LifeofRubie
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This lady has been hanging out on the front porch for a week or so!
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What a great capture!
Great little film job! She'll be taking care of all those pesky bugs for you.
We just saw a praying mantis on tv the other day and I was telling my husband I haven't seen one all summer!
Or a walking stick! Disappointing. I love the praying mantis slowly coming into view! 
LifeofRubie
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He looks very young for this time of year????
Speaking of 'this time of year,' I saw a humming bird last Sunday but I'm thinking that may have been the last of them this season
I have had my feeders out and fresh this week but haven't seen any activity.
Ours stayed a little later than usual this year and I think it was late September when we saw the last ones.
We thought the same thing. But there are 5 of them so maybe started out smaller because of so many? I also think that if a litter doesn't survive for some reason the Mom can have a second litter. So maybe they got a later than normal start?
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I was lucky enough to sight an endangered turtle on our river camp. It's a fat tailed turtle, quite rare, and it can breath with it's bum! Strange critter. It was quite large but that is hard to see without anything to compare to.
And then there is this gannet who couldn't get the fish down it's neck. He tried and tried and tried!
And then there is this gannet who couldn't get the fish down it's neck. He tried and tried and tried!
I was cleaning out my vegetable garden when I spotted this! First one I saw all summer!
She wasn't really content to stay with me and spread her wings and took off to a nearby bush.
Then I spotted this guy. Again, I really didn't find any on my tomatoes this year until him! And that's a good thing!
Then I found these two making hay while the sun shines on my golf cart windshield!
or at least til the first freeze!
And I almost stepped on this guy the other night!
She wasn't really content to stay with me and spread her wings and took off to a nearby bush.
Then I spotted this guy. Again, I really didn't find any on my tomatoes this year until him! And that's a good thing!
Then I found these two making hay while the sun shines on my golf cart windshield!
or at least til the first freeze!And I almost stepped on this guy the other night!
Back in June of this year I was going outside with Kali in the early morning as we always do. It was about 4:30a.m. I always put her e-collar on her and go outside with her. In June it was probably just getting light. Otherwise I have a flashlight with me.
Well, as soon as she went down the stairs I saw her scramble and woof woof woof! I yelled at her and hit the collar. She hadn't gone far. It was only right in the garden off the sidewalk by the kitchen. But I couldn't see what she was barking at and I didn't care. I just wanted her back inside.
She responded immediately and went back up the stairs. I came back out with a flashlight and I wish I had my camera. Up in the nearest tree were three baby raccoons! I couldn't believe it! I went back inside and grabbed my phone. By this time she was barking her head off again! I looked and looked and finally saw what could only be Mama raccoon. Probably looking for her babies! There she is on the other side of the garden right under the bird feeder.
With the dog barking she retreated.
She started going across the driveway. With Kali barking, she turned around with a final swear word ...
and then retreated into the tree on the other side of the driveway.
Finally scampering off behind the evergreens. 5 minutes later Kali's barking her fool head off again and I just happened to catch one of the last babies scampering out of the garden.
I haven't seen hide nor hair of them since that day.
Well, as soon as she went down the stairs I saw her scramble and woof woof woof! I yelled at her and hit the collar. She hadn't gone far. It was only right in the garden off the sidewalk by the kitchen. But I couldn't see what she was barking at and I didn't care. I just wanted her back inside.
She responded immediately and went back up the stairs. I came back out with a flashlight and I wish I had my camera. Up in the nearest tree were three baby raccoons! I couldn't believe it! I went back inside and grabbed my phone. By this time she was barking her head off again! I looked and looked and finally saw what could only be Mama raccoon. Probably looking for her babies! There she is on the other side of the garden right under the bird feeder.
With the dog barking she retreated.
She started going across the driveway. With Kali barking, she turned around with a final swear word ...
and then retreated into the tree on the other side of the driveway.
Finally scampering off behind the evergreens. 5 minutes later Kali's barking her fool head off again and I just happened to catch one of the last babies scampering out of the garden.
I haven't seen hide nor hair of them since that day.
Was going out to work obedience with Asha - most equipment is set up in the chicken yard. A wild turkey is frantically pacing the fence to get out. Not sure how it got in, there are 2 fences it had to fly over to get in the chicken yard! I'll put the video on youtube in the morning of Asha and me approaching and share it in the video section tomorrow. 
I was in the house when I happened to see a shadow go by the window and I knew it looked like a larger bird. Sure enough, sitting on a bush right by the sidewalk, was this guy. I took a couple of videos but I'm only going to post a few screenshots and a gif. I tried to do a Google search on what kind of hawk it was. I got everything from a Red Tail, which I don't think it is, to a Sparrow hawk and a Common Kestrel. I'm leaning more toward those last two. Anybody have an idea?
LifeofRubie
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very cool!!
Coopers Hawk, maybe?
Coopers Hawk, maybe?
Did you try submitting a photo to the Merlin app for ID?
