We escaped Wisconsin for a bit and headed to Mexico this past week. Here are some pictures I took in Tulum, Mexico which is about 2 hours south of Cancun. I wish I could say all the snow was gone when we returned, but about 17 more inches fell while we were gone and is still piled up. Glad I don't have this lizard in my garden though. I didn't know they ate flowers. . . .
I don't have a fantastic view of a wild otter in my small backyard pond like Amy in New Hampshire but the River Otters on Grandfather Mountain aren't too far away from my Valle Crucis home to get a taste of the tamer mammals. There is a huge size difference between Amy's otter and the one shown here. I'm not an otter expert.
I reckon I otter google more info to see which is what...
Around supper time this evening, my husband looked out the window, and said, "Isn't that a coyote?"
Yes, and there it was in our crabapple orchard, looking for a snack. We even saw it pick them right out of the tree. (My dog does this on occasion too.). . .
My husband's last idea for a game cam location didn't work out like he anticipated. The high altitude game trail was apparently not a path in current use. No critter pics at all for 3 weeks.
On the way up to check the camera, we did get a live-action wildlife treat though: a huge flock of turkeys. At least two dozen of them strolled calmly across the hill, shuffling through the dry leaves and making quite a racket. . . .
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Posted by Rurality Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2008-03-04, 18:14:39
Waking up at 4 in the morning is a major feat for me. I hate getting up early and I better be rewarded when I do. I decided late in the week to go on the hike to Fakahatchee
with Chris and JC, I mean afterall what else was I going to do all day? Not much probably. I certainly don't mind hiking out there but sometimes I just hate the rush of having to
hike out sooooo far, three+ miles, some by tram and a lot by swamp and bushwhacking, to only spend a little bit of time sitting and relishing the fact I'm in the middle of nowhere and
to take in the scenery. So, needless to say the waking up early was just a precursor to most of the rest of the day. . . .
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Before we got the game camera, we had to rely on our own skills to determine what animals passed through our property. We bought a couple of tracking books, but found that animals rarely leave crisp, pristine tracks that resemble the drawings. (Unless it snows, which apparently is never, ever going happen here again.). . .
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Leave only footprints ... take only photographs. The more you look ... the more you see. The more you listen ... the more you hear.
It is always fun to check out the deck, the path and the garden to see what has been visiting the garden after a snowfall. You might think that nothing moves in the garden on a winter evening, but there is always some evidence of visitors. . . .
Hubby moved the camera to an area where we'd spotted a buck rub. It worked!
I think he's leaving a scented "keep out" message for other bucks.
We mainly get does on the game cam, so I forget how powerfully built the bucks are.
We'd gotten this shot just before moving the camera. At first I thought it was the same buck, but after examining the zoomed-in views, I think the first one is actually a 6-point (as opposed to the second 4-pointer).
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We spotted this little frog outside the Mt Tamborine post office in the main street. It was perched on a tiled pillar about 60 cm. high. No doubt thoroughly enjoying our welcome run of wet weather. This is what we love about Mt Tamborine its surrounded by so many National Parks you are never very far from nature.
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Posted by roybe Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2008-01-21, 18:11:57
It's bright and cold today, a fine way to bring in the new year. Looking over the pond from our living room window, we see the many paths made by the wildlife that passes through our yard and neighborhood.
This winter we've added another wild inhabitant: a coyote. We first saw him in broad daylight on Christmas Eve day. Today he made another appearance - carving a new path across the pond.
It's a new year and a time to scribe new paths. My goal this year is to add to my life: increase and enhance the natural ecosystem of our yard, seek out and embrace new ways to be successful in my business, purposely bring more joy to other people's daily lives.
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Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2008-01-03, 00:34:01
On Christmas Eve day, we had the first confirmed sighting of a coyote in our yard. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my camera out in time, so this picture was copied from the City of Eagan's website (Eagan is a suburb of St. Paul). . . .
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Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2007-12-28, 20:38:45
Silly of me to hold a contest with only two days before the winners are to be announced, and no ability for anyone to enter due to technical difficulties! So I figured I’d do it a little differently this first time: I’ve explored the creatures on all the blogs I frequent (and then some), and will announce the winners based on what I found!
Normally I would post the photos, but since I’ve entered these photos into the contest without the photographer’s official blessings, I will link to the amazing photos just this month.
So without further ado...
