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I appreciate them.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
Sheesh
Might be my favorite so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by henpecked
Our broad-tailed population has exploded in the past two weeks. There's one or two rufous around now but they usually pass through quickly (by far the most aggressive hummers). Don't think I've ever seen a calliope or black-chinned here. I'm refilling almost one gallon of nectar per day now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
Doh!
Came home to a couple of weird bugs today. This one looks like a circuit so it's probably a government bug.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hw...=w1112-h625-no
This one was on the doorway as I walked in and it tried to reach for me when I passed by.
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Here is a mantis eating what I think is another mantis. Pictures aren't great because I was in a hurry. I originally thought it was eating a leaf and knocked it out of its grasp. This first picture is after I apologized and politely gave the meal back.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...g=w889-h500-no
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I always make a big pile of those molt casings & give them to kids. When I do I tell them that a crayfish mated with a dragonfly. They usually believe me too. Silly kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
A few pics from my game cam that I checked up on today
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High five! Getting excited for elk next month!
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Looking west towards the maroon bells
Had to evict this guy this morning, his condo got buried in the infill to finsh grade for drainage before deck goes in.
Not the biggest but front runner for ugliest we have found out here.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...59200d557e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...61a0b76e2d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ac108eaa99.jpg
Nice! I heard that it is the Oklahoma Spider migration in South East Colorado this month, so apparently thousands of those will be crawling around looking for mates in SE Co.
My daughter just got a Pink-toed tarantula for her birthday yesterday.
Here it is, and her holding it. She went in and held it by herself with zero encouragement from me.
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Amazing critters, to be admired from afar and approved for full auto inside 15ft.
Lovely spiders!
I know first hand two things that might be useful:
If not securely snapped under that bitty plastic tap on one side only, the top hatch of that style cage can easily be pushed open by a medium sized garden snail.
A tarantula is smart enough to learn where the door is & how it works.
They're real casual pets. Our daughters like to sit on her shoulder as she wandered around the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
That's like when my wife commented that our dog was "so good!" on the kayak. Yeah, she doesn't like water and has no where else to go. A 6" drop is enough to kill a tarantula.
It also works in reverse, as the daughter found out. A cat can flip it open, then use the tarantula like a hockey puck. Which you might notice the cat playing with, when you bring your daughter home from school. A happy resolution is not in the stars for said arachnid, or tears to follow from the daughter. .Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
If you were replying to me, that was mostly my point though I didn't state it very well at all. I was more concerned about the spider getting out & being hurt than being afraid of the spider just 'escaping'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
No ma'am. Kazoo talking about the spider riding on a shoulder.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
I'd mostly be worried about the cat batting it around or knocking the cage off the table.
Indeed, my cat is fascinated with the garden snails & I can't have the cage & cat left unattended together. I came home once to find the cage tipped on its side & all occupants unaccounted for. Then had to grab a headlamp in order to trace the shiny trails to locate almost everyone that afternoon. Unfortunately that didn't work for all who fled because Monkey played soccer with some of them on the hardwood. I did eventually find everyone but it took a week for the last snail to be recovered (with Monkey's help no less) & no one's shells were severely damaged/none of them died thank goodness.
Wow, none of them died? We used to have snails in the fish tank, but the cichlid would eat them. He would pull them off the tank and smash them against the glass until the shell broke.
Nope, none died from that event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
We had Cichlids a long time ago. We named one male "the big meanie" & I bet you can guess why.
Now I only have one fish & a very large tank for a 17 year old Tambaqui (Pacu) named Stampy.
https://youtu.be/oj9hJlEvVxM
Wine and dinner at the lake this evening, Lefthand Reservoir at 10,649 ft. elevation, 24 minutes from the cabin. We watched fish jumping all over the lake and 3 bull elk feed across the tundra. With binoculars we saw three people sky lined on Niwot Ridge at dusk walking to some research cabins on the divide. They were on the horizon in the level area on the left side of the picture. Later we saw a group of elk at the same spot, cross over the divide from the west and move down the slope. Perfect weather, perfect evening.
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We stayed watching the elk until dark. Mount Audubon is the big peak to the right, Indian Peaks to the left. Pawnee Pass just left of center is where I took Bullwinkle last October.
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Jealous.
Get off work early and come up some evening....
Looks like a nice evening, Hummer.
