Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics

UGH the bunnies are eating EVERYTHING in our yard! Hostas, phlox, my hens and chicks. Just total destruction!
I have to say the bunnies are eating more this year than I remember. I don't know what it means since you have the same thing. I thought maybe it was because I don't have a big dog anymore. But since you have two, maybe the bunny population has just spiraled out of control! :machinegun: LOL My husband was showing me irises and hostas that they have eaten down. I had seen the irises but I thought he had cut them down. So those little creatures are being a little destructive. :tap:
 
We have a bunny plague right now after a wet winter. Healthy fat bunnies breeding like crazy. Jazz has been known to catch and kill a little one, which I bring home and give her for her evening feed. Whole! She wastes nothing!!! :rofl: Some might think that's a bit harsh, but believe me, they don't suffer as my girl is very efficient!
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Jazz has been known to catch and kill a little one, which I bring home and give her for her evening feed. Whole! She wastes nothing!!!
Reckless has caught & killed 3 full grown rabbits. The first one she laid there and ate the whole thing, every bit of it. She looked pregnant for half the day her belly was so big. But there was no way to take it away from her, the look in her eye dared anyone to come close. We figured she'd just eat what she wanted and then leave it. The 2nd one she only ate half of. The 3rd one she just killed it and left it. Asha has yet to catch anything, and I'm not sure if she'd kill it if she did. We'll find out some day, I guess.
 
Reckless has caught & killed 3 full grown rabbits. The first one she laid there and ate the whole thing, every bit of it. She looked pregnant for half the day her belly was so big. But there was no way to take it away from her, the look in her eye dared anyone to come close. We figured she'd just eat what she wanted and then leave it. The 2nd one she only ate half of. The 3rd one she just killed it and left it. Asha has yet to catch anything, and I'm not sure if she'd kill it if she did. We'll find out some day, I guess.
:spit: Jazz does have a tight belly afterwards! Also some belching and a gag or two as I think she stuffs herself to the explosion point!
She defers to me as boss dog and I can take anything from her, but she realises it is HER kill and has a quite different attitude to it than anything else I just give to her. Getting off topic here, apologies, but here is a pic of a critter inside Jazz!IMG_4527x2.webp
 
Heavy fog this morning. Out walking Kali and I love when the fog accents these webs! The one on the grass is amazing! It's almost like it's double layered or something. Such artwork!

Looking over the backfield from the edge of my property. And looking back toward the house.🧐
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And while I'm trying to post this and keep an eye on the dog I almost walked into a single spider web strand going from tree to tree! So funny I look up and I just see this one strand! Yeah, I backed away slowly.
 
Ooooo, the owl!! Man, I wanna see one before I die! 😆 I don't plan on dying for a while so I still got time! But I would love to see one of my property! Very cool picture! :thumbsup:
 
Ooooo, the owl!! Man, I wanna see one before I die! 😆 I don't plan on dying for a while so I still got time! But I would love to see one of my property! Very cool picture! :thumbsup:
I am shocked it turned out so well. I was scared to death of scaring him away. I actually zoomed pretty far so the clarity is surprising.
The turkey hen were just being a PITA. I swear they knew they were taunting the dog. 😠 They are normally pretty quiet but not that night. It wasn't until Hubby said move on or move into my freezer that they left. 😂
 
WOW!!!! That's AMAZING!

I have 4 feeders with a fair amount of distance between them and I still see just two fighting over who get's to sit at that particular one :rolleyes:
Those little boogers can be VERY territorial! A few years ago I had a group that would swarm me when I went to clean and fill the feeders. They were like "Hey! Where you going with those?" 😂
 
Those little boogers can be VERY territorial!
I was going to say that ours are too this time of year. We watch them going round and round all day long no matter if it's at a feeder or in any of the numerous planters we have around the yard.
he last couple of weeks in August bring the most hummingbirds! Black Chin & Rufous are the most common.
That's amazing! We only get the Ruby Throated around here but they're entertaining at any rate.
 
I was watering off the back deck when I noticed this big guy in the blooming sedum. Boy, he picked a great spot with all the butterflies, bees, wasps and what have you that frequent these plants!! I'm not a big spider person but I'm always in awe of nature. And he's quite beautiful, actually. Wouldn't want to walk into his web but can admire from afar! ;) And I didn't want to see what he may catch.:bag:

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It's always this time of year when I see so many spider 🕷 webs 🕸 hanging from trees. Especially when there is early morning fog and it just highlights the web. When I walk Kali all the way to the back of our property, there are several trees and I am always on the lookout for walking into a web! This one was especially hidden. It wasn't just against a tree like the one I posted earlier. This one was hanging off a high limb, kind of out in the open with a few strands tying it down to the ground. Luckily, I saw it before I walked through it. 😳


Barely there, right?
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Keep walking for a better angle
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And quite messy LOL! This one was really out free in the wind and it shows! 🤣
 

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