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« Reply #150 on Oct 27, 2011, 8:08pm »		[Quote]
Pretty exciting, Kimby. Is the exposed earth and little mound left over from constructing the house? Looking at the all the grass and the water, it would seem a logical grazing area for them, & they seem quite relaxed about a big new structure being there. Where do moose go in the winter?
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« Reply #151 on Oct 27, 2011, 10:12pm »		[Quote]

Oct 27, 2011, 8:08pm, bixaorellana wrote:
Is the exposed earth and little mound left over from constructing the house?

Yes, but the next day the excavators came to push it around and smooth out the devastation construction zone. It will look a lot better when the native grass seeds we'll be planting this week come up.


Oct 27, 2011, 8:08pm, bixaorellana wrote:
Where do moose go in the winter?

I think they stick around, as their habitat is usually the river bottoms and wet areas with willows and dogwoods to eat. What's a little snow and ice to such a brute?
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« Reply #152 on Oct 28, 2011, 12:53am »		[Quote]
That will be lovely -- a meadow look on the lake.

You call them brutes? :( They're beautiful to each other!
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« Reply #153 on Oct 28, 2011, 6:52pm »		[Quote]
Yes, anyone with sex on their mind will find another of their species of the opposite sex attractive. ;-)
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« Reply #154 on Oct 29, 2011, 12:10am »		[Quote]
Well, I was thinking more of the mother's feeling towards her daughter and vice versa.

So, what do you have on your mind? ;D
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« Reply #155 on Oct 29, 2011, 1:07am »		[Quote]
I don't have a maternal bone in my body, so that angle didn't occur to me.
You meant "a face only a mother could love" Right?
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« Reply #156 on Nov 30, 2011, 7:12pm »		[Quote]
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A small one. We saw a big one whilst canoeing yesterday!
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« Reply #157 on Nov 30, 2011, 8:37pm »		[Quote]
Wonderful picture, Kimby! (also lets us know where you are -- :D)

Is it scampering for the water in that picture, or just resting? It definitely seems to have its eye on you!

Hey -- as you see, I'm moving this thread to Putting Down Roots, as we discussed much earlier. It's the perfect companion to the Wild & Wonderful Garden Birds thread.
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« Reply #158 on Dec 1, 2011, 5:44pm »		[Quote]
It was lying in the sun, looking for all the world like a tree root. Had its eyes closed till I advanced on it taking pictures. It's only 3 feet long.
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« Reply #159 on Dec 31, 2011, 8:07pm »		[Quote]
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No picture of this neighbor, but evidently he likes perching on our eaves after a big meal!
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« Reply #160 on Dec 31, 2011, 8:13pm »		[Quote]
This coyote appeared out of nowhere to look for fish remains at the ice-fishermen's holes.

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They have been called "ghost dogs" and now I know why. He came out of thin air, materializing a mile from any cover, and disappeared just as completely, going who knows where.

It came back again 3 out of the next 4 days.

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We even saw it once while we were cross-country skiing on the ice. It looked surprised to see us out there, trotted way out on the ice and sat down till we'd passed safely by, then trotted back to whatever it was up to when we interrupted its journey.
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« Reply #161 on Jan 1, 2012, 1:28am »		[Quote]
My god, that is a beautiful animal!!

Gorgeous shots, Kimby.
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« Reply #162 on Jan 11, 2012, 6:24pm »		[Quote]
I am reminded of all of those nature movies that show what an ordeal it is for such animals to look for food all through the winter.
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« Reply #163 on Jan 11, 2012, 7:32pm »		[Quote]
Maybe someone can help me identify the bird I heard & sort of saw last night. I was in the patio well after midnight, waiting for the dog to take her final pee of the night. As I stood there, I heard a steady creak-creak-creak-creak-etc., exactly like the sound of a squeaking hinge. I could tell it was getting closer, so looked up, as did the dog. It was quite a large bird flying with a slow flap of its wings, maybe 8 feet above my head. Owl?
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« Reply #164 on Jan 11, 2012, 8:12pm »		[Quote]
Making that kind of noise it would probably be the Ferruginous Buzzard, otherwise known as the Rust Hawk.
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« Reply #165 on Jan 11, 2012, 8:50pm »		[Quote]
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The local elk herd stopped by on New Year's Eve...sometimes we see them crossing the road, but they stayed pretty high up this time. Making it hard to tell them from cattle, but believe me, they are elk (similar to what is called "red deer" in Europe, I believe)
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« Reply #166 on Jan 11, 2012, 8:51pm »		[Quote]
p.s. I'm impressed with Mark's ID skills, unless he's just blowing smoke. Which is always a possibility. ;)
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« Reply #167 on Jan 11, 2012, 8:52pm »		[Quote]
Thanks, Mark. I checked out that bird, but its call is more melodious and pure than what I heard.

This is a little closer to the sound my bird made: http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=5276 (very top of page), although it wasn't that rapid.

The sound was like a combination of the previous link & this one of a barn owl: http://www.naturesongs.com/cobo3JM.wav -- not so short & rapid as the first and more like the roughness of the second, but not so extended.

(source of 2nd wav: http://www.naturesongs.com/ )
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« Reply #168 on Jan 11, 2012, 8:53pm »		[Quote]

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hey are elk (similar to what is called "red deer" in Europe, I believe)
I thought that in Montana they were called "meat".
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« Reply #169 on Jan 11, 2012, 9:06pm »		[Quote]
And so they are, bixa. Lotsa people with freezers full of elk about now.
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« Reply #170 on Jan 11, 2012, 9:09pm »		[Quote]
bixa, barn owls are very widespread around the world. It's quite possible that's what you heard, and their calls are rather variable and not always long like that one.
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« Reply #171 on Jan 12, 2012, 4:50am »		[Quote]
Blowin smoke Kimby. Squeaky hinge and rust just seemed to go together.
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« Reply #172 on Jun 15, 2012, 5:19pm »		[Quote]
Oh Wow!! I missed the coyote pics!! Beautiful creature yes!!!

Today on the way home from my second walk of the day in the neighborhood, this little fellow is stranded in the light of day in a neighbor's yard.
I see someone gave it a piece of 'Bunny bread' to snack on.

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« Reply #173 on Jun 15, 2012, 5:27pm »		[Quote]
Oh -- he's an itsy baby!

Super pics.
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« Reply #174 on Jun 15, 2012, 5:29pm »		[Quote]
I could have got closer but, he started hissing, and was clearly frightened enough as it was.
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« Reply #175 on Jun 17, 2012, 1:12am »		[Quote]
He's actually kinda cute in the first picture, but looks rather rat-like in the second one.
Good on you for backing off when he got nervous.
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« Reply #176 on Jun 17, 2012, 5:41am »		[Quote]
What is he/she ?
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« Reply #177 on Jun 17, 2012, 9:58am »		[Quote]

Jun 17, 2012, 5:41am, lugg wrote:
What is he/she ?


Oh!! I'm sorry! I thought I had ID'd the varmint.
It's a young opossum.
They are quite prevalent here, usually the ones I see are much more mature and feasting on my blood orange tree, which btw, has not one orange on it this year. >:(
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« Reply #178 on Jun 26, 2012, 11:14pm »		[Quote]
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« Reply #179 on Jun 27, 2012, 2:24am »		[Quote]
The Martin house at my parents cabin used to house Martins, but has been taken over by Tree Swallows in recent years. Haven't even seen a Martin in a long time...
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