5 eagles, 4 deer, 2 bunnies, and a black bear today

haffajappa

was the list of my wildlife viewing!
gotta love rural British Columbia...
No orcas tho, even though we did stop by one of their routes...

Just thought i'd share.

nuffingman

We've had 2 field mice, a couple of squirrels and a hedgehog. How's that for nature watching.

eMMI

All I ever seem to see is pheasants. :P

I can hear 'em too. :roll:

intodeep

That is pretty awesome. I miss living "way out there"

Dissidentman

haffajappa wrote:

was the list of my wildlife viewing!

I saw Eyed at the drive-thru ordering an Iced Mocha Latte, does that count?

eyedclaar

haffajappa wrote:

was the list of my wildlife viewing!
gotta love rural British Columbia...
No orcas tho, even though we did stop by one of their routes...

Just thought i'd share.

So cool. You guys have some fuckin' country up in there.

chadwick

eyedclaar wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

was the list of my wildlife viewing!
gotta love rural British Columbia...
No orcas tho, even though we did stop by one of their routes...

Just thought i'd share.

So cool. You guys have some fuckin' country up in there.

british columbia does indeed rock.
and they have really decent green stuff.

pandora

I have nothing like your list but I appreciate who I have

5 chipmunks chasing
many cardinals whistling
2 frogs croakin
1 turtle crossing
many anoles sneekin and peekin
3 Downy woodpeckers pecking
2 Bluejays bobbing
3 robins laughing
1 red bellied woodpecker furiously feeding baby
2 Doves cooing
1 ruby throat hummingbird dipping at the flowers
maybe 4 carolina wren babies peeping (nesting in the garage!)
at least 1 possum asleep under the house
and too many squirrels to count!

Slap upside the head

pandora wrote:

I have nothing like your list but I appreciate who I have

5 chipmunks chasing
many cardinals whistling
2 frogs croakin
1 turtle crossing
many anoles sneekin and peekin
3 Downy woodpeckers pecking
2 Bluejays bobbing
3 robins laughing
1 red bellied woodpecker furiously feeding baby
2 Doves cooing
1 ruby throat hummingbird dipping at the flowers
maybe 4 carolina wren babies peeping (nesting in the garage!)
at least 1 possum asleep under the house
and too many squirrels to count!

This list would make a great x-mas song if it included a partridge in a pear tree.

chadwick

pandora wrote:

I have nothing like your list but I appreciate who I have

5 chipmunks chasing
many cardinals whistling
2 frogs croakin
1 turtle crossing
many anoles sneekin and peekin
3 Downy woodpeckers pecking
2 Bluejays bobbing
3 robins laughing
1 red bellied woodpecker furiously feeding baby
2 Doves cooing
1 ruby throat hummingbird dipping at the flowers
maybe 4 carolina wren babies peeping (nesting in the garage!)
at least 1 possum asleep under the house
and too many squirrels to count!

that's a christmas carol, yes/no?

chadwick

Slap upside the head wrote:

pandora wrote:

I have nothing like your list but I appreciate who I have

5 chipmunks chasing
many cardinals whistling
2 frogs croakin
1 turtle crossing
many anoles sneekin and peekin
3 Downy woodpeckers pecking
2 Bluejays bobbing
3 robins laughing
1 red bellied woodpecker furiously feeding baby
2 Doves cooing
1 ruby throat hummingbird dipping at the flowers
maybe 4 carolina wren babies peeping (nesting in the garage!)
at least 1 possum asleep under the house
and too many squirrels to count!

This list would make a great x-mas song if it included a partridge in a pear tree.

ding ding ding ding ding...

haffajappa

Well I'm over on the island for a couple days (Vancouver island)
Theyre aren't many wild animals in greater vancouver, except the usual raccoons, squirrels, bunnies, etc. There was a possum in my backyard the other day but that was about it.
Expected tho as thats a huge metro area... the rest of B.C. is more of a cluster of smaller towns - especially as you go up past 100 mile house or boston bar.

