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Difference between a wolf and coyote
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Difference between a wolf and coyote
By the way I enjoy all of your pictures.
Son of a......that's a lot of kitty tacos!Quote:
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saw a bunch of eagles on the way home from work about 25 in this one area mostly on the wrong side of the tree to get a good pic though
Very nice.
Christmas possum. Saw him walking thru the neighbor's yard. Walked right up to it. He had no idea until I stuck the camera in his face. I was hoping he would "play possum"...but he didn't. He hissed really loudly and drooled a lot.
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Nice catch. That’s pretty cool
The next time I see one, I'm going to try and pick it up.
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Originally Posted by Irving
I'll bet those suckers bite like an angry raccoon.
One time I spotted a young muskrat crossing a busy road in GJ moving away from any ponds along the Colorado River. I figured it was doomed if I didn't catch and relocate it. I approached it in a gas station parking lot and it quickly admonished me with teeth and claws that it wasn't going anywhere without a fight. Not what I was expecting from a normally non aggressive musky.
I didn't have a noose pole with me, only some light leather work gloves and a cardboard box. I finally corralled and scooped it up and quickly closed the box. Lucky fellow got another chance at being a muskrat when I released him at Connected Lakes.
I pick them up with 12ga, 4 shot.Quote:
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I am going to touch itQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Exactly!
Neat, thanks Irving, I didn't know. I've only seen them a couple times in OK and TX. Still, welding are probably a good precaution.
A normal person shouldn't judge the temperament of an entire species from a couple YouTube videos... but I probably will.
Talk about mean!
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Hummer, or anyone else, what are these tracks? This was up in Pawnee, and whatever it was seemed to be pretty interested in the rabbits. The rabbit tracks were much deeper. I'm thinking some sort of weasel. Anyone know?
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Here you can see the rabbit tracks sinking into the snow, while the other tracks stay on top.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw...-no?authuser=0
Interesting gait. Looks like a trot where back feet land one at a time, and front feet land together. Almost like a dog. Even the baby swift foxes I've seen out here weighed more than a rabbit though.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw...-no?authuser=0
First pic looks like the long hind pad of raccoon. Second looks like rabbit and maybe prairie dog. Third is a rabbit moving away and some guy with big feet. My guess is the dog tracks are coyote from the length of the stride. Put four together and you have the approximate length of the animal. Fox stride is somewhat smaller.
This morning I'm seeing tracks of rabbit, coyote, a large feral cat and Gambel's Quail.
Hmmm, I don't think raccoon or prairie dog. A raccoon would have broken through, and there are no prairie dogs on this land. The last picture being a rabbit makes sense I guess, since the shape of those tracks looks a little different than the first ones. Wish I had a game camera to find out.
I just remembered I've seen a skunk out there in the past.
Not many weasels in the plains, they can be there just not abundant. I also do not know if they would take a rabbit.
Pretty cardinals starting to show up in the hood:
https://i.imgur.com/oKMrwmi.jpg
Pelican at Lake Lawtonka...
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That first flying shot of him is great, very detailed. He's got quite the cow-lick.
I am not a dinosaur... (birds)
Not really wildlife...but close enough. The neighbor's goat. He wanders all over the neighborhood and takes naps on random porches...including mine on occasion.
https://i.imgur.com/NAPfaHC.jpg
He looks like he gets a lot of snacks.
His name Tom Brady?
Little bastard eats everything in his path...Quote:
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Sounds like every goat I have ever been around...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Looks like a good candidate for the what to put on the smoker thread. [Dinner]
Smoked goat jerky. Good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
Got another bird mystery for you Hummer. My brother found this guy in his carport the other night. He thought it was a wasps nest at first. He said the bird just kept it's head tucked in and didn't move at all. Know what it might be?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw...-no?authuser=0
That's a large woodpecker, a Red-shafted Flicker, named for the red feather shafts in the tail. Great birds with a distinctly tropical bird like song. They roost in our nest boxes and live just about everywhere. East of the Front Range you'll find more of the Yellow-shafted Flicker and hybrids with red and yellow feather shafts. They eat lots of bugs.
Thank you.
This morning we watched a cow and calf moose browse their way down the river and cross to the other side. In the afternoon I followed some tracks into the forest and spotted them lying down and chewing their their cud, 60 yards from the cabin. A while later the calf walked by the window next to my computer desk, five feet from me. I chatted with them as they browsed through the yard and up the driveway to the neighbors.
It's always fun to see the big deer in the yard. Which reminds me, I need to submit my cow moose hunting application....I could potentially draw this year.
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Man, they're beautiful...
From a co-worker/buddy's trail camera up in Wisconson:
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Sit! Stay!
[exit, stage left]
I'd love to see a wolf in the wild!