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

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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    mookieblalock said:


    Big momma!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    Helped a painted turtle climb over a curb yesterday. Keep your eyes peeled when driving.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Loujoe said:
    Helped a painted turtle climb over a curb yesterday. Keep your eyes peeled when driving.
    Well done, Lou!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    I brake for turtles! (And other hallucinations)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Loujoe said:
    I brake for turtles! (And other hallucinations)

    Great bumper sticker idea! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,572
    edited June 20
    brianlux said:
    mookieblalock said:



    I love turtles and tortoises!  Seems to me I read somewhere that only turtles have that zigzag back end of their shell and not tortoises.  Any idea if that's true?
    I don’t know but this one has come 4 years in a row to lay eggs. 4 years ago she somehow got past my aluminum fence and got stuck and had to keep my dogs inside for a couple days to figure a way to take care of her. We brought her across the street to a nature preserve and after I took this photo she found her way over….although I had to stop traffic to make sure she got there.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    mookieblalock said:
    brianlux said:
    mookieblalock said:



    I love turtles and tortoises!  Seems to me I read somewhere that only turtles have that zigzag back end of their shell and not tortoises.  Any idea if that's true?
    I don’t know but this one has come 4 years in a row to lay eggs. 4 years ago she somehow got past my aluminum fence and got stuck and had to keep my dogs inside for a couple days to figure a way to take care of her. We brought her across the street to a nature preserve and after I took this photo she found her way over….although I had to stop traffic to make sure she got there.

    Excellent!  Good job, M!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    mookieblalock said:
    brianlux said:
    mookieblalock said:



    I love turtles and tortoises!  Seems to me I read somewhere that only turtles have that zigzag back end of their shell and not tortoises.  Any idea if that's true?
    I don’t know but this one has come 4 years in a row to lay eggs. 4 years ago she somehow got past my aluminum fence and got stuck and had to keep my dogs inside for a couple days to figure a way to take care of her. We brought her across the street to a nature preserve and after I took this photo she found her way over….although I had to stop traffic to make sure she got there.
    Same here. Nice work. Be careful.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,622
    went out to feed Butch this morning to find this guy. who didnt appreciate being startled and turned to face me with tail high... before scampering to the shit growing around the base of our silver maple....



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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    Close call. They will eat cat food if you leave it outside. We had outside cats as kids and all sorts of critters came on by. Pretty sure someone in my house got sprayed.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,622
    Loujoe said:
    Close call. They will eat cat food if you leave it outside. We had outside cats as kids and all sorts of critters came on by. Pretty sure someone in my house got sprayed.

    last night I forgot to bring in Butchs bowl. Imagine he left some dry food in the bowl like usual. for a feral he's well fed by me alone and I know others in the neighborhood feed him too.

    early evening its the raccoons. sometimes overlaps with the possums. then 2-4 am is a skunk. was surprised to see one at 630 or so in full daylight......

    left him/her alone and it exited the yard fairly quickly.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    I'm glad you didn't get skunk sprayed, M!  The thought is horrifying!
    Years ago, I lived in a single-wide mobile home and a skunk sprayed the outside of a wall right where I had my LPs line up in alpha order along the want.  Literally for a few years after that the "E"s had a slight skunk smell.  Sorry, Brian Eno! 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    The elusive Squirabbit
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,476

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,794
    Bentleyspop said:

    Majestic!
    Great eye and rare to spot in the day..
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    Bentleyspop said:

    That's awesome!!

  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,476
    Loujoe said:
    Bentleyspop said:

    Majestic!
    Great eye and rare to spot in the day..
    I was surprised to see him/her. This was near an owls nest that had attracted a lot of birders. This was the first time I had a day time sighting.
    That same morning I had a bald eagle fly about 15 ft over me my head. No time to get out the phone/camera.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,622
    saw a youngish(based on size) Bald Eagle today flying across our outerbelt while I was driving home from work. Following Alum Creek.....

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,622
    Home Improvement BUTCH Edition.

    Put together a little platform for Butch's house and water using an odd size pallet and section of unused cedar fencing. He's now almost level.


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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,622
    neighbors have a new pet..


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