Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics

[MyBuddy]

The squirrels are getting much braver now that my boy is gone. I can't keep suet out there for my birds! He is either climbing up to get it while I'm not outside or he's getting it overnight. Even with sending Kali out once in awhile to chase them . Brave bastards!

Kali and I were coming back to the house from the barn when I saw one in the garden. It's scooted up one of the trees right by the house and Kali saw him. They really hate being in these trees because they are really trapped. When they go to most of the other ones they can jump from tree to tree. Once they get in one of these they're trapped until the coast is clear.

 

[Ravenbird]

Critter Cam photos, on our property but just outside the dog fence. Usually just get deer, but this week the javelinas & coyote are hanging out. This morning after an early quick hike Asha & I came back to a javelina right at our gate as we came home so for the first time she's outside the fence with it. She did a great big BOOOOWOOOOWOOO and charged at it, In a panic I was using all the words: Asha, Here, Come, No! - Hahaha - she did wheel around and return pronto. But her charge and her voice had that javelina bolting the other way. I've heard some stories about these pig-like creatures really ripping into dogs and this is the first time Asha has seen one without the fence between them. As of today I won't worry about them quite as much, but of course I will stay vigilant.

 

[Two Dobes]

Bluebird of Happiness

 

[MyBuddy]

Bluebird of Happiness

That's what I say every time I see one of those!❤

 

[MyBuddy]

With all the rain we've had (4" since Friday!) the toads and frogs are having a field day. The only real place we have standing water is in our horse Corral. When I was taking the horses out this morning we almost stepped on two of them making love! Lol at least I think that's what they were doing. I nudged them out of the way and realized there were two of them! Later I found this little guy. Probably couldn't wait to get back into the Corral and sink into that Mucky water!


Kali is always a little interested, but only because they move LOL Sitting still, she just gives him a little sniff and then she's disinterested.

 

[MyBuddy]

FINALLY! My first snake sighting of the year! My neighbor who hates snakes so she's seen eight of them as she walks her bullmastiff. I said that's because you're looking for them because you're afraid. I never see them because I'm just walking LOL but tonight my husband went out front and came back and said there's a snake in the front garden. I went flying out there to see and take pictures! He knows I love to see the snakes. I just took some pictures and let him be. He was all strung out when I first went out there. But as soon as he saw me he started coiling up and making his hissing sound. Which is really just breathing in and out.

 

[Gpcoguy]

Interesting coloration. What type of snake is it?

 

[MyBuddy]

Interesting coloration. What type of snake is it?

I'm thinking a Bull snake. That's what we see most often.

 

[GennyB]

FINALLY! My first snake sighting of the year!

Really? They have been thick around here!
I have a few neighbors that keep killing them.
I keep telling them where there is snake food there will be snakes. Let them eat up the rodents and move on!

 

[GennyB]

We have a HUGE population of skunks at the farm this year. So many babies EVERYWHERE!
A baby I caught running out of one of the barns....

 

[MyBuddy]

Really? They have been thick around here!
I have a few neighbors that keep killing them.
I keep telling them where there is snake food there will be snakes. Let them eat up the rodents and move on!

Honestly I think it's just because I'm not afraid of them. So I just walk and enjoy the view. When she walks her dog she is always on the lookout for snakes LOL I probably walk right past them and don't even notice. When she told me she saw 8 already I was shocked! LOL and you can keep your skunks by the way LOL.

 

[MyBuddy]

Doing dishes just now and I look out the window and see this! Caught me by surprise so not a great picture. I haven't seen deer for a while. Just yesterday Kali was barking "that bark" in my office. I ran in to see a deer go into the woods. Must be this same one.

 

[MyBuddy]

I saw that deer again this morning when I was feeding the horses. She was running across the back of the property. I was zoomed in all the way in on a cell phone so a terrible picture.





And I'm so excited! My little Wren has taken up residence again in my bird house! The Chickadee must have raised her brood and left. That's the first time I've had someone other than the Wren in that house. First come first serve I guess. But the little Wren is happy as a lark now and serenading us with her beautiful song.

 

[Gpcoguy]

I would think youd be overrun with deer especially withe that cornfield right there. Illinois is big buck country isn't it?

 

[MyBuddy]

I would think youd be overrun with deer especially withe that cornfield right there. Illinois is big buck country isn't it?

I don't know if I've ever heard it as big buck country. But that may only be known to the hunters. LOL. I can't say that I've seen them all the time. Like I said, it's been awhile since I've seen any at all, at least walking through my property. And yeah you would think they would be in a cornfield all the time but I don't see that very often. I used to think the same thing. That they be in there just munching on everything. Unless I just can't see them. Once the corn gets high you can't see anything. Plus they usually stick to the wooded areas. When they cross behind our pasture they usually make a beeline for the trees. But I also have seen them back there grazing on our grass. They are a lot more skittish here it seems then some places other members have posted. Like @Oh Little Oji shows them getting fairly close. I don't think I would ever be able to do that here.

 

[Gelcoater]

I'm thinking a Bull snake. That's what we see most often.

I think so too.
I thought maybe a hognose but the markings are very different after looking around.

Really? They have been thick around here!
I have a few neighbors that keep killing them.
I keep telling them where there is snake food there will be snakes. Let them eat up the rodents and move on!

I’m reading they are thick in AZ this year too, but not the ones you want around, lol.



One of the boat guys wife found this lil guy in the pool. Compared to the pool hose you can see he’s just a juvenile.
But still. It’s a rattle snake in the pool!

 

[MyBuddy]

thought maybe a hognose but the markings are very different after looking around.

Yeah I didn't think it was a hognose. We had those here too and their head is very different. I posted pictures of Hognose here before. Let me see if I can find another one.

 

[Gelcoater]

I knock on wood as I type this but no snakes here yet this year.
We’ve had a visitor or 3 over the years and fortunately no rattle snakes.

 

[MyBuddy]

I need help identifying this snake!

On May 22nd I was out with my granddaughter riding horses when we spotted this snake. I posted this before but no one came up with an answer for me so I'm making its own thread to get more views. I really would like to know what this is because I'm getting conflicting opinions and some are...

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[GennyB]

but not the ones you want around, lol.

I have never seen a venomous snake around my house thankfully! I have at the river and farm. This spring I was at the farm when my son decided to get his canoe out. Right there under that thing was a rattlesnake!