I really wanted to see some orcas tho ...none showed up

chadwick

haffajappa wrote:

Well I'm over on the island for a couple days (Vancouver island)
Theyre aren't many wild animals in greater vancouver, except the usual raccoons, squirrels, bunnies, etc. There was a possum in my backyard the other day but that was about it.
Expected tho as thats a huge metro area... the rest of B.C. is more of a cluster of smaller towns - especially as you go up past 100 mile house or boston bar.

I really wanted to see some orcas tho ...none showed up

if i could live there i would.
vancouver island is the best.
i can't even go into my own wonderous experiences there because it would take up a great deal of time.
pacific rim rainforest inspired me to move across the united states
to live in the u.s.'s version of the rainforest, the olympics.

pacific rim rainforest contains artwork, wizards, and me higher than a kite.
off in the distance i saw spouts from gray whales as i sat and watched
the proudest eagle i have ever saw in my life.
on the edge of this cliff, he sat atop a conifer tree of some sort overlooking the ocean.
waves crashing below swirling around in this pool made from rock erosion.
i sat there for a good 2 hours im sure of it.
i did not move unless i was blinking my eyes, smoking joints, or drinking water.
i did not speak a single word the entire time yet had a conversation with a winged preditor.
massive was his chest.
eyes of sky focusing down to a fish's reflective fins.
talons kind to the tree.
i had no choice but to light another doobie and take in his amazement.

haffajappa

chadwick wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

Well I'm over on the island for a couple days (Vancouver island)
Theyre aren't many wild animals in greater vancouver, except the usual raccoons, squirrels, bunnies, etc. There was a possum in my backyard the other day but that was about it.
Expected tho as thats a huge metro area... the rest of B.C. is more of a cluster of smaller towns - especially as you go up past 100 mile house or boston bar.

I really wanted to see some orcas tho ...none showed up

if i could live there i would.
vancouver island is the best.
i can't even go into my own wonderous experiences there because it would take up a great deal of time.
pacific rim rainforest inspired me to move across the united states
to live in the u.s.'s version of the rainforest, the olympics.

pacific rim rainforest contains artwork, wizards, and me higher than a kite.
off in the distance i saw spouts from gray whales as i sat and watched
the proudest eagle i have ever saw in my life.
on the edge of this cliff, he sat atop a conifer tree of some sort overlooking the ocean.
waves crashing below swirling around in this pool made from rock erosion.
i sat there for a good 2 hours im sure of it.
i did not move unless i was blinking my eyes, smoking joints, or drinking water.
i did not speak a single word the entire time yet had a conversation with a winged preditor.
massive was his chest.
eyes of sky focusing down to a fish's reflective fins.
talons kind to the tree.
i had no choice but to light another doobie and take in his amazement.

if my memory card reader was working i could post pics

adropinthepark

haffajappa wrote:

Well I'm over on the island for a couple days (Vancouver island)
Theyre aren't many wild animals in greater vancouver, except the usual raccoons, squirrels, bunnies, etc. There was a possum in my backyard the other day but that was about it.
Expected tho as thats a huge metro area... the rest of B.C. is more of a cluster of smaller towns - especially as you go up past 100 mile house or boston bar.

I really wanted to see some orcas tho ...none showed up

Do orcas ever swim closer to Vancouver? I know we get them around Puget Sound, though I've yet to be fortunate enough to see them.

Also, do bears ever wander down into your metro area? I haven't seen a bear since taking a family trip into the Okanogans, but they're spotted in Western Washington's (sub)urban areas fairly often.

_Crazy_Mary_

Today:
quail
2 jack rabbits
2 deer

couple days ago I saw a 3 ft. long yellow & black snake (yellow racer possible)
last week I saw a baby rattlesnake and a hawk

everyday I see my 85 chickens, 2 bunnies, 2 cats & 2 dogs
and the occasional raccoon, bobcat, mountain lion, fox, coyote & bear

_Crazy_Mary_

Oh And yesterday I saw Andy Samberg AND Joanna Newsom & they said hi to me!!!

