Wildlife Around Your Home (post pics if you've got 'em!)

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Our fox family was back this morning before I woke up so I missed them but my wife said a couple of the kits were playing on our deck again... until our cat Annie saw them through the glass slider and scared them off.  This is exactly why Annie is an indoor cat.  She would either kill one of the kits or get killed herself by one of the parents. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    C. got this shot off this AM.  Kit fox on our deck!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    That is so cool Brian.  Good thread idea.



    From last September.
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Fifthelement said:
    That is so cool Brian.  Good thread idea.



    From last September.
    Great photo, Fifth!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    plenty of messy Canada geese in my area...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    Some sort of migratory waterfowl
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    This afternoon we got word that a good friend of ours died this morning of cancer and so it was very comforting to have one of our little fox friend come and take a nap on our yard swing.  We opened the window a little and told her she's a good girl.  She look up for a moment and then went back to napping.  ❤️



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    brianlux said:
    This afternoon we got word that a good friend of ours died this morning of cancer and so it was very comforting to have one of our little fox friend come and take a nap on our yard swing.  We opened the window a little and told her she's a good girl.  She look up for a moment and then went back to napping.  ❤️



    Awesome!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I hope nobody is bothered by this one. My parents live on the river and we spend time on the dock in the summer. We always have a line in and we catch these rainbow trout (also known as Kamloops Trout).

    We typically catch 2-3 each day and eat them that day. They're a little bony, but they're tasty. My father sent me a shot of this beauty- he caught it today while I was mountain biking.


    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I hope nobody is bothered by this one. My parents live on the river and we spend time on the dock in the summer. We always have a line in and we catch these rainbow trout (also known as Kamloops Trout).

    We typically catch 2-3 each day and eat them that day. They're a little bony, but they're tasty. My father sent me a shot of this beauty- he caught it today while I was mountain biking.


    Fish killers burn in hell!  LOL!

    Yes and no.  I don't fish in stream or ocean anymore (and as far as ocean goes, I abstain from eating anything with the exception of seaweed), but how can I judge?  When I was a kid and up through my 20's I went fishing in Sierra streams and creeks and remember well the taste of fresh caught rainbow trout pan fried in butter after a morning of fishing.  Most places are stocked with fish now so maybe not much impact on  environment- I honestly don't know. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    I love spraying these fuckers with the hose!

    The damn dog is afraid of them and hence useless.

    Where’s Artie Bucco when you need him? Although I did hear a coyote yipping a couple of nights ago, so I guess it’s better that a natural predator is around to take care of them.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ^ ^ Artie Bucco lol
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    dankind said:
    I love spraying these fuckers with the hose!

    The damn dog is afraid of them and hence useless.

    Where’s Artie Bucco when you need him? Although I did hear a coyote yipping a couple of nights ago, so I guess it’s better that a natural predator is around to take care of them.

    hahahahahaha

    That is awesome. I bet the dog acts so damn tough all the time with you guys.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    dankind said:
    I love spraying these fuckers with the hose!

    The damn dog is afraid of them and hence useless.

    Where’s Artie Bucco when you need him? Although I did hear a coyote yipping a couple of nights ago, so I guess it’s better that a natural predator is around to take care of them.

    hahahahahaha

    That is awesome. I bet the dog acts so damn tough all the time with you guys.
    Oh yeah, she’s a killing machine in a game of tug, but get her near a bunny and she quakes with fear and dread. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Outside my friend’s house in Colorado.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    dankind said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    dankind said:
    I love spraying these fuckers with the hose!

    The damn dog is afraid of them and hence useless.

    Where’s Artie Bucco when you need him? Although I did hear a coyote yipping a couple of nights ago, so I guess it’s better that a natural predator is around to take care of them.

    hahahahahaha

    That is awesome. I bet the dog acts so damn tough all the time with you guys.
    Oh yeah, she’s a killing machine in a game of tug, but get her near a bunny and she quakes with fear and dread. 
    We totally love having had rabbits in our yard (reminds me of a Paul Westerberg line in "Once Around the Weekend") and don't mind that they nibble on some of the plants.  But now we have a fox family that's taken up residence so... you guessed it.  No rabbits.  I guess you just can't have everything. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    No pictures, but a few years ago, I spotted a deer in our back yard.  I left an apple for her, and she started coming back every day.  She then brought a few friends!

    The deer trusted me enough to come right up to me when I was cutting an apple to feed to her.

    After a few weeks, there were almost a half-dozen of them coming around, including a buck with huge antlers.   That was a sign to stop!
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    On a drive, about a half hour from the house.  It was taken a couple years ago.


    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    edited June 2018
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    No pictures, but a few years ago, I spotted a deer in our back yard.  I left an apple for her, and she started coming back every day.  She then brought a few friends!

    The deer trusted me enough to come right up to me when I was cutting an apple to feed to her.

    After a few weeks, there were almost a half-dozen of them coming around, including a buck with huge antlers.   That was a sign to stop!
    I'm sure you meant well ... but you should never feed wild animals.

    Not for your safety ... but for theirs ... they can become dependent on humans.
    Post edited by Meltdown99 on
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,118
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I hope nobody is bothered by this one. My parents live on the river and we spend time on the dock in the summer. We always have a line in and we catch these rainbow trout (also known as Kamloops Trout).

    We typically catch 2-3 each day and eat them that day. They're a little bony, but they're tasty. My father sent me a shot of this beauty- he caught it today while I was mountain biking.


    oh man that's such a gorgeous fish!  on the fly? lure? bait?
    do you guys have graylings in your neck of the woods?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......

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