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muleman RIP

Gone But Not Forgotten
Got to see our first fawn in the back field tonight. Been watching 5 fox pups about 200 yds. from the back porch for about 3 weeks now. They love to chase each other around and race up and down the lane. Saw a BIG bear tonight on the way home from dinner. This one is easily twice the size of the one that was tagged this spring. He was sitting on his butt just eating in a hay field about 2 miles from the house. Beeped the horn and yelled at him and he could care less. He was about 100 ft. off the road and just pigging out on alfalfa. They are into the hungry phase right now. Soon the raspberries will be their favorite food. I always take the RTV to pick berries so I can beat a hasty retreat if needed. Waiting for my bedrails then it is time to get some wood cut.</p>
 
Seeing the young wildlife isso peaceful,make one appreciate how lucky we are to witness such beauty !!!
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I saw a young snipe pecking at a mosquito larva infested mudhole this afternoon while I was checking fence. He wasn't afraid of me and just so graceful, even for a youngster, that I had to stop and enjoy. It's true Two Guns and Muleman. we are so lucky!! Bordercollie</p>
 
The only wildlife I saw so far this year was an 0'possum walking down the garden path to the lake........I didn't even get a chance to see the Bear that clawed up my Cedar tree..........</p>


I am not counting all the Geese and goslings and 8 blue heron and a pair of mating osprey and dipper ducks that I see every day on the lake.....</p>


We have a couple feeder streams that feed the lake and we put two 4 foot black plastic pipes in one stream and covered it over so we could have a walking path around the lake and some Beaver moved in and blocked up both 4 foot pipes. </p>


Rusty Anvil,,,</p>
 
bunches of baby gators are showing up behing the barn, some arebrought up by higher water ~~~~ </p>


Beautiful creatures God has down here ~~~~</p>


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While sipping my morning coffee over the morning paper on Tues morning the family of crows nesting in the pine in the yard were making a racket way more than usual. Got up to investigate and saw the crows swooping down just beyond the back deck. They were attempting to ward off a FISHER that had either successfully raided their nest or had attempted to. It was not that big (maybe 30 inches long) so may have been an immature one. When I proceeded onto the deck, it ran off into the woods. 1st time I,ve seen one this year. Got to wihin 20ft of it but unfortunately didn,t have the camera.</p>


Momma deer who visits daily has been busy with her new babies.</p>


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bunches of baby gators are showing up behing the barn, some arebrought up by higher water ~~~~ </p>


Beautiful creatures God has down here ~~~~</p>


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I know ya'll can see some beauty somewhere in that picture, heck, it might be in the eyes >>>></p>


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I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The only thing I see attractive in gators is boots (and maybe a belt).</p>


The best looking thing in that picture is the dragonfly.</p>


Like elsewhere, wildlife (and plants) is blossoming here. Unfortunately for me (in terms of viewing), I live in a wooded area so visibility beyond my yard is nearly impossible. </p>


Here's a picture I just snapped while writing this thread. It's looking across my back yard. It's impossible to see beyond about 50' into the woods. To give you an idea, there's 4 trailers in that picture and all are within that 50'. If you can't see a 30+ cu/ft trailer, you won't be seeing deer, turkey or otherwise through that.</p>


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Lovely to read about everyone's various habitats, especially with the
pics! Thanks to all for sharing. Personally, crocs seem pretty exotic
to me. We don't get too many up this way. lol. Took a few photos the
other day on the river of some ravens harassing some golden eagles--two
posted below. Was fun to watch.</p>


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My girlfriend got to watch a doe clean up a brand new fawn that she had just outside the mowed part of the yard. She must have just missed seeing the birth. As I came racing around the corner towards the house in the RTV I saw her waving her arms and pointing but I was clueless. We didn't bother them by sneaking around. The next day my new (8 year old rescued male) Shetland Sheepdog and the doe had a barking / whistlingconversation over the fence line. I never saw two busier tails waving around than on those two.The fawn must have been nearby inthe hayfield. </p>
 
Its nice to read about other Forum members encounters with wildlife in their natural settings. Gators and bears and eagles... all sorts of interesting facts and stories.We also live in the country, sw PA,( as does BC)and can't understand why everyone wouldn't want to livea life as we do - out in the country. Quiet, peaceful, serenity, and no close neighbors. . But then, if everyone thought the way we did, well, it just wouldn't be country living would it? We have our share of whitetail deer,,, too many at times. I can't count the times I've shooed them away from the house. And wild turkeys too... you ever seen the mess a flock of wild turkeys can do to a yard scratching trying to uncover grubs? Yes, skunks too. But, yesterday I spotted something I have to get rid of. A colony of white-faced hornets have started a nest in the peak of my equipment building. These bees are the nastiest, meanest most agressive bees I've encountered yet. I got nailed last summer by several of them and it hurt like hell. So, those bad boys days are numbered.</p>


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Mix up a batch of sevin in a sprayer and spray the nest and surrounding wood with it. Works on bumble bees also.</p>
 
If you can, put on a raincoat with gloves and rain pants in addition to head and face protection when you start the spraying . Those things can put you in the hospital. or worse! I had a friend that swelled up and her airway was blocked. She just made it to help. Good Luck. Bordercollie</p>
 
Had a visitor this morning. She must have liked the smell of the mulch pile after digging in it with the skid steer.</p>
 
This is the new flower box and bed I made for the wife. It will have 4 hanging planters to go with my redneck windchime. I used an old frying pan for the wind catcher and some scrap pipe and chain. I took the wheels and axle from an old horse drawn hay loader in the woods. Will try to get a pic of my big windchime.</p>
 
This is my big windchime outside my bedroom window. With the way the wind blows uo here it gets a real workout. At the old place it was sometimes used as a swinging tatrget,hence the bullet holes in the hubcap on the bottom. I stop and grab roadkill hubcaps to build them with. Found a real metal buick one 2 days ago to use in my next one. I am going to cut up the old barnyard gate for the pipes. The light gauge tube has a better sound to it.</p>
 
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