Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics
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I think it might be a falcon?
That was my initial thought but I doubt you'd want to keep it since they can be nasty little buggers. We used to have them in one of the buildings at my last job and one would put it's paws up on my leg begging for food when it was lunch time. I didn't let it do it much because of the smell and because they can bite you if they don't get what they want. They're great mousers though.
Maybe? Looking at some photos of them, the head and beak sort of looks the same. So that could be.
jazzies mum
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Rated that one funny, because he is really a smallish spider in my world! 
I have no doubt!Rated that one funny, because he is really a smallish spider in my world!
I would have a heart attack if it was on my ceiling too! Just because if it fell on me!
I've been terrified of spiders all my life but it seems as I get older and also have horses ( barns always seem to have some kind of spider
) I've gotten a little bit more complacent. That big black one in the stall would have been dead years ago. But here I am, trying to pick him up with a pitchfork to get him out the window. 
Must be getting to be a softie in my old age. But I certainly don't want them crawling on me!
the other day I walked into the stall and there was a much smaller one, but he was on a web, coming down from the ceiling and I almost walked right into him!
jazzies mum
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Apologies for the cobwebby state of my outdoor BBQ and the not great pic...............but this really big, angry snake wasn't letting me take leisurely pics!
Jazz went ballistic while I was sitting at the table with the laptop and I knew it was a snake! First had to grab her and tie her back into a safe place, (where she continued to raise a ruckus!), then had a look. Wow, biggest brown snake I've ever seen here in the home area! They are one of the poisonous and cranky types!
It was coiling and striking and VERY unhappy about all the interference and got itself cornered under the BBQ. Striking everytime I reached out and lifted the cloth cover to see it and everytime it bashed into something Jazz raised her level of angst! Eventually it managed to get up into the top and from there must have made it's getaway, although I didn't actually see it go which was a bit of a worry!
Everything is so dry right now that the only frogs are right here where the water is and they had been croaking that morning so I guess Mr Snake came in to grab one! I really, really hope it thinks it was all too much trouble. Jazz kept going over everything carefully and returning to the BBQ for another round of barking, so I was tiptoeing around all day!
Jazz went ballistic while I was sitting at the table with the laptop and I knew it was a snake! First had to grab her and tie her back into a safe place, (where she continued to raise a ruckus!), then had a look. Wow, biggest brown snake I've ever seen here in the home area! They are one of the poisonous and cranky types!
It was coiling and striking and VERY unhappy about all the interference and got itself cornered under the BBQ. Striking everytime I reached out and lifted the cloth cover to see it and everytime it bashed into something Jazz raised her level of angst! Eventually it managed to get up into the top and from there must have made it's getaway, although I didn't actually see it go which was a bit of a worry!Everything is so dry right now that the only frogs are right here where the water is and they had been croaking that morning so I guess Mr Snake came in to grab one! I really, really hope it thinks it was all too much trouble. Jazz kept going over everything carefully and returning to the BBQ for another round of barking, so I was tiptoeing around all day!
I thought it was a funny picture of him peeking out....until you said it was poisonous!! Wow, be careful!! I'm not afraid of snakes but sure wouldn't want to get bitten! Especially if he's poisonous! What would happen if Jazz was loose?? Would she have gone after it and possibly get bit? What do you do then??
jazzies mum
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Jazz was loose, and she did go after it but with discretion. Lots of barking and getting my attention whilst running around it. If I left her to it I am sure she'd end up getting bitten! Part of the reason I made an issue of getting a pic was in case she had been and I needed identification for the antivenom. This was by far the most aggressive snake I've had to deal with. Mostly we get pythons and tree snakes and the only other brown snakes were much smaller. They are still feisty though! It's breeding and feeding season so much more active!
Good point!
jazzies mum
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Yes, Eastern Brown. Their local colouration is that strange beigey grey colour and this one was even lighter than most. Maybe it had just shed? Our local ones seem to have a cream and peach mottled belly, which makes me wonder if they have interbred with red belly blacks at any stage.
Now that the season is over and my little Wren has flown The Coop, I took down the little birdhouse and cleaned it out to put away. Looking at the collection she put in there, I found what looks like a little hummingbird nest! I don't know if she pulled that into that birdhouse or if she built that. Very interesting.
I love how many different nests I find with horse hair (mane or tail) incorporated into their nests like that.
I remember several years ago when a coworker gave me a whole bag of sheep shear clippings they couldn't use. I think I got it to put out for birds to use for building nests but boy did the squirrels have a lot of nice wool nests instead. LOL
Oh, how nice and cozy for them!
