In My Backyard this Morning: Wildlife

Paco Dennis said:
Great photo. How did you get so close?
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Actually, I took the pic through the window; I was afraid of going out there, scaring it away. Last summer, there was a flock of 13 wild turkeys periodically roaming the neighborhood. I don't know if these 2 are all that's left of the 13 or not (I think they are).
 

Imogene said:
Ahhhh! THIS is my kinda thread🥰

I can’t tell — is that a feather hanging on the other side? If so, there was some sort of altercation between two turkeys. I’ve seen similar once or twice on my farm🤠
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I can't tell either, haven't been able to get that close. One of the 13 we saw a lot last summer was limping but haven't seen it in the last few months. :(
 
Imogene said:
You have an impressive backyard !

The Big Guy’s been around awhile😍. I hope nobody wants that rack on their wall😡
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Thanks, the 1000's of acres belong to the HOA and then lead up to National Forest. And yeah I'd love to have that rack on my wall, the silver tipped antlers are stunning, but wifey says no way.
 
Imogene said:
YAY Mrs. Againstthegrain! I’m on her side of the fence🤠👍🤠👍

An HOA!?!? That surely must mean something other than homeowners association in your part of the world.
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Well she does let me leave some antlers in the corner of the tv room, just no skulls. Yup the land is part of the homeowners association. It's easy to follow the simple rules we have, we aren't micro managed although the past 4 years they have been a little light on some enforcement. The recent additions to town haven't quite shaken the bad habits they learned elsewhere.
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
Good thing for him, he didn't show up before Thanksgiving. :ROFLMAO: Wow..you've got a lot of space back there Officer. I hope you aren't the one who has to tend to it.
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We do have a lawn mowing service but they unfortunately don't have time to do much more than that; the gal who owns & runs the service has a hard time finding help (a lot of businesses around here are having the same trouble). So Huzz (and me a little) are having to do more than I think we should (especially him). So that's one of the reasons I'd like to move to a smaller place.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
One of the joys of where I live is waking up to deer munching on grass and a squirrel running around.. That's such a comforting scene. It's cool having all these critters visiting me.
The only ones I don't like are mice in my house, but some are cute little things.
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They are cute - if only they didn’t reproduce at Mach 80🥸🥸
 
Lizzie00 said:
Not sure if you’re talking to me or officerripley but…..i can’t do bird feeders because of the bears. I did have a black bear a couple of years ago that mistook one of the solar lights for a bird feeder (yes i could read his mind)😂🤣😂
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@Lizzie00 up here in CT we can only fill our feeders in the winter as (we hope) the black bears we have running amok are hibernating. Our condo community backs up to some woods and they have been seen raiding some of the dumpsters back there.
 

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