OMG, me too!! So freaking cool!
Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics
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I have no doubt I will be adding to this thread frequently.
Driving down the road a couple of days ago and see this very common site. A hawk sitting on a telephone pole. Usually when I drive by, especially going slow trying to take a picture, they take off. This guy was more interested in looking for food I think.
I'm looking forward to it!I have no doubt I will be adding to this thread frequently.
A couple of shots of a crane in our neighborhood.
Not something we see that often.
He (she?) was down at the corner when I left to run a couple errands.
And when I came back he was working on going up my driveway.
He flew away right after that as I started backing a trailer up in there.
Not something we see that often.
He (she?) was down at the corner when I left to run a couple errands.
And when I came back he was working on going up my driveway.
He flew away right after that as I started backing a trailer up in there.
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It's just audio, unfortunately, but I'm thinking fox over coyote?
I think that's a Great Egret.
LOL, I better wait to hear this later, since both dogs are fast asleep in the office where I'm on the computer.
LOL I can so relate.
Wild Turkeys! I took this screenshot off a video of the dogs barking like crazy. Haven't seen the actual turkeys in a while, but see the turkey poop almost daily. Before we fenced & double fenced they'd come right up to the house and you could feed them like chickens. That's a 6' chainlink fence around the yard, then a 4' boundary fence the turkeys are on the outside of. Video was from inside the house through the glass door.
zoomed in and took an actual photo...
zoomed in and took an actual photo...
We're starting to see them out and about now too so it must almost be mating season.
Last week as I was driving down our road when I saw a turkey vulture sitting in the field rather close to the road. As i drove by him, he took off. We see them all the time hovering in the sky. Sometimes they seem like they're right over head and their wingspan looks so large! They rarely flap their wings just floating on the breeze. Not exactly a beautiful bird but I enjoy watching them floating effortlessly across the sky.
And squirrels! Cute, but annoying! Especially when they are eating my bird suet! And antagonizing my dog! I always send her out to chase them away if they are in this side of the driveway. Of course, I always make sure to give them a head start! LOL I really don't care for her to actually catch one since they're almost as big as she is. There has been a few times that she was hot on their tail! This particular time he wasn't fast enough and instead of going across the driveway to the big trees he had to high tail it up my trees right on this side of the driveway. They really hate that because then they can't go anywhere. They can't go from tree to tree to tree and feeling like they are safe. Once they're up there, they are just trapped with nowhere to go.
He was actually up this tree first.
Then I took her inside and later saw him out there again. Once again, he was not fast enough to cut across the driveway so he zoomed up the other tree! She knows exactly where he is!
At first they don't go that high but they cling to the trunk going sideways around it as she's looking for him. It's actually quite comical! Then I went out there and he scurried all the way to the top of the tree!
He was actually up this tree first.
Then I took her inside and later saw him out there again. Once again, he was not fast enough to cut across the driveway so he zoomed up the other tree! She knows exactly where he is!
At first they don't go that high but they cling to the trunk going sideways around it as she's looking for him. It's actually quite comical! Then I went out there and he scurried all the way to the top of the tree!
I make my own and put hot pepper in it to keep the squirrels at bay. Same with bird seed.
Works well! Birds can't taste the hot but squirrels do and they don't like it.
What form are the hot peppers in? Those little tree rats have been bad about chowing down at the feeder and the price of the seed has gone through the roof. They've always left the suet alone though.
In the suet I usually use hot sauce. In bird seed I sprinkle ground cayenne or any ground dried pepper I have handy.
I've often heard that Birds can't smell. Is it true that can't taste either? Sometimes they seem awful picky about food . So how are they deciphering if they can't smell or taste? And what about but it might be doing to their insides? Seems like that would be pretty harsh.
I don't think the birds are, it's the squirrels that are.
I don't think it causes any damages to the birds. It's a practice that has happened for years. You can buy it already made.
