Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics
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jazzies mum
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Great photos and beautiful squirrel. What a tail!
I don't know the official name, but we called them Sparrow Hawks - they'd nab any songbird off a feeder by the house.
That's a new one for me! Never saw a squirrel like that with a white face! It's so fun to see something new!
Wow, isn't she interesting looking! I've never seen one here either.
The one I'd like to get a picture of is the black squirrel. The first time I saw one was in Colorado. Then one day, years ago I saw them at my sister's house, who was only about 5 minutes away from me as the crow flies. She had a lot of them, including babies that I saw a climbing up and down the trees! I never saw one here until about a year ago. I was coming up the drive when I spotted one out front. But he was gone before I knew it. I was pretty excited seeing that was the first time I've seen them here. It's always interesting to see something different that you're not used to seeing.
And Honestly, I don't know if it's because of Annie or the number of trees that we had to cut down out front, but I haven't seen very many squirrels recently!
I had Olive out for a potty break at the hotel last weekend and a grey squirrel came by and climbed up a tree near us. I don't think she had a clue that it was a squirrel since we only have the little red jerks around here who dart around so fast.
Sooooo cute!!
Yes those are the otters we have around here and they're so darn cute.
LifeofRubie
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Wasn't I just saying if I saw a mantis on the humming bird feeder, I'd relocate it? This guy looked too small to attempt a HB but he did get at least one wasp and attempted to grab a couple others while we were able to observe
Awesome photos!
LifeofRubie
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We had an exciting few moments, today!
I was just lounging on the patio, eating my sandwich (with a Moose audience) and I saw a little blur of fur out the corner of my eye and Rubie in pursuit. "Another dumb bunny" I think to myself.
They circle around from behind the lilacs and back across the yard. It's a baby fox! I say baby... likely 4-6 months old by this time of year?
Rubie did get a tumble on him but he popped right back up and was a quick little guy. He managed to get through the fence to safety. Whole thing lasted like 6 seconds but there was 0.5 seconds when she got that tumble on him when I was like, "welp, guess I'm getting bit today" thinking I'd have to pull a terrified wild animal out of her mouth with one hand while saving my sandwich in the other. I do love a good sandwich.
No bloodshed, today! He ran away and dingo was jazzed but otherwise fine.
Screen shot from our camera but that sure is a Moose escorting the baby off the premises.
I was just lounging on the patio, eating my sandwich (with a Moose audience) and I saw a little blur of fur out the corner of my eye and Rubie in pursuit. "Another dumb bunny" I think to myself.
They circle around from behind the lilacs and back across the yard. It's a baby fox! I say baby... likely 4-6 months old by this time of year?
Rubie did get a tumble on him but he popped right back up and was a quick little guy. He managed to get through the fence to safety. Whole thing lasted like 6 seconds but there was 0.5 seconds when she got that tumble on him when I was like, "welp, guess I'm getting bit today" thinking I'd have to pull a terrified wild animal out of her mouth with one hand while saving my sandwich in the other. I do love a good sandwich.
No bloodshed, today! He ran away and dingo was jazzed but otherwise fine.
Screen shot from our camera but that sure is a Moose escorting the baby off the premises.
I almost had to hit funny because of that.
We have at least 6 fox kits around the yard this year but I don't know if they're all out of the same mom or more than one.
