What is in your backyard?
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That must have been a site to see. What happens if they nest on your land? I know you can't disturb an eagle nest.
I saw a pair of Cardinal, Wren, and there is an Owl outside in the woods somewhere I want to see.
I need night vision goggles or binoculars.
I saw a pair of Cardinal, Wren, and there is an Owl outside in the woods somewhere I want to see.
I need night vision goggles or binoculars.
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50+ Canadian Geese fertilizing the baseball field near my house. They are concerned about my dog on the field even though he always moves his bowels off of trails in the woods. Last spring they had 5 or 6 men with leaf blowers getting rid of the goose poop. One of the grounds keepers told me he suggested using coyote decoys to get rid of the geese. The Confederated Union of Nepotism and Taint-lickers prefer the work I guess…
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same here….black sunflower seeds are sky high…..chicken scratch here contains copious amounts of black sunflower seeds along with milo , corn , and wheat
it went from $10 bucks a 40# sack to $16.50
if we grow a garden next season the plan is to incorporate sunflowers , milo , corn and wheat i to our crop rotation just for the birds
we feed chickens , doves , turkeys , and a million sparrows
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The bird feed also entertains your cat if he is anything like mine. My cats ‘camp’ in the yard waiting for ‘playthings’…
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The bird feed also entertains your cat if he is anything like mine. My cats ‘camp’ in the yard waiting for ‘playthings’…
yep , we get bird gifts all the time , a wing here , a head there, plenty of feathers
and the yellow tom cat blends in so well with the Buff Orpington's that he hides in the middle of them and ambushes all the birds that come down to feed with the chickens
it is a barnyard full of murder , rape , and various acts of violence
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I will take that mayhem over a big city version any day…
I saw my grey cat, Dennis the Menace, run up to a feeder, leap 3 and a half feet in the air and decapitate a gold finch almost in the blink of an eye. Stuck the landing and ran off with the body to hide under my car. I was a bit bothered but also impressed.
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Had 9 deer in the backyard last night, but this morning was a first for me. Old Hen's been trying to get a decent pic of the strange critter. It's a fox squirrel, all white with a pink nose and feet, but he's got a brown tail. Weird. Wonder if he'd mind if I trapped him and bleached his tail so I could call him an albino?
Most likely a
Variegated Fox Squirrel
I blame the tainted food supply or ground water
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More like Gadzooks !
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I miss global warming…
joeb631a
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When you say it that way ,so do I ....
joeb631a
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Too bold for a decision of that the consequences may outweigh the effects you are not looking for at such an early time of the day which may predicate the rest of your remaining day. ( something I remember happening to me in 93)