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Ok, here you have it! The very first CREATURE OF THE WEEK! I mentioned on Thursday that I was thinking about creating a contest, or feature of some kind, relating to garden creatures. Well, I’ve decid
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This is our letterbox. It's built into a brick retaining wall along the driveway. There's a door on this side to retrieve the mail, and a slot on the other side for the mail to be put in.
And this is who lives in there! A blue-tongue lizard, about 25cm (10 inches) long, spends much of his time under a piece of polystyrene. He climbs in and out of the box through the letter slot. (We lifted the concrete top off the letterbox and removed the polystyrene so we could photograph him. . .
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The game cam is triggered by heat, so when the air is warm there's not much action. These photos are from the last two months.
We thought this was a fox at first, but it's a reddish coyote instead. Here's how you tell the difference: Foxes have black "leggings" and ear tips, and white tips on their tails. . . .
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I have an Army of lizards in my garden working 24 – 7 keeping the garden free of bugs. Over the years that I been gardening in Florida, I have come to the conclusion that my best friends in the garden are the hundreds of lizards I have thru out. . . .
Mrs Tiggy Winkle, the famous Hedgehog from Beatrix Potters book.
Beatrix was born in 1866 in South Kensington London. She kept many animals and started studying them and drawing them. She visited places of great natural beauty in Scotland and the Lake District. She enjoyed painting landscape pictures. . . .
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Green iguanas (Iguana iguana) are very common here in Honduras. Unfortunately, people like to eat them so they may be becoming less common. The one was rescued from the jaws of Chloe by Frank. I had hoped that Chloe learned her lesson a few weeks back when she was bitten on the lip by a pichete (see below) but apparently not. . . .
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Peter and Chancy work hard to create a natural environment for wildlife, and those efforts are rewarded with a variety of wildlife in the garden. First, two baby hummingbirds. Note the nest is just under 2" deep and about an inch wide. That nest was built on the roots of an orchid plant in the nursery. They have had four sets of babies thus far.
The Copper-rumped Hummingbird is the predominant species of hummingbird in Trinidad and Tobago. The female Copper-rumped Hummingbird lays its eggs in a tiny cup nest. Incubation takes 16-17 days. The adult has copper-green upperparts, with copper-bronze on the rump. The head and underparts are bright green, and the tail and legs are black. Hummingbirds feed on nectar, taken from a wide variety of flowers. . . .
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Posted by Nicole Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2007-06-01, 18:30:05
Here I am jumping into the clear spring water, up at the end of the Tovara swamp and crocodile ride. I was scared to death of crocodiles giving me a nudge. I swam to the ladder really really fast.
When I got home a friend of mine here in Chacala told me there is a watchgarden who screams to get out of the water if her spots the big old crocodile who likes to swim there. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's a scary thought. There IS a chain link fence across the end of the swimming area, but.....
Yesterday, about mid-morning my hubby came to the back door and called, "Put on your boots and bring your camera!" I hurried out to find him waiting on the tractor. He drove up behind the barn and showed me what he'd found in the long grass: This beautiful fawn!
We took a few minutes to locate it because it was well hidden. Actually he found it in the first place because he'd almost run over it!
Isn't it the sweetest thing. . .
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On Sunday evening as I left to take the dog for his walk, I found this painted turtle diligently digging a hole in which to lay her eggs. Unfortunately, she didn't choose a particularly good spot. She's digging right on the edge of our (very old) driveway, next to the (weed-filled) patch of "lawn" that I tend to drive over when I back out of the garage. I don't always drive over this little bit of yard, but it's a very tight curve and if I don't pull into the garage just right, when I back out my front tires tend to drift a bit off the driveway. (At least that's my excuse for the lack of grass and the lovely plantain and dandelions growing here.). . .
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Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2007-05-24, 18:41:51
Serenity at work ~ (this will appear on both blogs) I usually take the photos at work, so when these cuties showed up, my manager said, "camera!" I've 'borrowed' the photos I took, to share them with you.
via The hummingbird garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00We escaped Wisconsin for a bit and headed to Mexico this past week. Here are some pictures I took in Tulum, Mexico which is about 2 hours south of Cancun. I wish I could say all the snow was gone when we returned, but about 17 more inches fell while we were gone and is still piled up. Glad I don't have this lizard in my garden though. I didn't know they ate flowers. . . .
