Wildlife & Related

[brutal]

Very cool Red Fox pics.

We have one around the neighborhood but I see it so infrequently in our yard, I've never been able to get a pic.

[00tec]

I'm a bit annoyed that I didn't get a photo on NYE when I had to catch a Winter Wren that decided it was time to head inside when we opened the door at my buddy's house. Little dude didn't flip our or anything when I grabbed him, and hung out for a bit when we went back outside.
Also, my wife's name is Wren, and we were in the Sommer home. Just a little odd

[Hummer]

Meet Bob. He's a big kitty.

Caught on a trail cam outside the kitchen window reaching 52-54 inches to the butchered out deer carcass which the birds have been using. Bob was just curious and didn't pull it down. He's a hunter and not much into scavenging....

[Fentonite]

Awesome pic! Do you know what put those claw marks on the tree? (assuming that is what they are)

[Hummer]

Awesome pic! Do you know what put those claw marks on the tree? (assuming that is what they are)

The long claw marks are bear and there are finer ones on that tree from raccoon. We had serious bear problems for a few years until I caught someone on a neighboring property after he shot a bear over bait. He had been baiting bears and other wildlife for years causing problems for neighbors all around the area. He killed Yogi, one of the bears I photographed and posted earlier in this thread. I installed 100 yards of electric fence around our house which has mostly been effective except for a breach by Yogi on the morning he was shot by the person baiting wildlife on his grandmother's property.

BTW, I don't put out bird seed, etc., until late fall when the bears are hibernating.

[Fentonite]

I hope there were consequences for the illegal hunter.

[Hummer]

[arbol]

Wow, that's like a Christmas card, Hummer.

And is that the top of your bird feeder I see?

Great picture!

[kidicarus13]

Found roaming in the neighbor's backyard tonight. So you say you can't find your chihuahua after letting it out to do its business? Ya, I haven't see it

[Hummer]

Wow, that's like a Christmas card, Hummer.

And is that the top of your bird feeder I see?

Great picture!

Thanks! It's a solar yard light. Bunny was checking out the wild rose hips. This little one, I'm guessing a male, has been around the yard for about 8 months. It has somehow been lucky enough to survive the nearly nightly coyotes passing through, and the occasional fox and bobcat. This winter it remains in shelter under my wood piles for several days at a time, then comes out to feed for a while when the predators are unlikely to show themselves. It eats cracked corn, milo and sunflower that I put out for the birds.