Critters and wildlife in your area - post your pics
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LifeofRubie
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There is a woman on social media who has a roadrunner (not sure if it's through some sort of rehab thing or if he's wild and just hangs with her) but I SWEAR that bird wags his tail when he brings her a treasure!
I know I posted the Chinese Mantis I found the other day in the garden thread but I'm here today so here is the Carolina Mantis we found last night and who was still hanging around this morning. A good sized female if I'm not mistaken! Hope she finds a safe place for an ootheca in the yard!
I didn't realize there were different types. The only time I've ever seen any is when I ordered them but I never saw them again after that.
I've never seen a roadrunner in my life either so I assumed they were huge like the cartoon makes them out to be. LOL
Will do thanks! Yep once you hear that call confirmed a couole times you cant miss them. Even as shy as they are, I can tell at times on trails how busy at work in the area. Keeping the bugs out of the 300 year oaks here is critical.
They like jack pines and eucalyptus are fire adapted, need lightning started brushfires to weed out underbrush, split cones to allow seeds to sprout (with the attending moisture of thunderstorms that made the lightening to during otherwise dry seasons)
and what kills the tree is non native beetles...lower sierras losing huge patches of the coniferous mix.
So I find the sound reassuring. Birb at work!
Crazy, how bout that @Doc ?
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We don't have then here , LOL But I have farmer friends in Wisconsin and they told me storys about shelling corn and run over one of there den's and it collapse under the weight of the machine and then they have to pull it out , the best story was on one of them , there was a black bear in one when it caved in , he said you talk about one pizzed off bear when they pulled the machine out , , it was not hurt .
Me too! I was surprised at how small he was!
I suppose that's more like it. We're just used to that cartoon character!
And it's interesting that he's a roadrunner and he's on the road.
I've told my story about the black squirrel. My first sighting was in Colorado. Years ago. Like 40 years ago.
And then about 10 years ago I saw one at my sister's house. She lives about 4 MI away from me here. I was so surprised! And there were babies!
All climbing around the tree and having a ball. I told her I've never saw them here in Illinois until then. And how come they're not at my house? 
Well they're here. At least one of them is. And I call him my skunk squirrel! Easily recognizable by his white tipped tail. First time I saw him he was waaay out front in the trees. But he's gotten closer and closer until he was right by the house.
These pictures are right out front where I put that water for the Birds and animals.
And then I saw him right off the kitchen! Oh boy. Way too close for Annie. Did I tell you that Annie caught a squirrel? I didn't see it but my husband told me he was out with her and happened to turn around to look for her and she was throwing a squirrel in the air! I said, did she catch it or did she find it dead? He said I don't know.
. But she was having a ball throwing it in the air! 
Well I hope she doesn't get this guy. Unless he starts chewing on my cameras. Then....maybe!
Before Annie can see him, I opened the door slightly to scare him away!
Up the tree...
Wadd do I do? Wadd do I do?
Make a run for it!
Go, go, GOOO!
And then about 10 years ago I saw one at my sister's house. She lives about 4 MI away from me here. I was so surprised! And there were babies!
All climbing around the tree and having a ball. I told her I've never saw them here in Illinois until then. And how come they're not at my house? Well they're here. At least one of them is. And I call him my skunk squirrel! Easily recognizable by his white tipped tail. First time I saw him he was waaay out front in the trees. But he's gotten closer and closer until he was right by the house.
These pictures are right out front where I put that water for the Birds and animals.
And then I saw him right off the kitchen! Oh boy. Way too close for Annie. Did I tell you that Annie caught a squirrel? I didn't see it but my husband told me he was out with her and happened to turn around to look for her and she was throwing a squirrel in the air! I said, did she catch it or did she find it dead? He said I don't know.
. But she was having a ball throwing it in the air! Well I hope she doesn't get this guy. Unless he starts chewing on my cameras. Then....maybe!
Before Annie can see him, I opened the door slightly to scare him away!
Up the tree...
Wadd do I do? Wadd do I do?
Make a run for it!
Go, go, GOOO!
I wouldn't mind it if we had those squirrels here or really anything other than those red tree rats. They have grey squirrels in town but apparently our habitat isn't right out here here. I have seen a black one in town and several albinos in town but it's been a while.
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Oh, he's cool!! I've seen a fair number of melanistic squirrels here in CO, both on the northern Front Range and here in the SW. I don't think I've seen any black Abert's squirrels though (the ones w/ the long ear tufts, very cute), just grey squirrels. But never one w/ a white tail tip!I've told my story about the black squirrel. My first sighting was in Colorado. Years ago. Like 40 years ago.
And then about 10 years ago I saw one at my sister's house. She lives about 4 MI away from me here. I was so surprised! And there were babies!
Well they're here. At least one of them is. And I call him my skunk squirrel! Easily recognizable by his white tipped tail. First time I saw him he was waaay out front in the trees. But he's gotten closer and closer until he was right by the house.
These pictures are right out front where I put that water for the Birds and animals.
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And then I saw him right off the kitchen! Oh boy. Way too close for Annie. Did I tell you that Annie caught a squirrel? I didn't see it but my husband told me he was out with her and happened to turn around to look for her and she was throwing a squirrel in the air! I said, did she catch it or did she find it dead? He said I don't know.
Well I hope she doesn't get this guy. Unless he starts chewing on my cameras. Then....maybe!
Before Annie can see him, I opened the door slightly to scare him away!
Up the tree...
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Wadd do I do? Wadd do I do?
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Make a run for it!
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Go, go, GOOO!
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