Backyard Wildlife

[SculpinSwinger]

Leaving the driveway today for errands, across the street from my house.
He really looked healthy,

 

[Divad]

Leaving the driveway today for errands, across the street from my house.View attachment 23120
He really looked healthy,

That dude has one nice rack coming in oolala

 

[SculpinSwinger]

That dude has one nice rack coming in oolala

It got my attention, looked even more impressive head on.

 

[tkww]

I never grow tired of these things, both for the ingenious awesomeness of their whole set-up and for their tireless work to remove those *&^$%# ants.

 

[Buzzy]

I never grow tired of these things, both for the ingenious awesomeness of their whole set-up and for their tireless work to remove those *&^$%# ants.
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ant lion?

 

[tkww]

ant lion?

Yes. I usually have one or two along one edge of the garden, but this year I have 12+. Not sure if it was the cool spring or what.

 

[Zak]

I never grow tired of these things, both for the ingenious awesomeness of their whole set-up and for their tireless work to remove those *&^$%# ants.
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I like to show them to kids and have them tickle the slopes with a (long) blade of grass!

 

[Buzzy]

I like to show them to kids and have them tickle the slopes with a (long) blade of grass!

grab an ant and drop it in, that's fun!

 

[Rio Grande King]

Front yard buddies

 

[BriGuy]

A deer mom and her two young-uns each took turns eating our plants and peeping in the front windows at us. The cats weren't impressed...

 

[Kilchis]

In keeping with the week's theme, this little lady came wading down our backyard creek today. It was 94 degrees at the time, so maybe her hooves were hot…. I haven't noticed that tansy before looking at this pic. Tomorrow it's gone.

 

[Kilchis]

Green Darners

 

[Jim F.]

Too many outdoor cats around here, so no song birds or quail anymore. I'm left with squirrels and these for photo opportunities, lol. Never seen slugs this big around here before. Leopard Slugs? I'm guessing it took them awhile to make the journey . . .

 

[Buzzy]

Too many outdoor cats around here, so no song birds or quail anymore. I'm left with squirrels and these for photo opportunities, lol. Never seen slugs this big around here before. Leopard Slugs? I'm guessing it took them awhile to make the journey . . .


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@Starman77 told me he read where the "average suburban yard has 12,000 to 20,000 slugs". When I lived in Port Orchard, I'd sometimes salt slugs.

 

[Jim F.]

@Starman77 told me he read where the "average suburban yard has 12,000 to 20,000 slugs". When I lived in Port Orchard, I'd sometimes salt slugs.

When I worked out there, a friend in Port Orchard had a huge garden and very few slugs, but he did have the fattest Muscovy Ducks I've ever seen. They had all they could do to waddle.

 

[Tom Butler]

I have never seen so many bees by the water, they were everywhere up and down this shoreline. Usually I don't like bees, but I stayed cool and caught and released several fish here, and they just didn't seem to notice. Neither a mcginty nor western bee did anything for the fish.

 

[Jim F.]

Looks like the Honey Bees discovered evaporative cooling . . .

 

[Tom Butler]

There was a T-storm last night, and when I let the dog out this morning the edges of the porch mat were alive with rolly polly's.

 

[Jim F.]

There was a T-storm last night, and when I let the dog out this morning the edges of the porch mat were alive with rolly polly's.

Dang, my Grandson could have filled ALL of his pockets!

 

[swimmy]

Wish I had a zoom lens