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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Wow! Is that a Mule Deer? Looks giant.
  • FifthelementFifthelement Posts: 6,958
    Loujoe said:
    Wow! Is that a Mule Deer? Looks giant.
    If you’re referring to the one I posted then yes, sorta.  It’s a Columbia black-tailed deer which is a subspecies of mule deer.  This one is a good size, but in general, the deer on the Island tend to be smaller than their mainland counterparts. 
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    ^^yes. Interesting. Thx. You ever see any mountain lions? 
  • FifthelementFifthelement Posts: 6,958
    edited November 2022
    We call them cougars here. I haven’t encountered any personally, but they are around.  At minimum, there are usually at least one or two sightings a year in my community which is in an urban centre. We have a lot of deer in the city so there is good eating.  Lots of sightings up Island though. They usually avoid people unless they are sick or starving.

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    ^Darn cool. I'm coming over so we can look for antlers on the ne corner of the island. Thanks for sharing.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,950
    webcam link in article.....

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    The return of wild turkeys to our neighborhood. Happy to see them back. We saw another family much larger but I was driving so no photo.
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    They remind me of dinosaurs. Nice picture. Looks like they are going for a stroll chatting it up.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    Loujoe said:
    They remind me of dinosaurs. Nice picture. Looks like they are going for a stroll chatting it up.

    LOL, I thought the same thing.  I wonder what they were talking about?

    Even better today- and I wish I'd had grabbed my phone to take a photo- we had a large flock of Sandhill cranes fly and circle briefly relatively low over our house a couple of hours ago.  These are gorgeous birds (example below) and make a really cool sound when flying above.  What a treat that was.  And to think that by 1900, they were very nearly hunted to extinction.  Today, they are the most numerous crane species in the world and can live up to 25 years in the wild!
    Sandhill Crane Identification All About Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Yes! I had then fly over my house when I lived in CO. Heard them before I saw. They were way up high, but they make this distinctive chatter. Can't remember what it sounds like now. Very cool . I love nature. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    Loujoe said:
    Yes! I had then fly over my house when I lived in CO. Heard them before I saw. They were way up high, but they make this distinctive chatter. Can't remember what it sounds like now. Very cool . I love nature. 

    Nature, yes!
    Yeah, that make kind of a clucking muted castanet sort of sound.  Would make a nice addition to percussion if there were a way to reproduce it, lol!
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    Definitely looking more like spring time around here!
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Wow. Super cool.  Never saw that many like that.  I was on a walk the other day and heard one gobbling.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    Loujoe said:
    Wow. Super cool.  Never saw that many like that.  I was on a walk the other day and heard one gobbling.

    One of those showy males made a move on one of the females and she wanted nothing of it.  We just cracked up!
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,950
    One time driving US 30 WB from the NJ border into Pennsylvania, a flock of 10 or so flew across the road in front of the truck.......

    NOT COOL.
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Ahh shucks mrat...yep that would stink. Can't swerve or stop. Dangerous.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,950
    Loujoe said:
    Ahh shucks mrat...yep that would stink. Can't swerve or stop. Dangerous.

    didnt hit any but still....
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,816
    mickeyrat said:
    Loujoe said:
    Ahh shucks mrat...yep that would stink. Can't swerve or stop. Dangerous.

    didnt hit any but still....

    Wasn't a turkey but i had a canadian goose fly into the side of my car once. Luckily i saw him fly towards me and I slowed down a little bit. Also lucky that he hit the side of my car door and not the windshield or anything. Just left some goose crap and stuff on the car. Not sure if it survived or not.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,950
    eeriepadave said:
    mickeyrat said:
    Loujoe said:
    Ahh shucks mrat...yep that would stink. Can't swerve or stop. Dangerous.

    didnt hit any but still....

    Wasn't a turkey but i had a canadian goose fly into the side of my car once. Luckily i saw him fly towards me and I slowed down a little bit. Also lucky that he hit the side of my car door and not the windshield or anything. Just left some goose crap and stuff on the car. Not sure if it survived or not.

    driver for my first company had one fly through the truck windshield, landed in his lap. then it started squawking......
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Went out to hang with the spring peepers last night. went to a small pond with a red/ green light. They are so loud and amazing to watch. I never take amphibians for granted. 
    'Every spring they sound the same, yet tell me something different" a wise man [me] thought of that.
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  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 13,514
    Loujoe said:
    Went out to hang with the spring peepers last night. went to a small pond with a red/ green light. They are so loud and amazing to watch. I never take amphibians for granted. 
    'Every spring they sound the same, yet tell me something different" a wise man [me] thought of that.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    edited May 2023
    Canada geese coming around to check out our picnic yesterday.
    I told this guy, "Sorry bud, I can tell you're used to handouts but for your own good, we don't feed wild life."
    (Oh, and by the way, no, this is not our back yard, haha!)
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    We were on the walking trail today and kept seeing this little things scurry across the path. Without my glasses I thought they were spiders, but then I noticed some were hoping, so I bent down and scooped one up. Turns out they were common Western Toads. Bunches of them!

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Cute. Nature dazzles me.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    No photo but mother snapper turtle was laying eggs in our yard. Lucky I was home. When she was done escorted her back to the pond down the busy road as not to get ran over. Watch for wildlife. 
    Love to all
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,718
    Loujoe said:
    No photo but mother snapper turtle was laying eggs in our yard. Lucky I was home. When she was done escorted her back to the pond down the busy road as not to get ran over. Watch for wildlife. 
    Love to all

    Wonders of nature, how cool!
    Love ya back, Loujoe
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,032
    Was fishing on the delaware river in Pa. NJ on other side. Found a spot with a pair of eagles and a young one. Today also noticed a large black thing bobbing across the river upsteam about 1/4 mile. Yes it's a bear! Climbs out of the river and starts walking the shoreline my way. Beautiful to watch it strut along...I took a few more casts and made my way out. There was a wall of rocks on one side of me and the river the other. A little too iffy if that bear felt trapped. Super cool to see. Just get outside and prepare to be amazed or eaten. 
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,481
    A very inquisitive rainbow lorikeet hanging out at our window yesterday. Such beautiful colours.


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    Momma Groundhog had four babies, and I made them a salad bar so they stay away from the veggie garden.

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