Backyard Wildlife

Ardster

Smolt
Here are a few more critters that turn up in the yard now and then, more like along the edge of the lawn or woods.

Great Gray Owl;
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Northern Hairy Woodpecker;
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This is a look down the drive , gives an idea of where pictures are taken maybe...
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The old one car garage is converted into my wife's quilting studio and I built a big shop / garage about ten years ago.
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We needed a place to keep the fire truck, it started life as part of the Shawnee Oklahoma Fire Dept and now it's here.

This happens sometimes.
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Those were taken during a very active sequence that was happening directly overhead of the house.
 
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Jim F.

Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Very nice! Great Gray Owls are impressive critters.
 

Paige

Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Great pics and love that old fire truck panel wagon Ard, alway wanted one of those!
 

RRSmith

Life of the Party
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I've worked with and around waterfowl throughout my career and never saw anything like this until we bought our place on the Oregon Coast (Devils Lake near Lincoln City). We were out on a walk in late December and saw a flock of mallards working over the neighborhood. Much to our surprise, the whole flock landed on the neighbor's roof!

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Jim F.

Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
A few years ago, a mated pair of Mallards took a liking to sunning on a neighbor's roof. During that same year, I saw a Great Blue Heron on the same roof.
 

Stonedfish

Known Grizzler-hater of triploids, humpies & ND
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My parents had a pair of mallards that would visit their front yard. They'd eat grass and I'd bet slugs, worms or whatever else they might find.
They showed up for about four years in a row. There was a small lake nearby so I assume that is where they came from.
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