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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, September 25, 2006 - 9:19 pm
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.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:19 am
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.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:28 am
SG that is a beautiful picture!! How wonderful to have such lovely visitors!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:28 am
how beautiful!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:32 pm
We had a visitor tonight but it wasn't as beautiful as your deer SG.
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.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:21 pm
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!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:53 pm
Great pics Supergranny and Vacanick!
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 4:54 pm
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.
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 2:08 am
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.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 7:03 am
My son had a pet rat the size of my hand. She was white and black and he called her Mizrat.
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Sunday, October 08, 2006 - 11:30 pm
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.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 8:08 am
Aw, isn't she sweet!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 7:56 am
Love the deer...such a great capture! Good thing that didn't happen in Texas...someone would shoot it. 
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 1:39 am
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.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:01 pm
the neighbors have a visitor sitting on their porch right now. I have a feeling he is eating the cat food.

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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:02 pm
he is on top of the hot tub...
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, October 13, 2006 - 2:34 pm
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.
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:48 am
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.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, October 16, 2006 - 2:23 pm
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.

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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, October 16, 2006 - 2:27 pm
This shows how big her fawn is getting. I claim it is because of all our apples.

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 16, 2006 - 9:11 pm
Check the Men in Trees thread in TV Shows for the visitors Chilliwill gets!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 12:02 am
I didn't know where else to put this: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tiger_and_piglets.htm
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 2:12 am
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.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 12, 2007 - 12:40 pm
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
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, January 12, 2007 - 2:49 pm
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.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:21 am
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
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:24 am
Wow Grace!! I cannot imagine what I would do if a panther walked up to my back door. Amazing!!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:58 am
Personally, I would panic! LOL
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:08 am
Panic?! I would be dead of heart failure! The mouse in the garage last week was bad enough!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:26 am
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.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:35 am
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.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 4:22 pm
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.
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