Squaretail
Smolt
In front of my house
Backyard Wildlife
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More Deer Antics. The doe with twin fawns
finally paused long enough near my office window for me to take a few nice pictures of their activities.
The fawns paused their “zoomies” long enough to do some grazing
and some nursing.
All this activity occurred even though my neighbor had a logger in to take down a dozen or so 80+' tall Douglas firs. The neighbor was concerned that several trees that were close to his house had lost crowns recently and might have rot. He was also concerned that the trees were growing asymmetrically. I certainly enjoyed watching the skill of this logger in the air
and in maneuvering the debris and logs with just a small backhoe.
The doe with twin fawns and the other doe with her single fawn were surprisingly unconcerned by the noise and bustle of the logging activity. I think that they might have been attracted to some lichens typically found high in the canopy and by a few deciduous trees with delicious leaves that were knocked down.
The bigger bucks do not typically dawdle while crossing my property, typically heading toward the upland areas and the sound in the morning. While I rarely capture their return to the cover of the stream below my house, it does happen on occasion. This big buck crossed by the backyard
and even paused for a siesta and a light snack under my neighbors trees in my front yard.
Steve
finally paused long enough near my office window for me to take a few nice pictures of their activities.
The fawns paused their “zoomies” long enough to do some grazing
and some nursing.
All this activity occurred even though my neighbor had a logger in to take down a dozen or so 80+' tall Douglas firs. The neighbor was concerned that several trees that were close to his house had lost crowns recently and might have rot. He was also concerned that the trees were growing asymmetrically. I certainly enjoyed watching the skill of this logger in the air
and in maneuvering the debris and logs with just a small backhoe.
The doe with twin fawns and the other doe with her single fawn were surprisingly unconcerned by the noise and bustle of the logging activity. I think that they might have been attracted to some lichens typically found high in the canopy and by a few deciduous trees with delicious leaves that were knocked down.
The bigger bucks do not typically dawdle while crossing my property, typically heading toward the upland areas and the sound in the morning. While I rarely capture their return to the cover of the stream below my house, it does happen on occasion. This big buck crossed by the backyard
and even paused for a siesta and a light snack under my neighbors trees in my front yard.
Steve
On my morning walk through the middle of Tacoma with my dog, who is nearly the same size as this young buck.
That is a first for me, never seen one squat ...
Pardon the redundant subject after my recent post, but after I cleaned out my small camera trapping pond on Wednesday, the bear returned within an hour of my departure for another bath. I still haven't set up the real camera and flashes for nocturnal visitors, but I think the daytime bear will be my highlight visitor of the summer. It's a 3 minute video, but somewhat humorous if anyone is bored enough to watch. Again I think you have to hit the link and the "play" button to start the video.
He winded your camera!Pardon the redundant subject after my recent post, but after I cleaned out my small camera trapping pond on Wednesday, the bear returned within an hour of my departure for another bath. I still haven't set up the real camera and flashes for nocturnal visitors, but I think the daytime bear will be my highlight visitor of the summer. It's a 3 minute video, but somewhat humorous if anyone is bored enough to watch. Again I think you have to hit the link and the "play" button to start the video.
Awesome video!
Now that he's found his own private bath, I think he's going to be a frequent visitor.
Napping under my deck steps.
SF
SF
First sighting of the year, about 1.5". Color matches the house. Seems like the new phone takes a bit better shots.
Fourbtgait
Life of the Party
Cloudy day, making photography easier.
I love the wapato planted around your wildlife pond! Do any wildlife ever exploit it?Pardon the redundant subject after my recent post, but after I cleaned out my small camera trapping pond on Wednesday, the bear returned within an hour of my departure for another bath. I still haven't set up the real camera and flashes for nocturnal visitors, but I think the daytime bear will be my highlight visitor of the summer. It's a 3 minute video, but somewhat humorous if anyone is bored enough to watch. Again I think you have to hit the link and the "play" button to start the video.
Bonefish Jack
Steelhead
the_chemist
Life of the Party
Couple of barred owls in the backyard.
Those are actually naturally there, coming up every year on each side of the approach trail. When picking the spot for the water hole, I placed it just behind those plants and with a background where I could still get some stars on new moon nights if I kept the camera open in the dark long after the flashes illuminated the subject.
One year, I was able to catch three raccoons at the pond while the arrowleaf balsamroot was in full bloom, but usually it peaks too early in the season before the pond attracts thirsty nocturnal traffic. I do better during heat waves later in the summer when the plant is primarily yellowing leaves.
Chipmunks eat all the seeds as the flowers fade after blooming, but I have never had anything digging up the roots or grazing on the leaves.