Gyrfalcon22
Life of the Party
Here you go. I often scrub images after a couple of weeks on any sites I am on.
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Backyard Wildlife
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wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Thank you.. I miss hearing those birds calling from corn and wheat fields
These are my neighborhood buddies that always run up to greet me on my dog walks...
Richard Olmstead
Steelhead
I have been watching this guy in our back woodlot here in a north King Co burb for the past couple of years.
SpeyrodGB
Steelhead
That is one healthy looking buck.
From a few months ago...
I will see the does and their young wandering by my window at any time of day. But the bucks, especially the top buck, are far more secretive, coming through primarily at dusk and dawn. But occasionally, I will get lucky and one will stroll by when the light is good.
Steve
Steve
In winter, waves of mixed-species bird flocks will sweep through my yard in search of a meal, and not just at our bird feeders. Chickadees, pine siskins, and kinglets glean insects from the pine needles and branches.
Other birds look for stunned insects that have fallen to the ground after a cold, breezy night. I saw a great example of that on Sunday. The first wave to appear was a small flock of varied thrushes. Their presence is a reliable harbinger of snow in the foothills.
Mixed in with the varied thrushes was a single female Northern flicker.
The next wave consisted primarily of Oregon juncos.
They probed in the grass and in the shrubs that border the lawn. Their presence signals to our resident spotted towhees that the coast is clear to forage at the margins of the grass too.
Included in the group were three different sparrows: a juvenile golden-crowned sparrow,
a song sparrow,
and a juvenile fox sparrow (very unusual).
Something (or nothing) spooked the juncos and the bare branches of a young Western flowering dogwood were soon decorated with anxious-looking birds like holiday ornaments.
And they have reason to be wary. At first light, a raptor, either a Cooper’s hawk or a sharp-shinned hawk, buzzed past my office window – too fast for me to catch it with my camera.
Steve
Other birds look for stunned insects that have fallen to the ground after a cold, breezy night. I saw a great example of that on Sunday. The first wave to appear was a small flock of varied thrushes. Their presence is a reliable harbinger of snow in the foothills.
Mixed in with the varied thrushes was a single female Northern flicker.
The next wave consisted primarily of Oregon juncos.
They probed in the grass and in the shrubs that border the lawn. Their presence signals to our resident spotted towhees that the coast is clear to forage at the margins of the grass too.
Included in the group were three different sparrows: a juvenile golden-crowned sparrow,
a song sparrow,
and a juvenile fox sparrow (very unusual).
Something (or nothing) spooked the juncos and the bare branches of a young Western flowering dogwood were soon decorated with anxious-looking birds like holiday ornaments.
And they have reason to be wary. At first light, a raptor, either a Cooper’s hawk or a sharp-shinned hawk, buzzed past my office window – too fast for me to catch it with my camera.
Steve
Gyrfalcon22
Life of the Party
Like Steve, I had a Fox sparrow. I suppose a pnw variety Sooty Fox sparrow. Had a backyard Coyote looking around as well. Wish I had Varied thrush right now but if we get some snow they will show from across the river and from the hills. Their call is a joy to go along with the rarity of snow living at about 15 feet above sea level here nearish the coast
More eagles are showing up in our valley
More eagles are showing up in our valley
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This is a healthy looking Yote!
I still feel guilty shooting one when I was 12...I only wanted the tail, but my dad reminded me of the rule...kill it, eat it...so I skinned it and fried it; it was tough as a shoe. My dad waited until I choked it all down, then said "I think I would have put it in a stew"...I never shot another one...
Christmas Rabbit eating the fallen birdseed….
Happy Holidays everyone!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Gyrfalcon22
Life of the Party
Bad day to be an invasive American Bullfrog here. A lot of happy native creatures cheering on the creek "bully" being taken out by the Hitman
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Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Dang, John - that looks too big for the Old Man of the Shorelines to swallow!
