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There is a semi large bull snake I'm probably going to need to relocate from my mother's property in the next week if it keeps trying to share the patio with the dogs. She's not (usually) prone to exaggeration & said it was as long as the oversized loveseat plus some... so likely 55" or more.
I'll try & get a picture before I catch it. : )
How come no one eats any snakes besides rattlesnakes? I think you should start a trend. I'd take a bull snake, but it'd probably bother my chickens.
Id prefer not to hurt it since its pretty useful to control wee critters. Unfortunately it's just big enough to be a pest on its own.
Here is Fall River Reservoir from Thursday. Probably the closest place to Denver to feel the vastness of the Rocky Mountains.
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Love pics like this.
Nice, I like it.
Bunch of deer living under the deck of this house I was at today. There was a bigger buck and some does, but they were moving too quick to get a good picture.
The fawn was all spotty and cute.
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I was nearly killed by what I believe is a wild dingo today.
I did manage to snap a picture just after the attack.
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That's what you get when you pack a wounded baby rabbit for lunch.
Did that dingo eat your baby?
Can't believe I missed that opportunity...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
I feel like I owe you a beer after that post.
Two Thumbs Up.
Sent from somewhere...
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Originally Posted by ray1970
You were lucky to survive. That critter looks very hungry.
I wasn't sure anyone would even remember that. Long time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by crays
I had a friend over from Grand Junction and we went out Fri. and Sat. and managed to shoot 695 prairie dogs. But the high lights of the two days were the coyotes. Friday there was a liter of 5 along with an adult that hung out all day. One of the pups came to the pond and drank while we were shooting just couple hundred yards away. On his way back to cover he found one of the dead pdogs and grabbed it and took it with him. The Sat. morning we went to a different pdog town and had 6 coyote pups show up and start grabbing the dead. One pup just stayed on scene and was eating his prize. We kept shooting and the pups just hung out, some times leaving with a dead pdog in their mouth. One pup was eating about 120 yards away when another pdog came out of its hole about 30 yards up wind of the pup. I decided to shoot the pdog and my buddy watched to see the reaction of the pup. He never even flinched and not 10 seconds after I shot the pdog, the pup must've caught wind of fresh dead pdog because he bird dogged his way right to it, and started chowing down. Also watched as 3 pups settled a dispute about who got to eat what. Pecking order was in effect. Was fun watching them interact around us.
One pup ate two full pdogs and then needed a drink. Not the best pics. but without pics. it's kind of hard to sell the story. I've had coyotes come in and grab dead pdogs before, but never had em hang around for hours.
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Lastly, we've had a lot of antelope action behind my house this summer. Two sets of twins been hanging around quite a lot. Again, not the best pic. with the phone.
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I'd love to see that. Glad to hear you didn't shoot the coyotes, but understandable if you did (especially if you turn them in). I'm very curious how you kept track of how many prairie dogs you shot though.
All reloads, so as you shoot a miss is primer up and a hit is neck up when put back in the box. Then count em up when you're done.Quote:
I'm very curious how you kept track of how many prairie dogs you shot though.
That's a lot of rifle shooting in one day. Nice work.
that was two days, but still had a warm barrel or two at times.
Okay Hummer, here is another bird identification for you. The pictures are terrible because this bird is inconsiderate and built a dumb nest and put the eggs at the bottom.
The bird is about 2/3 to 1/2 the size of a finch, looks similar, but with a beak about twice as long. It has a loud call that sounds more like an insect than a bird. Instead of a nice round nest full of padding, it just threw a ton of sticks into this bird house and chucked some eggs at the bottom. The eggs are about the size of my pinky and are a redish swirl color over a tan/white base. Seems to co-exist with the 100's of finches living at my and my neighbor's house. I'll attempt to get a photo later which hopefully isn't too difficult since I see this bird every day out my window. What do you think?
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Irving, you've got a House Wren there. Cool little bird but aggressive and sometimes will puncture the eggs of other cavity nesting birds. Often they'll build several nests but use only one (to limit competition). Not related to finches but more closely to American Dippers.Quote:
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Irving, FWIW the Merlin Bird ID app from Cornell Lab is free and amazingly great.
That's the one! That scold sound she makes is interesting.
I think I stumbled into there just now looking for the songs.Quote:
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Henpecked and Chick Norris, love the photos. I like velvet.
This is the peak of season for hummingbirds in the mountains of Colorado. Yesterday we fed 9 gallons of sugar water to thousands of birds of three species.
On Tuesday I caught a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird that I had banded as an adult on July 28, 2010, 5 days short of nine years ago. This would make her at least 10 years and 2 months old, our oldest Broad-tailed and our oldest hummingbird recapture to date. Pretty exciting! She was also interesting in that she had "leucistic" white feathers in the forecrown and no iridescent gorget feathers which we associate with older females.
At 10 yrs 2 months old, our Broad-tailed Hummingbird record is two years short of the record of 12 years, 1 month old, set in 1976 in Colorado.
Two weeks ago a bird bander in Idaho recaptured a female Black-chinned Hummingbird he banded as an adult in June 2008. She is at least 12 years and one month old and breaks the Black-chinned longevity record by almost a year. Our oldest female Black-chinned in Palisade was at least 9 years 2 months old.
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Very cool. How do you catch them?Quote:
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That's fantastic info, Hummer. I had no idea those little guys/gals lived that long. And 9 gals of sugar water?!? Wow...I'm impressed when we go thru 4 cups in a day between our 2 feeders.
That's quite a six-pack on that scorpion.
This^^^Quote:
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We use mist nets, cage wire traps and cloth bonnet traps with flowers or feeders inside. Federal and state licenses of course.Quote:
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The 50% that survive the first year might live on average 4-8 years for females, a year or so less for males. Amazing that a 3.5 gram bird will live to migrate to Mexico and back for several years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
If you feed them they will come. It's as simple as that. Our feeders and flowers bring in a lot of birds. Figure about 550 birds per gallon per day, maybe 2-4 times that number of birds during migration. Lots of variables. I'm running 19 feeders here now, and eight feeders at our farm outside Palisade.
That's really cool.
Here is that House Wren. Terrible picture, but I couldn't get any closer. This shot shows her coloring.
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Nice, it is recognizable. Good to have around as they mostly eat insects. There are some on our mountain property now.
With little tiny crayons?Quote:
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