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Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, September 25, 2006 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
DH got a beautiful picture of one of the many deer visiting our yard now. We have 8 apple trees in our back yard so we have a deer cafeteria. Our doe leaves her twins behind and she jumps the fence. The first few times they were wandering around pretty confused but now they wait patiently in the side yard while she fills up on goodies.
visitor

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Wow, SG! How beautiful! I live in Oregon, but all I get in my back yard are possums, cottontails, squirrels, birds and my beloved raccoons. Oh, and I feed all the outdoor cats in the neighborhood.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
SG that is a beautiful picture!! How wonderful to have such lovely visitors!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
how beautiful!!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
We had a visitor tonight but it wasn't as beautiful as your deer SG.

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It was a rather large, healthy looking mouse. It was spending it's time eating the persimmons that had dropped on the ground. My dog just stood and barked at it. The mouse wasn't afraid of my dog or us at all.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
He really is big and such different eyes! I always wanted a pet mouse or rat...I think they are cute but DH starts hyperventilating when the subject came up.

Thanks for the picture!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Great pics Supergranny and Vacanick!

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
No pictures to share, because I always forget to take my camera when I walk Whitney. We see rabbits in our apartment complex. We have woods all around, and these huge areas of wildflowers and some sort of viny things ( I don't think its kudzu). And the rabbits live in the viny areas. And we are right down the road from a State Park. We see chipmunks there a lot, we've seen deer and I am pretty sure I saw a Blue Heron a couple of days ago. Every time I see any of these I remember that I meant to start carrying the camera on walks!

Supergranny, I had pet mice when I was a kid. Three little white mice: Opie, Andy and Aunt Bee.

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 2:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
I love this thread! I'm also living with many wild neighbors, and I'm always hoping for a picture but can't seem to get one. We have bobcats, coyotes, snakes, quail, roadrunners, squirrels, rabbits & occasionally deer & bear.

That's a stately, gorgeous picture of the deer, Supergranny. I know they're a pest for gardeners, and it's nice that you are able to share with them.

Vacanick, that looks like a big mouse! Ours don't have long hair like that, and they're gray. I'm amazed the dog didn't go for it.

Cdbga, lol at Opie, Andy & Aunt Bee.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
My son had a pet rat the size of my hand. She was white and black and he called her Mizrat.

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
Here's my latest visitor. This little guy is not big, only about an inch. I really admire scorpions, but hate to have them share my house, especially because of my cats. Any ideas on dealing with them? (No pesticides here due to health issues.)



I put him under black light (scorpions flouresce a neon green!), but couldn't get a picture to come out.



Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Aw, isn't she sweet!

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
Love the deer...such a great capture!

Good thing that didn't happen in Texas...someone would shoot it.

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 1:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
Whew, glad to see someone else posted! I figured after my pic, I'd killed the thread, lol!

No-one would shoot the deer where I live, as I live between a large city and a national forest. Even now, people are trying to trap the bobcats in the neighborhood & truck them to the other side of the mountain. Coyotes--we just live with. We never let our cats out, and only let small dogs out in daylight or supervised. Everyone blames coyotes for everything (it's our favorite pastime) but ironically, one of the biggest cat predators are the hawks.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
the neighbors have a visitor sitting on their porch right now. I have a feeling he is eating the cat food.
visitor

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
he is on top of the hot tub...

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Oh my SG ... you do live an interesting neighborhood! I love your pictures!

Did I ever mention that my mouse, which I now think may have been a rat, stayed around for a couple of day and then died. But we're keeping our eyes out for new visitors all the time.

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
Supergranny, looks like a sneaky raccoon! You seem to have a lot of daylight wildlife. I love the pictures.

Vacanick, sorry the mouse/rat died, glad it got a nice meal at the end. I have no idea about the rat thing, I do know that mice have different variations & species.

I've never seen a wild raccoon or rat in my life. I've heard that we do have raccoons, especially in the high mountains. I know researchers who work with tame rats really like them, they're very smart. My best friend from New York thinks the ones they have there are very evil, as do all New Yorkers. She told me that if there is a sick or dead rat on the sidewalk, New Yorkers will stop and take another route, not even walk past it. And these are tough people, who brave the subways & crowds & NYC issues every day.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, October 16, 2006 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
DH went out to get a picture of doe and fawn and the doe just kept walking toward him and past him to get to our back yard where the apples are!LOL..I now call him the apple man..that is what the deer call him I'm sure.

momma deer

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, October 16, 2006 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
This shows how big her fawn is getting. I claim it is because of all our apples.

doe and fawn

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, October 16, 2006 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Check the Men in Trees thread in TV Shows for the visitors Chilliwill gets!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 12:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I didn't know where else to put this:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tiger_and_piglets.htm

Lizziedi
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10-05-2005

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 2:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lizziedi a private message Print Post    
Interesting article, Twinkie! It's too bad that someone tried to turn it into a hoax, because that picture of the piglets laying on that tiger is amazing in itself!

Supergranny, I love the deer pictures. They seem so calm & fearless.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Suisun City is about 15 minutes away from where I live. Seems we had a Snowy Owl visitor ... very exciting!!

http://www.kcra.com/news/10731854/detail.html?rss=sac&psp=news

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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed the video. Thanks,Vac, for the link. We have Snowy Owls at the Oregon Zoo. However, this far north they usually are all white.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
These animals dot the Texas hill country and are being pushed around by the high volume of houses being built in this part of the country. There used to be a large number of black panthers, some downtown in the Panther Canyon part of the city park, but the numbers all around have dwindled a lot. This cougar was just spotted peeking into the back door in a 'new' neighborhood:

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Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Wow Grace!! I cannot imagine what I would do if a panther walked up to my back door. Amazing!!!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Personally, I would panic! LOL

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Panic?! I would be dead of heart failure! The mouse in the garage last week was bad enough!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
This animal looks young to me. It came up on the porch watching while two small children were playing in the room. Sure hope the parents keep those kids close when playing outside. I feel sorry for the animals not having the wide open spaces for their habitat, and for the people in those newly built in areas who over react.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
Because of the drought and land development in our area, it's nothing to see coyotes, bobcats and such around here anymore. I took a picture of a wolf the day after Christmas. He was a little ways off but he just stood there and looked at me. And a few weeks ago after church, traffic had to stop while a coyote limped across the street.

Another critter folks are being warned to watch out for in some of the newly developed areas are rattlesnakes.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Any kind of snakes, I would imagine NT! Of course, we have to remember that spring and tall grass are havens for newly emerged snakes, so don't be out in the 'meadow' picking flowers right after a rain especially. I've seen coyotes and wild pigs, too, but I think most of our armadillos have moved to Georgia.