Backyard Wildlife

[Jim F.]

The local deer trot by my home-office window daily.

Color me jealous. What wonderful photo opportunities to have at home.

 

[Jim F.]

Had a few visitors pass through the yard today.

Looks like the home land to me

 

[Dweddy89]

Looks like a big rat.

I hope it’s not a rat… things pretty large!

 

[SpeyrodGB]

Looks like the home land to me

Judging by the caption under your avatar, yes. SW portion.

 

[troutstalker]

Alligator Lizard

 

[G_Smolt]

Sea Nettle on last night's high tide line.

 

[Jim F.]

Not what I expected to see on my walk . . .

 

[the_chemist]

Can anyone ID? Beaver?

 

[Jim F.]

Pretty small for Beaver. I'd say it's what I posted above - Porcupine.

 

[the_chemist]

Pretty small for Beaver. I'd say it's what I posted above - Porcupine.

Ya was unsure. Also worth noting this is about 5' from a medium sized creek

 

[BriGuy]

I found another one today basking in the glow of our porch light. I think it was wondering why it's so dark already.

 

[Cabezon]

This impressive buck has been patrolling the grounds the last few days hot on the tails of the does. He's been flicking out his tongue and sniffing the ground for signs that they are ready.

Steve

 

[Bass-O-Matic]

Well.. once upon it was my backyard.

 

[Bass-O-Matic]

 

[SilverFly]

Was cleaning up a slash pile and staking out the house on the property today, when an entire herd of blacktail tromped right through where our future kitchen will be. Zoom in on the center two firs.



Later took a break to remind myself why almost 2 years in permits will be worth it. Checked out a suggestion from a buddy to build a viewing deck on the top of the slope. Think this spot about 80' to the right of the maple in the above shot should work.

 

[Cabezon]

While most of the birds flitting through the trees and shrubs outside my home office window are small birds: chickadees and juncos, the occasional large bird bursts by as well. Most of these are robins or Northern flickers, but some birds pass by and then beyond my line of sight as blurs, that I’m never really sure who they are.
Well, today I could be sure of who one of these flashes was: an immature Cooper’s Hawk. I first saw it just about lunch time when it landed in a lower branch of a Douglas fir, about 20 feet off the ground; it scanned the area for a minute or two before zooming off toward the bird feeder. Camera in hand, I rushed over to the bird feeder but it wasn’t there.
About an hour later, it again perched on the same lower branch.

It then dropped down onto the top of a patch of salal.

There had been spotted towhees in that patch earlier. It repositioned itself deeper in the pile to reconnoiter.

Then it flashed to the edge of the salal patch to see if something had been scared out.

Then, it was up into a short shrub and then off.
Steve

 

[Greg Armstrong]

Marginal quality cell phone photo from this morning, but notably these two critters got in a big fight right afterwards.

The rabbit surprisingly held its own, batting at the squirrel with its front paws. Fun to witness!

 

[Anonymous member 148]

2 days in a row

 

[Stonedfish]

Chubby & Tubby visiting today.
SF

 

[Jim F.]

Another little beggar.