Wild life on our morning walk

Knight

Knight

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We typically see a couple of coyote walking thru one field that adjoins the jogging path. This morning a couple were close to the parking lot , I got as close as I could to get pictures.
 

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Knight said:
We typically see a couple of coyote walking thru one field that adjoins the jogging path. This morning a couple were close to the parking lot , I got as close as I could to get pictures.
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We have some around here. This afternoon a coyote ran across the road in front of our car. There is nothing more bone chilling than hearing a pack howling in the dark of night.
 

Gary O' said:
Reminds me of one early morn, driving into the parking lot
I opened our little corporation
Nobody but me there
...and two coyotes

I got outa the Jeep
Clapped my hands

They just looked at each other, like 'what's with him?'
Then loped off
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I'm not to savvy when it comes to a couple of wild animals that could use me as a chew toy. I felt I was close enough to get the pics yet far enough to get back to my car that I left with the door open.
 
Knight said:
I'm not to savvy when it comes to a couple of wild animals that could use me as a chew toy. I felt I was close enough to get the pics yet far enough to get back to my car that I left with the door open.
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Wise

The modern coyote doesn't seem to be very skittish
They seem drawn to town

My wife had one tailing her, real close
Kept on her, head lowered, snarling
She was pushing a stroller with our baby
She'd never seen a coyote
Kept yelling 'get your dog'
Told me about it
Told her about coyotes

A buddy of mine was hiking Goat Mountain, 30 mi outa Molalla OR
A black tail buck galloped past, right in front of him
Didn't bounce/spring over logs like normal
Said a coyote came right after
Stopped
Stared
Panted
Then decided to commence pursuing is prey

Quite the resilient animal
 
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Well, we really enjoy them - for a very special reason. Our property runs down to the creek line. The feral pigs run the creek and would come up on our property and root. Guess what is the perfect feral pig deterrent? Coyotes - they follow the pig herd and get their fill. Hear their howling in the evenings at times.
 
Been There said:
Can you see the squirrel? I saw this one on my run last week.
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We see them! We (mainly my wife) have been feeding squirrels shelled walnuts in the backyard for years. At night we often get skunks and raccoons — which we do not feed. Also feed song birds and sparrows, but not one kind of bird, crows — they can be noisy, messy, and fly in flocks.

I do have a crow story which I have told before. Parked in front of a local convenience store, and there was a poor pathetic crow hopping around with a broken wing. Tragic sight. Went into the store, bought a pastry, tore off a chunk and threw it to him. He grabbed it and flew up on the roof. (-8
 
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ElCastor said:
We see them! We (mainly my wife) have been feeding squirrels shelled walnuts in the backyard for years. At night we often get skunks and raccoons — which we do not feed. Also feed song birds and sparrows, but not one kind of bird, crows — they can be noisy, messy, and fly in flocks.

I do have a crow story which I have told before. Parked in front of a local convenience store, and there was a poor pathetic crow hopping around with a broken wing. Tragic sight. Went into the store, bought a pastry, tore off a chunk and threw it to him. He grabbed it and flew up on the roof. (-8
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I found out only about a year ago that crows eat meat. I have a bird bath in my back yard and I will see crows land on the bird bath and dunk their kill into the water like they are softening it up. I used to shoot BB’s at them and also my paint gun, but I thought that wasn’t right, so now I let nature take it’s course.
 
Been There said:
I found out only about a year ago that crows eat meat. I have a bird bath in my back yard and I will see crows land on the bird bath and dunk their kill into the water like they are softening it up. I used to shoot BB’s at them and also my paint gun, but I thought that wasn’t right, so now I let nature take it’s course.
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Crows eat just about anything, including cat kibble. We also have a bird bath. The crows swipe walnuts from the squirrels and dunk them in the bird bath.
 
ElCastor said:
Crows eat just about anything, including cat kibble. We also have a bird bath. The crows swipe walnuts from the squirrels and dunk them in the bird bath.
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The bird baths must be their dipping grounds. After they flew away from my bird bath the other day, I went out to see what the remnants were. I would guess that it was a small bunny that they had seized. I used to like crows because they were known as nature's garbage collectors, but now that I see them killing small bunnies and squirrels, not so much anymore.
 
Been There said:
The bird baths must be their dipping grounds. After they flew away from my bird bath the other day, I went out to see what the remnants were. I would guess that it was a small bunny that they had seized. I used to like crows because they were known as nature's garbage collectors, but now that I see them killing small bunnies and squirrels, not so much anymore.
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Looked it up and you are right. Crows are omnivores. They do eat small animals and insects, but also grain, fruit, seeds, and my wife sometimes feeds them cat kibble, which they devour. On the plus side they are apparently not skilled hunters and I have never seen one attack a squirrel. No bunnies around here. They are quite intelligent. Read about one that was given food at the bottom of a glass tube. Couldn't get at it, but he was also given a wire. Tried stabbing it with the wire, didn't work, so he bent one end and fashioned a hook. Then there was a video of a walnut tree near a road intersection. The crows couldn't break the walnut shells, so they dropped them in a crosswalk. Cars broke the shells and the crows waited for the light to change before swooping in. (-8
 
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ElCastor said:
Looked it up and you are right. Crows are omnivores. They do eat small animals and insects, but also grain, fruit, seeds, and my wife sometimes feeds them cat kibble, which they devour. On the plus side they are apparently not skilled hunters and I have never seen one attack a squirrel. No bunnies around here. They are quite intelligent. Read about one that was given food at the bottom of a glass tube. Couldn't get at it, but he was also given a wire. Tried stabbing it with the wire, didn't work, so he bent one end and fashioned a hook. Then there was a video of a walnut tree near a road intersection. The crows couldn't break the walnut shells, so they dropped them in a crosswalk. Cars broke the shells and the crows waited for the light to change before swooping in. (-8
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I read an article on the internet that stated crows were opportunistic eaters. Anything that they considered to be food, they will eat, whether it’s a dead bird on the highway, leftover picnic food at a park, or fruit or berries on trees or bushes. And, yes, they do have intelligence. I was fishing last summer down at the shore in Virginia and I saw a crow have his head stuck in a French fries container. I had to life as the crow walked around with this French fries wrapper on his head and he was shaking it to get it off, which he eventually did.
 
They have a lot of squirrels in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. (Course we have them all other the state). Some are black. I really dislike squirrels. We have lots of wildlife as we are surrounded by mountains. But I think our predators are too laid back.

Plenty of foxes, beautiful red and white foxes, so the squirrel population should be less, much less. 😂. Lazy beasts, foxes.
 
Been There said:
I found out only about a year ago that crows eat meat. I have a bird bath in my back yard and I will see crows land on the bird bath and dunk their kill into the water like they are softening it up. I used to shoot BB’s at them and also my paint gun, but I thought that wasn’t right, so now I let nature take it’s course.
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Crows are known to wash their food.
 
The Highways Agency found over 200 dead crows on the M4 near Bridgend recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts. However, during analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the ...bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorries, while only 2% were killed by cars.

The Agency then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of lorry kills versus car kills. The Ornithological Behaviourist quickly concluded that when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "lorry"
 
Purwell said:
The Highways Agency found over 200 dead crows on the M4 near Bridgend recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts. However, during analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the ...bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorries, while only 2% were killed by cars.

The Agency then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of lorry kills versus car kills. The Ornithological Behaviourist quickly concluded that when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "lorry"
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So those crows were from Boston.. :sneaky::LOL:
 
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