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

lastexitlondon

Fifthelement

dankind said:

^^^Aw, that is heartbreaking.

My daughter found an orphaned duckling on her walk today; We waited around with it until one of our town’s animal control officers could come and take it to the wildlife refuge/rehab a few towns north of us. The animal control officer on duty was actually just on the way back from dropping off another duckling at the refuge; he surmised they were likely siblings. We did get the little critter to go into a box so that it wouldn’t run into the street while we waited. 

I hope the ducklings were reunited.  So cute.

Ninetytworules said:

Ground hog current resident.

So cute!

lastexitlondon said:

I love sheep!

mickeyrat

so thought I caught this in eyesight the other day but wasnt sure. confirmed today it IS a chipmunk.... fucking genius at that. center fence rail.....

The Juggler

iOnlyownMymind

Fifthelement said:

So I just went for a walk outside Of work to stretch my legs.  The second I get outside I’m assaulted by the anxious squawking of 10-15 seagulls.  They’re dive-bombing a juvenile bald eagle.

The eagle manages to set down in a large Garry oak tree . . . Which just happens to hold a murder of crows with quite a few fledglings in it.  While, the crows were not having any of eagle so set about driving it off. Which drove eagle back into the nasty, squawking seagulls. 

I see a few crows looking at what I thought was a fledgling, however, as I move closer I see it’s a Cooper’s hawk with a dead pigeon in one of it’s talons having a spot of lunch.

Excuse the picture quality, the pix were taken with my old-ass iPhone.

That's a peregrine falcon with the pigeon. Cool pics.

Fifthelement

@iOnlyownMymind

Interesting.  How can you tell the difference?  It’s almost identical to the Cooper’s hawks that are currently living around my house.

mickeyrat

Fifthelement said:

@iOnlyownMymind

Interesting.  How can you tell the difference?  It’s almost identical to the Cooper’s hawks that are currently living around my house.

my limited image search shows its the facial markings. that black drop from the eyes

Fifthelement

mickeyrat said:

Fifthelement said:

@iOnlyownMymind

Interesting.  How can you tell the difference?  It’s almost identical to the Cooper’s hawks that are currently living around my house.

my limited image search shows its the facial markings. that black drop from the eyes

Yeah, I’m not very good a bird identification tbh.  I just assumed it was a Cooper’s hawk based on the fact that that’s what the one in the tree looks like to me lol.  I wasn’t even aware that there were peregrine falcons in my area lol. I did a google search of them side-by-side, and still had a hard time spotting the differences. 

iOnlyownMymind

mickeyrat said:

Fifthelement said:

@iOnlyownMymind

Interesting.  How can you tell the difference?  It’s almost identical to the Cooper’s hawks that are currently living around my house.

my limited image search shows its the facial markings. that black drop from the eyes

Yes, the facial markings are characteristic and peregrines have dark horizontal barring on the chest and white throat.  Cooper's hawks have more of a lighter brown colored barring on the chest and throat.  Although you could find a cooper's eating a pigeon, it is large prey for them to try to get on their own.   It's much more common for a peregrine to hunt one down. They are fast as hell and ferocious. 

Fifthelement

iOnlyownMymind said:

mickeyrat said:

Fifthelement said:

@iOnlyownMymind

Interesting.  How can you tell the difference?  It’s almost identical to the Cooper’s hawks that are currently living around my house.

my limited image search shows its the facial markings. that black drop from the eyes

Yes, the facial markings are characteristic and peregrines have dark horizontal barring on the chest and white throat.  Cooper's hawks have more of a lighter brown colored barring on the chest and throat.  Although you could find a cooper's eating a pigeon, it is large prey for them to try to get on their own.   It's much more common for a peregrine to hunt one down. They are fast as hell and ferocious. 

Thanks guys.  I’ll keep an eye out for more falcons.  The mating pair of Cooper’s hawks fledged three this year.  My hummingbirds are NOT happy.

GlowGirl

Do pigeons on the scaffolding outside my building count as wildlife? This is the best I can do until I can go visit my parents again. They have turtles, lizards, deer, and foxes around their house. Even a wild turkey once in a while. But the best I can do here is the pigeons 😊

brianlux

GlowGirl said:

Do pigeons on the scaffolding outside my building count as wildlife? This is the best I can do until I can go visit my parents again. They have turtles, lizards, deer, and foxes around their house. Even a wild turkey once in a while. But the best I can do here is the pigeons 😊

Sure they do!  Especially as a cute, friendly couple.   

lastexitlondon

THE  most beautiful  cat ive ever seen

GlowGirl

lastexitlondon said:

THE  most beautiful  cat ive ever seen

Gorgeous. I wonder if that is a Bengal cat. They are beautiful.

lastexitlondon

My friend said it was . Hypnotic to look at the pattern 

lastexitlondon

those eyes 

brianlux

lastexitlondon said:

THE  most beautiful  cat ive ever seen

Wow!  So exotic and beautiful looking! 

NEweather

lastexitlondon said:

those eyes 

Awesome good pic!

The Juggler

Views from my office this mornjng

GlowGirl

This big guy scared the crap out me when I was sitting out on my fire escape. It flew right next to my head before landing.