They let us pick the area we want for most hunting around here. We're zone 178 for deer hunting. LOL
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He does look a bit pissed off!
LifeofRubie
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Speaking of birds!
Spotted this Downy Woodpecker at the hummingbird feeder, this morning! Haven't seen any hummingbirds, yet, though.
Spotted this Downy Woodpecker at the hummingbird feeder, this morning! Haven't seen any hummingbirds, yet, though.
Put a suet feeder out there and you will have the Downy woodpeckers all year! They are here all winter.
The red belly woodpecker is here a lot now too. I don't see them here in the winter as much as the Downy but they are here. But come spring it seems like they are here a lot.
Panama
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Here we go again.......
Born UNDER my house. We could hear them Wednesday, so hubby set up a trail cam & put food out for Momma Cat but she never came back for the food or the kittens. Yesterday, we got a lot of heavy rain. We checked the trail cam and food I left for Momma, but still no sign of her. Yesterday evening the kittens were coming out from under the house soaking wet and covered in mud. No sign of the Momma Cat. They're only 2- 2 1/2 wks. There are 4 kittens. The 2 shown above, 1 almost identical to the darker one & 1 black w/4 white boots.
We are not a cat household, but I couldn't just leave them out in the elements.
Born UNDER my house. We could hear them Wednesday, so hubby set up a trail cam & put food out for Momma Cat but she never came back for the food or the kittens. Yesterday, we got a lot of heavy rain. We checked the trail cam and food I left for Momma, but still no sign of her. Yesterday evening the kittens were coming out from under the house soaking wet and covered in mud. No sign of the Momma Cat. They're only 2- 2 1/2 wks. There are 4 kittens. The 2 shown above, 1 almost identical to the darker one & 1 black w/4 white boots.
We are not a cat household, but I couldn't just leave them out in the elements.
Aww the poor helpless little things... I'm not a cat person either but I would have to do something to help them.
Wow you have a beautiful view from your window!
So a bear came up on the deck and walked off with our suet feeder that had just been full. Elroy and I were on the couch and we both heard it so Elroy jumped up to investigate and came back to stand in front of me giving the lowest, deepest growl I've ever heard out of him.
Evidence out in the snow today. You can't really tell the size here but they're huge - close to the size of a 8" Dixie plate.
Evidence out in the snow today. You can't really tell the size here but they're huge - close to the size of a 8" Dixie plate.
I looked out the other day to a squirrel hanging off my suet feeder. ( I let Kali out to teach him a lesson!
Don't worry, I gave him a head start! 
)I'll take that over a bear any day!
Just saying.
Finally! As some of you know I repainted my little Wren house to a lighter color in hopes of it being a little cooler for the birds. Even though it's in the shade once all the tree leaves come in, it always worried me that it was too hot. When @JanS suggested painting it white I hesitated at first because I didn't want to cover all the designs on it. But then I thought, what the heck. I can paint it white and just paint a couple of designs back on so that it's mainly a white color. And hopefully cooler. And that's what I did!
So I put it out weeks ago. And nothing. There was one time where another bird was trying to get in. Looked like a sparrow. And I said, Wow. No, that's not your house ! Well, he didn't fit. We made the hole like we had read about... only an inch and a quarter. Which was supposed to support a Wren and keep out others.
But where was my Wren? I thought maybe she didn't like her new house! Then, lo and behold, a couple of days ago I finally saw her entering, building her nest. Always so much fun watching her take a twig and try and get it into the hole!
Then one day I saw another bird trying to get in!
It looked like a sparrow again! I was shocked. I've never seen anything else try to get in that little house. He clung to the outside and stuck his head inside like, "Heeeeere's Johnny!" 
But it didn't go in. He didn't fit! I think he can get his head in but his shoulders wouldn't fit.
So then yesterday I'm watching as he tried over and over. He even sat on top of the house. I don't know if he was guarding it or what. One time he was clinging to the outside with his head poking in and my little Wren was on top of the shepherd's hook having a fit. I actually went out there and chased him away. But I know I can't do this every day or that it's even going to have an effect. They have to solve this themselves. It's nature! But I did see her go in there again. I hope the sparrow leaves her alone after a while. I've never had them fighting over this house and I'm tempted to build another one for another a bigger bird. Always a lot of fun to watch out my window!
So I put it out weeks ago. And nothing. There was one time where another bird was trying to get in. Looked like a sparrow. And I said, Wow. No, that's not your house ! Well, he didn't fit. We made the hole like we had read about... only an inch and a quarter. Which was supposed to support a Wren and keep out others.
But where was my Wren? I thought maybe she didn't like her new house!
Then, lo and behold, a couple of days ago I finally saw her entering, building her nest. Always so much fun watching her take a twig and try and get it into the hole! Then one day I saw another bird trying to get in!
It looked like a sparrow again! I was shocked. I've never seen anything else try to get in that little house. He clung to the outside and stuck his head inside like, "Heeeeere's Johnny!" But it didn't go in. He didn't fit! I think he can get his head in but his shoulders wouldn't fit.So then yesterday I'm watching as he tried over and over. He even sat on top of the house. I don't know if he was guarding it or what. One time he was clinging to the outside with his head poking in and my little Wren was on top of the shepherd's hook having a fit. I actually went out there and chased him away. But I know I can't do this every day or that it's even going to have an effect. They have to solve this themselves. It's nature! But I did see her go in there again. I hope the sparrow leaves her alone after a while. I've never had them fighting over this house and I'm tempted to build another one for another a bigger bird. Always a lot of fun to watch out my window!
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In the above gif if you look quickly on the driveway, you can see that she actually dropped that twig! It's so funny watching her twist and turn in trying to get something in the hole the right way. But that time she did drop it. She is persistent though! 
No the fence is on the other side of the house. He just marched up the steps to the deck and helped himself.
My Grosbeaks and Baltimore Orioles just showed up yesterday!! So exciting!
Checking out my sun!
And my little Wren is still bringing nesting material in the house. She's definitely taking over her house! I've only seen the other bird there a couple of times and I have tried to scare her/him off a little. I think they've given up.
Last night my husband spotted this little guy .
So small!
And yesterday Kali chased this squirrel up the tree again right by the house.
