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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2014 0:44:13 GMT
That first squirrel has a little kangaroo/meerkat thing going on. I suppose those are the dreaded Eastern grey squirrel. My husband swears he will shoot one on sight on the property because they are encroaching and driving out the much smaller Douglas squirrels. I haven't the heart to tell him he hasn't got a gun.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2014 6:07:33 GMT
I think my father bought at least 5 different bird feeders trying to find one that the squirrels could not get at. He gave up in the end.
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Post by htmb on Sept 14, 2014 9:22:39 GMT
My mother in-law used to catch grey squirrels in a trap the size of a large shoe box, and then plunge the whole trap into an oil drum filled with water until the little dears drowned. She surreptitiously did this many times before her grandchildren caught on to what was happening. My children were so horrified they finally convinced her to stop the drownings and she began releasing the captured squirrels on the opposite side of town. However, grey squirrels are very territorial and just as soon as she would remove one, another would move into the yard to take its place. (Note: she didn't like me either, but didn't have a big enough trap).
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Post by htmb on Oct 17, 2014 22:07:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 16:34:50 GMT
That makes me think of how clueless urban cats and dogs are and how they should never ever take a vacation in your part of the world.
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Post by htmb on Oct 18, 2014 16:37:51 GMT
That goes for small children and dumb rednecks as well.
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Post by htmb on Nov 6, 2014 23:26:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2014 23:32:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 20:37:02 GMT
I really admire the foolhardy bravery of cats.
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Post by htmb on Feb 1, 2015 21:51:44 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Feb 2, 2015 10:04:37 GMT
That looks like a young Bison Htmb. He/She is very well camouflaged with their surroundings. Was that taken through a fence or just alongside the road?
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Post by tod2 on Feb 2, 2015 10:07:45 GMT
Arriving unannounced one Sunday this beautiful black swan made himself at home on a small lake near us. It was very happy to pose for my camera! I'm very handsome...
And who are you, looking back at me???
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Post by htmb on Feb 2, 2015 11:23:07 GMT
That looks like a young Bison Htmb. He/She is very well camouflaged with their surroundings. Was that taken through a fence or just alongside the road? There is a small herd of bison at the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. I was out there for a wander. Other than the perimeter of the park there are no fences. The wild horses were nearby and I got some photos of then, too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 22:58:42 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Feb 12, 2015 7:58:49 GMT
They look as if they are feeling the cold Kerouac. All puffed up. Cities hate them but most people don't even know they are one of the smartest birds around!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 14:51:18 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Mar 4, 2015 16:57:49 GMT
Good photo Kerouac. I'm not sure if that's a Raven , a Rook, Crow or a Blackbird???
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 17:56:25 GMT
Two different names are used to describe them in Paris: corbeau and corneille. They both translate as "crow" in English.
Digging a little deeper, it would appear that this is a Corvus corone which is the official name of the corneille. Corbeau is just a vernacular term for any big black bird that looks like a crow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 20:06:40 GMT
I would say a crow, although, I don't know what a Rook is. I've never seen a raven and have always wanted to ever since my introduction to Edgar Allen Poe.
BTW, I love the Black Swan Tod. he sure is posing for you.
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Post by mossie on Mar 4, 2015 20:18:16 GMT
You must remember the country saying.
"One rook is a crow
Two crows is a rook"
What it means is that the two birds are very similar, BUT, Crows are fairly solitary although the young hang around their parents for a while, but rooks are very gregarious and live in colonies called rookeries. Experts can tell them apart, blackbirds are some bit smaller.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 20:24:49 GMT
Never heard that Mossie. Thanks. I did know that a blackbird is smaller, and that crows are seemingly solitary. They do manage to awaken me almost every morning. A congregation of crows is called "a murder of crows".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 20:26:33 GMT
These birds in Paris are quite solitary. You often see more than one in a park or other such area, but they don't seem to pay attention to each other at all. The Wiki I read said that their lifespan is about 20 years.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 5, 2015 2:31:57 GMT
Ravens are bigger and "croak", common crows "caw" and the smaller fish crows say "cuh-cuh".
My mother in law heard fish crows in Florida as saying "uh-uh" and called them "virgin birds". :-)
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Post by tod2 on Mar 5, 2015 7:23:18 GMT
Mossies explanation is a good one for quick recognition. Thanks Mossie.
Learn't something new from Kimby too!
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Post by htmb on Mar 10, 2015 23:22:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 23:57:29 GMT
Cute! Do you know the name of that lizard, htmb? I remember all the little street lizards running around on Amelia Island, but he looks a little more substantial.
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Post by htmb on Mar 11, 2015 0:34:44 GMT
Lizzy, that's a skink, and yes, it was quite substantial. Laid out from tip to tail, it would probably be as long as my forearm. Picture a fat snake with legs. I couldn't tell if this one was alive or dead. It was perched on the cut up tree I posted photos of in the "tree" thread. I had the dog with me and didn't want to poke at the skink in case it moved and Lilly was tempted to pounce.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 0:48:57 GMT
Oh, I know what skinks are, I found one dehydrated and cold on my front doorstep once; there was a lot of construction in the neighbourhood and he may have lost his home. They are endangered here; I ended up taking him to the local shelter in a bucket on the back of my Yamaha.
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Post by mossie on Mar 11, 2015 17:19:10 GMT
In spring a young mans fancy
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 17:20:54 GMT
Aren't they beautiful!
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