Animals in your garden

[Sheal]

Thank you Becky.

 

[roadrunner]

Got this pic yesterday, but then I went and looked at the log the wood pecker was working on (in post #445 above) and was surprised just how much it devoured that old log -- I hope it comes thru in the pics, just how deep those holes are..

 

[vette-kid]

Here's one you don't see every day...
I had been out talking with a neighbor and heard a lotl crash as an odoros flew over. Didn't realize what it was right away, for he lost the rest of his dinner!

 

[roadrunner]

That spot on its tail gives it away...It's a Red Drum https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/sciaenops-ocellatus/

 

[vette-kid]

That spot on its tail gives it away...It's a Red Drum https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/sciaenops-ocellatus/

Yup, common here. I believe this is the time of year they make their run. Curious s to why he didn't come back for it. Looked like some competition from some type of hawk but by the time I looked up the hawk was pretty far away. I think the osprey is nesting nearby.

 

[eli86]

I have the advantage of a pond which attracts frogs and toads, and the birds love bathing and drinking in the bog.
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Those are very nice pictures! My compliments for being able to make shots like this fast!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I saw over a dozen American Robins in my native garden and backyard today. It was definitely a group that was migrating. Always a great sign of Spring.

 

[Silentrunning]

I saw over a dozen American Robins in my native garden and backyard today. It was definitely a group that was migrating. Always a great sign of Spring.

The Robins are thick here in N.C. right now. A sure sign of things to come.

 

[mg guy]

read an interesting article on robin migration, some flocks move very little, it's all about where the food is.
And they don't sing until they reach their breeding ground.

 

[Chuck]

The Robins are thick here in N.C. right now. A sure sign of things to come.

Back in the 1960's robins came every year by the millions. We would go out at night into their roosts and hunt them with sticks. They are very tasty when baked in a pie. I haven't seen a robin in at least 25 or 30 years. Now, instead of robins, we get a robin look alike called a towhee although not in as many numbers. I have often wondered why they don't come to this area anymore.

 

[mg guy]

Back in the 1960's robins came every year by the millions. We would go out at night into their roosts and hunt them with sticks. They are very tasty when baked in a pie. I have often wondered why they don't come to this area anymore.

I'm thinking if I'm in an area where their gonna hunt me with sticks, I might start avoiding it, too! lol

 

[Chuck]

I'm thinking if I'm in an area where their gonna hunt me with sticks, I might start avoiding it, too! lol

You're probably right. But then I guess that doves, ducks and geese aren't as smart as robins. We've got more of them than you can shake a stick at.

 

[mg guy]

We've got more of them than you can shake a stick at.

question is, are you shaking a stick at them? lol

 

[vette-kid]

I'm struggling to get a picture, but we have a wood pecker that keeps coming around . For some reason he likes the window sill and keep pecking at the window. Anyone know if an owl will scare off a wood pecker? If like to keep him from breaking my window if at all possible!

 

[Esther Knapicius]

with the white snow on the ground, love going around and sighting the different foot prints. lots of them. possums, raccoons, buddies, deer, birds, squirrels.