Cichlids are territorial, but it makes them interesting in an aquarium. They do require some education as to which ones can cohabitate. I had a friend that had a ginormous Oscar. It recognized him and would come to him as he approached the aquarium. I figured it was because the Oscar was hand-fed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
I had some Red-belly Pacus when I lived in TX that got pretty large. They were made illegal and I ended up having to destroy them when I moved (I wanted to find them a new home). Turned out that they could reproduce in the native waters and become an invasive species. They were the closest thing I've ever had to piranha in my aquariums.
ETA: Invasive Red-bellied Pacu Caught in Lake Conroe
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4N1zDpt_QB...der%2Bpacu.jpg
Yep. She has cute little teeth like a toddler, recognizes me like any pet knows & prefers it's owner & even does tricks for just me (not my husband). Her favorite treats are blueberries & hot dogs. Named her Stampy after Bart's elephant because she used to headbutt the other Tambaqui. Sadly we lost the other 2 (Forrest and Bubba) many years ago so she's all alone. She'll be 18 years in Dec., pretty freaking old for a pet fish.
You've done well to have not lost that fish over 18 years.
A bit surprised to see spotted ones this late in the season.
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I saw a few still spotted in Elizabeth last week as well. Must be eating well for twins.
Mrs bo and Reba nearly tripped over a doe and fawn while hiking State Forest state park earlier this week. Didn't get pics as everybody was too surprised by the situation. She said both looked very healthy and fawn still has some spots.
Will post pics and video of moose later today.
Much as I hate to do it, must give credit to CPW, Sate Forest state park is an all around great place to hang out.
This morning I got another view of our "yard bull', which I'm pretty sure is the same fellow I posted to page 19 of this thread. He's grown a little and his antlers are filling out, still in velvet.
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These folks learned the hard way that you can't leave the doors open with only a screen as protection when you live in bear habitat. The result of such carelessness is a dead bear and cubs dying or going to rehab.
https://kdvr.com/2019/08/27/bear-att...ide-pine-home/
Couple use baseball bat, punches to fight off mother bear, cub that broke into Pine home
Posted 11:16 am, August 27, 2019, by Chuck Hickey, Updated at 09:23PM, August 27, 2019
PINE, Colo. -- A couple fought off a mother bear and her cub with punches and a baseball bat after the animals broke into their home on Monday night, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.
The bear was found Tuesday morning and euthanized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
The sheriff's office said the mother bear and her cub entered the home on Zurich Drive in Pine, about 10 miles southwest of Conifer, about 8:30 p.m. and began eating a loaf of bread.
As Jon Johnson and his wife, George Ann Field, were watching TV, they heard noises and went upstairs to investigate.
As Johnson turned a corner into the kitchen, he was face to face with the mother bear, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
The mother bear then attacked the 71-year-old Johnson in what Colorado Parks and Wildlife said was described as a boxing match.
Johnson punched the bear while Field struck it with a baseball bat several times until both bears ran out through the screen door they used to enter the home.
"George Ann got behind and hit her with the bat, which is why the head print is in the wall," Johnson said.
Surveillance video shows there was a second cub outside that did not enter the home.
Johnson suffered numerous cuts and scratches to his face, chest and both arms but was not seriously injured, the sheriff's office said. He was treated at the home. Field was not injured.
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Jon Johnson and his wife, George Field, fought off a bear that broke into their Pine home on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers searched for the bears until about midnight Monday. They returned with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services dog team on Tuesday morning.
It was the same dog team that was used to track down a mountain lion that attacked an 8-year-old Bailey boy last week.
About 5:50 a.m., the dog team found the bear in the immediate area and she was tracked for the next hour.
The bear was euthanized just before 7 a.m., about 900 yards from the home. The cub has not been found, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
DNA samples will be sent to the University of Wyoming Forensics Lab to confirm it's the bear from the attack.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife policy says that when a bear attacks a human and there is injury, the animal must be euthanized.
Officials said bears are becoming very active in the foothills and mountains as they eat as much as possible before going into winter hibernation.
That's exactly right. I hate it so much when people are stupid and it causes an animal to be euthanized. We'd all be way better off if we euthanized stupid people. Everyone has a dumbass attack on occasion, but for some people it's just a way of life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
Quite honestly, if I had an encounter with a bear like that and came away with just a few scratches, I wouldn't report it.
My guess is that there is more to this story than simply having a screen door. I wouldn't doubt if the bears were encouraged to hang out around a random home in the woods. Maybe some extracuricular feeding going on or at the least some poor garbage management in bear country.
https://youtu.be/NfLmz2n0FcE
Finally fixed.
This was video I shot after dragging the GSD back to truck so as to not cause issue with moose or the other people trying to watch.
Unfortunately the video isnt working for me.