Wobbie

I have a bunch of feral cats on my street. :?

jimed14

Today, I saw ...

3 or 4 strung out, missing teeth prostitutes.
1 drug deal going down.
5 fire engines for the 4th false alarm in the past two weeks.

oh, and if I could convey the smells I smelled ... you'd be fascinated.


mmmm, I love the city!

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

I have a bunch of feral cats on my street. :?

lol let gracie show 'em whose boss!

haffajappa

adropinthepark wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

Well I'm over on the island for a couple days (Vancouver island)
Theyre aren't many wild animals in greater vancouver, except the usual raccoons, squirrels, bunnies, etc. There was a possum in my backyard the other day but that was about it.
Expected tho as thats a huge metro area... the rest of B.C. is more of a cluster of smaller towns - especially as you go up past 100 mile house or boston bar.

I really wanted to see some orcas tho ...none showed up

Do orcas ever swim closer to Vancouver? I know we get them around Puget Sound, though I've yet to be fortunate enough to see them.

Also, do bears ever wander down into your metro area? I haven't seen a bear since taking a family trip into the Okanogans, but they're spotted in Western Washington's (sub)urban areas fairly often.

you don't see orcas in the vancouver area more so in victoria (which is nearer to puget sound anyways, isn't it?) although a grey whale swam into false creek a few weeks ago which is crazy!

bears aren't too common although there are a few that have been spotted here and there in greater vancouver, more so outside the borders of vancouver/burnaby (the really heavily populated metro areas). unfortunately people aren't really "bear aware" and a lot of bears get killed by conservation officers as a result. (ie they feed the bears or don't cover their garbage properly and such).

haffajappa

this is when i was a few feet away from the deer:


couple of eagles on the beach


this is near the village we stopped by, thought we'd see if any whales were around (no luck tho) - closer to northern-most part of island


path along beach (in a town that is about mid-island)


ferry ride home today

haffajappa

ooh almost forgot mr. bear

Rygar

Maybe I've been playing too much Red Dead Redemption, but I was expecting something else

gabers

I saw a squirrel eating french fries from a discarded Mickey D's bag yesterday. Made me laugh out loud. My first thought was "what would his mother think?".

gabers

haffajappa wrote:

ooh almost forgot mr. bear

You sure that ain't the Sasquatch?

Horos

Rygar wrote:

Maybe I've been playing too much Red Dead Redemption, but I was expecting something else

Exactly what I thought this thread was going to be about.

gabers

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

Today:
quail
2 jack rabbits
2 deer

couple days ago I saw a 3 ft. long yellow & black snake (yellow racer possible)
last week I saw a baby rattlesnake and a hawk

everyday I see my 85 chickens, 2 bunnies, 2 cats & 2 dogs
and the occasional raccoon, bobcat, mountain lion, fox, coyote & bear

You seem to live an extrordinary life. Where do you live?? I can guess California, but what part?

BinauralJam

jimed14 wrote:

Today, I saw ...

3 or 4 strung out, missing teeth prostitutes.
1 drug deal going down.
5 fire engines for the 4th false alarm in the past two weeks.

oh, and if I could convey the smells I smelled ... you'd be fascinated.


mmmm, I love the city!

Neighbor!!!...oh your in San Fran, sounded like you were in NY.

haffajappa

gabers wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

ooh almost forgot mr. bear

You sure that ain't the Sasquatch?

ohhh maybe!!!

tybird

I got two Turkey Vultures....a red-tailed hawk....some Barn Swallows.....for today. Yesterday, I had over 42 species of birds.....the species of note were Lark Sparrow and White Pelican......several upland chorus frogs were added to the mix too. The only mammal to make an appearance was an Eastern Gray Squirrel.