is in town I'll have to tell her to try them out!
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Back in s spring of this year I posted some short video clips of our Texas Spiny Lizard that Lola was stalking. After that, "Larry" disappeared, until yesterday! I had emptied the doggie poop bag during last Thurs trash pickup and left the bucket open and empty of bag liner to dry out. When I went to pick up poop yesterday, look who I found trapped in bottom of bucket! Larry, hopefully not dehydrated from the triple digit daily temps we've had over last week. I released him in front flower bed, where he used to hang out on oak trees & landscape blocks each day. I also left him a bowl of water. He had skedaddled when I went to check on him later, so I assume he's recovered and not near death?
Larry Trapped in Bucket
Larry in Better Days on Live Oak Tree
Larry Trapped in Bucket
Larry in Better Days on Live Oak Tree
Last weekend when my daughter was in town, we were sitting on the back deck when this little guy hit the window! He laid there for a while and I was worried that he was laying in the Sun. I was going to gently pick him up and put him in the shade when he suddenly stood up. So then we stood next to him to give him shade from our shadow. After a while he was looking quite perky. We were excited when he finally flew off!
This is what Google said he was.
This is what Google said he was.
So, I've spent a lot of time just for fun training Bonnie on good trail manners, on and off leash, no drama fast recall to heel etc, leashed up as needed for passing hikers, runners, bikers, other dogs w/ no drama
plus " tactical situational awareness":
learning to avoid africanized bees, rattle-snakes and other things that are suspicious and reward her for caution..."make a good decision, girl..."
And my part is to learn her moves too.
We are a team ideally...my hearing sux and I use her as an early warning device...watch what she smells, how, sees that I dont...
So last night on our sunset hike we were looking for our favorite great horned owls...found one, got a pic and was imitating the Merlin App calls to get a reply from the other...looking around...
plus " tactical situational awareness":
learning to avoid africanized bees, rattle-snakes and other things that are suspicious and reward her for caution..."make a good decision, girl..."
And my part is to learn her moves too.
We are a team ideally...my hearing sux and I use her as an early warning device...watch what she smells, how, sees that I dont...
So last night on our sunset hike we were looking for our favorite great horned owls...found one, got a pic and was imitating the Merlin App calls to get a reply from the other...looking around...
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And I look down at Bonnie standing 15' away, head up intently looking up slope and I think to myself- "great! She is picking it up and has spotted the other one (she has in past but not always on command...so I'm patting myself on the back- y'know, "what a great trainer IAM etc...
"
And following her line of sight...nope not seeing it..."ok, wheres the owl, girl"...nothing found in the iphone...the owls have perched on the clay cliffs in past...
i Look back, and she is stock still, looking intently and listening at the bushes ahead another 20 feet uphill...
I say the release I use on trail to encourage her to rove ahead: "ready go! Go see" and hand motion her...
She looks over her shoulder at me...still stock still...like she is asking "you sure"
and I remember to read the room...paying attention to what she senses that I dont...
"ok, what is it? Stay"...I'm about to hool her up and approach from another angle...could be a snake and now I'm curious...
And just then the little black kitty toddles out, up the hill, not worried, hunting grubs...but ready to tail lift in a second...
"LEAVE It! Good girl! Such a good girl!
And we went the other way with the appropriate decorum...
"And following her line of sight...nope not seeing it..."ok, wheres the owl, girl"...nothing found in the iphone...the owls have perched on the clay cliffs in past...
i Look back, and she is stock still, looking intently and listening at the bushes ahead another 20 feet uphill...
I say the release I use on trail to encourage her to rove ahead: "ready go! Go see" and hand motion her...
She looks over her shoulder at me...still stock still...like she is asking "you sure"
and I remember to read the room...paying attention to what she senses that I dont...
"ok, what is it? Stay"...I'm about to hool her up and approach from another angle...could be a snake and now I'm curious...
And just then the little black kitty toddles out, up the hill, not worried, hunting grubs...but ready to tail lift in a second...
"LEAVE It! Good girl! Such a good girl!
And we went the other way with the appropriate decorum...
