Tell me your nature observations! (rabbits, birds, pigeons, turkey)
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Love seeing the redbud and dogwood trees in bloom. One of my plans, one of these days, is planting a dogwood and redbud tree in the same spot. I've seen others do this and, when they both bloom with the colors mixed, it's awesome to see.
I considered that too, but it sounded too guttural. Actually, what I heard sounded exactly like the mountain lion tape sited in the post-- but that's a long shot-- The whole state only averages one sighting every two yrs.
If you hear it again, maybe you should try to get a recording of it and send it to the Wisconsin DNR.
My cell phone is a wooden box with a couple bells on it and a crank--"Hello! Central? Ring the Smiths' That's two longs and a short, please."
A neighbor shot a cougar around here three yrs ago.
Those listed by the DNR are multiple sightings of a single cougar as it roams about. A few yrs ago, the cops shot one in Chicago (You can see it on You-tube). Elsewhere on the DNR site they say our rate is about 1 every two yrs...Apparently they're lone males looking for their own territory, forced out by over-population in the Rockies.
Saw a squirrel running and a bird was flying right over it, pecking at it. LOL. The squirrel must have got too close to the bird's nest.
Yeah, birds in protective mode don't take any garbage from squirrels. Especially if it was a blue jay.
Well, the female red tailed hawk is in the nest in the woods where we walk daily. (I've posted about this before.. two red tailed hawks fledged a chick from this same nest last year and we saw what we thought was the male at the nest a few weeks ago, calling out repeatedly) When we went by today, we could not see her, but she saw us and flew out of the nest to a nearby tree, watched us walk (quickly and quietly) by and then returned once we were a safe distance away.
Now I know for sure that it was the male hawk we saw calling out and hanging -forlornly.. ;-)- around the nest a few weeks ago, presumable waiting on his mate. I know this bc the female is sooooo much bigger than the male. She is a real beauty to see.. not something I'd want to tangle with.
We are not going to walk past the nest now for at least a few weeks, don't want to disturb her. I expect we will hear them all calling out to each other when they bring food once the chick is hatched and for sure we will hear them once the chick starts to fledge... my goodness, but the complaints last year were fast and furious... "bring me food!!! bring me more food!!!!! why do I need to leave this nice warm cozy nest??? I don't want to leave!!!!"
Of course I'm anthropomorphizing this..
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Saw a squirrel running and a bird was flying right over it, pecking at it. LOL. The squirrel must have got too close to the bird's nest.
Oh my how we love to watch birds "attack" the squirrels, cats and other birds. "Natural" entertainment! We were watching a squirrel go under a car and wait. He then went under another and very slowly crept to the next. And here comes the bird, swooping down and just making a racket, chattering up a storm. Here comes another bird. Told my wife, I'm sure Mr. Squirrel done messed with the wrong nest!
I saw a chipmunk pulling up maple seed sprouts and eating them, feel like I should pay him for helping me weed. Also watched a red squirrel repeatedly carry maple seeds to the edge of a roof, drop them while leaning over the edge to watch them twirl down to the ground, seemed to be doing it for fun rather than for food.
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