Backyard Critters

[jkr]

Backyard Critters

This is a thread for those who have wildlife in their backyards or frontyards. A place to share the wildlife seen and heard in your local neighborhoods.
Pictures are most welcome

[IrishEyes]

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE


Bunny in our back yard

and Bunny was in our parking are in front of our house a few days ago

Bunnies change the color of their fur from brown in the summer to white in the winter to hide from predators , survive the winter and reproduce in the summer .

[IrishEyes]

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018

A Doe and her Fawn visited our back yard this evening

[Heather L]

Had to share these 2 pictures i took , just down my street, with my cellphone Oct 6 , 2017 of a magpie and a grouse , i say having a disagreement lol I wish i could have taken more but a vehicle came along and scared them off grrrr.

[Heather L]

Aww cute bunny Bev and love deer , i get them at my place too

[IrishEyes]

Had to share these 2 pictures i took , just down my street, with my cellphone Oct 6 , 2017 of a magpie and a grouse , i say having a disagreement lol I wish i could have taken more but a vehicle came along and scared them off grrrr.
magpie and grouse having a disagreement 1 oct 6 2017.jpg

magpie and grouse having a disagreement 2 oct 6 2017 .jpg

Thanks Heather ..those are great !

[Heather L]

Thank you Bev, i am off to bed

[Karen Saunders]

Hi Bev & heather - I have to share this humming bird with you - it comes around my deck all the time but I never have my camera ready. Today it stayed for about 1/2 hour to check out my "hot lips plant" (really it's name). It is an Anna's hummer.

I think it is the one from last year when we had feeders up.

[Karen Saunders]

Picture from last Christmas on our deck

[IrishEyes]

Karen..... WOW! those are great .. thank you so much for sharing them ! as you know ..I love Hummingbirds !

[Heather L]

Oh wow Karen.... spectacular photos of the little hummingbird and your Hot Lips Plant is also pretty

[Heather L]

7:00 pm Sept 29
Pics are not the best as it was getting dark and i didn't want to get close and scare them off. I was concerned because we had seen the doe and 2 fawns earlier this month and then i saw another doe and fawn and was worried one of the fawns had not made it.

[Heather L]

Here is I believe a red tailed hawk i spotted on top of a small evergreen tree on the 19 th of Sept. The distance was about 350 ft i moved about 75 ft closer At first he was down in the branches and i thought he was a juvenile eagle, he was huge and until i got my camera and got a better look with the zoom i could tell he wasn't.

[Heather L]

This is a pic of him leaving the branch and then the next following day he was back circling over the fields, i got the pic of him soaring with my cellphone camera

[Heather L]

This is the pic i took of the doe and fawn on sept 21 that i thought maybe the 2nd fawn was missing, but different doe and fawn yay . They were only about 30 ft away from me. I am going to buy a new camera tired of taking poor pictures.

[IrishEyes]

Thank so much Heather ...... what a beautiful way to end by day!

[IrishEyes]

Two Ring -necked Pheasants in our back yard I think the one the bottom is the female

[Heather L]

Beautiful Pheasants Bev Been meaning to check out Backyard Critters for quite some time and then sign out and forget I been trying to get a good pic of the Bluejays hanging around my place but alas they are very quick and i end up with a blurr lol

[IrishEyes]

Friday , May 10, 2019

Look want showed up in our yard today ..Beautiful Female Deer Cl for bigger !

[Heather L]

Wow Bev , Great capture

[Badger16]

Speaking of backyard critters, are you guys knowledgeable about the ones of the Mediteranean region? The thing is that I was planning some day to buy a house in Greece for the holidays, and would like to know which species to look out for: which ones are beneficial and should be protected, like swallows which need margarin and seeds in winter time, which ones are dangerous (snakes? Bugs?), which ones may be annoying but not nuisible...

[JudyB]

Speaking of backyard critters, are you guys knowledgeable about the ones of the Mediteranean region? The thing is that I was planning some day to buy a house in Greece for the holidays, and would like to know which species to look out for: which ones are beneficial and should be protected, like swallows which need margarin and seeds in winter time, which ones are dangerous (snakes? Bugs?), which ones may be annoying but not nuisible...

Sounds like an interesting question, Badger16, and if you do buy a house there, I'd love to see what "backyard critters" you discover!

[IrishEyes]

FRIDAY,AUGUST 30, 2019

Beautiful Female Deer with her Fawns in back yard Cl . for bigger .. they feasted on the blueberries from the bushes there

[BillA]

I guess that this is the place for this?

G'morning all
It looks like both coasts and the South are humming with hummingbirds.
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/humm ... 21-map.htm

So, it's time for me to post this:

[BillA]

As any PNW hummingbird enthusiast will tell you, we have Anna's Hummingbirds all year 'round. I have 4 feeders up 24/7/365.
Following are some pics of my backyard critters
Anna's female at the Southwest feeder:

Male Anna's at the Southeast feeder:

Male Anna's at the Southeast feeder:

[BillA]

And now the Rufous are showing up.
Female, Southeast feeder:

A female on the Southeast feeder:

The first male that I've seen so far this year. On the North feeder. Sorry it's so dark but I just grabbed my camera and shot. I didn't think I'd have enough time to make any adjustments:

[Woodlands Bleu]

Wow, BillA, very cool to see. Our hummingbirds will not appear for a while (July ish) and stay until September ish. Usually only one will allow any in the yard (it's theirs!). They feast on our Hamelia bushes.

We currently have a Wren male and female that have made a nest on our back door wreath (fixed door, does not open), secure, safe from predators, protected from weather. This just started and so it will be interesting to see what happens. The nest is not perfect yet I believe and they keep bringing in pine needles. My cats love the entertainment (indoor cats), as my husband said "they hit the lottery
carolyn

[IrishEyes]

Hi All
Deer in our yard at dusk

[Marg]

I get a lot of deer in my yard and it often goes in to the next door yard. This one was eating the neighbour's rose bush.

[IrishEyes]

Buck Dec. 11 , 2021 - 1 (1).jpgI get a lot of deer in my yard and it often goes in to the next door yard. This one was eating the neighbour's rose bush.
Buck Dec. 11 2021 - 1.jpg

Thanks Marg....... those are precious ... Hope all is sell with You
Bev