I gave it a strong consideration, but it's juuuuust high enough for 'em to reach.....with their tongues
Too too fun to watch
Meanwhile
guess who's nestled in, chewing their cud.....waiting for breakfast
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Too too fun to watch
Meanwhile
guess who's nestled in, chewing their cud.....waiting for breakfast
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
These aren't good. I've seen a form of these on a houseplant or two, long ago.
I searched your photo of it on the stick.
Looks like
Laetisaria fuciformis
https://www.alamy.com/laetisaria-fu...-wool-like-mycelium-stage-image463945919.htmlhttps://lens.google.com/search?p=Ac...tYmRiNi00NWUyLTk1ZmYtNjkyNDQ3MjYwNmQ1Il1dXQ==
Its a fungal parasite
Or maybe not!
It probably was
They only stuck around a couple weeks
Then
the plague of grasshoppers arrived
might be what happened to the laets
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katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
I always loved seeing those "deer beds" in the snow. Especially the little ones.
Sliverfox
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So far in our area we haven't had enough snow for the deer bed down in.
Whenever they feel a change in the weather, they head for the valleys & hemlock & spruce trees.
Whenever they feel a change in the weather, they head for the valleys & hemlock & spruce trees.
Yeah, that was the way it was up at the cabin
The mulies there would migrate to Christmas Valley to winter
Drove to Silver Lake to dine at The Cowboy Dinner Tree one fall (about 60 mi from the cabin)
Herds of mulies, many herds, headin' southeast, thru clearings
like Israelite Cervidae, headin' to the promised land
These blacktail town deer know what a good thing is
They hang here year round
Town folk treat them like sacred cows
I'm sure they get fed
Most likely a smorgasbord from house to house
katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
I lived in the middle of a pine (and other trees) forest. They lived there all winter.
katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
Love seeing the snow on the trees.
Sliverfox
Well-known Member
The sound of silent after snow fall is best in a forest of pine or hemlock trees.
So peaceful,, air smells so fresh.
So peaceful,, air smells so fresh.
katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
I definitely miss that now. I think I took it for granted.
As winter nears, Jack Frost is gettin' busy
These deciduous trees down here in town have their season of glory, but they hold their own in winter too
Broken sky......no or little snow (OK by me)
I best fill that feeder
Whole lota flockin' goin' on
These deciduous trees down here in town have their season of glory, but they hold their own in winter too
Broken sky......no or little snow (OK by me)
I best fill that feeder
Whole lota flockin' goin' on
Snowing like crazy
Seems we got a couple inches in a couple minutes
and there's my homeless buddies across the way
Even though of the same feather.... there's always a castigated few
Earlier, this morn, I found some pigeons at the feeder
Mostly hogging it all
Keeping my little guys out
I shooed 'em away
But, seeing them, all huddled on the line?
I'm building a bigger feeder
Seems we got a couple inches in a couple minutes
and there's my homeless buddies across the way
Even though of the same feather.... there's always a castigated few
Earlier, this morn, I found some pigeons at the feeder
Mostly hogging it all
Keeping my little guys out
I shooed 'em away
But, seeing them, all huddled on the line?
I'm building a bigger feeder
Sliverfox
Well-known Member
If they are mourning doves,, usually ground feeders.
We have watched them eat their fill,, than nap on what's left.
No wonder we have hawks checking out the "easy pickins".
We have watched them eat their fill,, than nap on what's left.
No wonder we have hawks checking out the "easy pickins".
Yeah, all or some are mourning doves
I've heard their owl-like sounds
Ground or no, they seem rather fond of the feeder
So, today, I'm at my post, in the Walmart parking lot
While my lady shops
Watching folks carefully backing out of their spaces
momentarily stopping....looking....or trying to look
can't see all when backing out
so, they inch their way
That's pretty much why I pull forward in order exit in forward gear
While watching, I'm trying to figure a better way
This is the typical lot
Get home
and put something together on MS-Paint
Got a bit hung up with space/lane direction
After a couple efforts, I settled on this
It'd only work with one way lanes
They'd have to all go away from the store
The lanes could be considerably narrower
since they are one way only
so little to no reduction of spaces (I think)
I'll take a tape measure next trip to Wally World
Anybody see a fault with this design?
While my lady shops
Watching folks carefully backing out of their spaces
momentarily stopping....looking....or trying to look
can't see all when backing out
so, they inch their way
That's pretty much why I pull forward in order exit in forward gear
While watching, I'm trying to figure a better way
This is the typical lot
Get home
and put something together on MS-Paint
Got a bit hung up with space/lane direction
After a couple efforts, I settled on this
It'd only work with one way lanes
They'd have to all go away from the store
The lanes could be considerably narrower
since they are one way only
so little to no reduction of spaces (I think)
I'll take a tape measure next trip to Wally World
Anybody see a fault with this design?
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MarkD
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- San Francisco Bay Area
There is a medium sized Target store near us where there are three one way lanes. There is one entry/exit curb cut and one (narrower) exit only curb cut. (Far smaller than any Wallyworld.). Coming in at the only entry point you can turn left at the first lane or continue to the third one and turn left. At the ends of those lanes you can turn toward the middle lane which is the only one that goes in the other direction, or you can go out the exit only curb cut. (Don’t we both wish I could generate a drawing like yours?).
Anyway, as small as this one is there are people who e yet through exit only curb cut and proceed down a lane in the wrong direction. Maybe my neighbors are just exceptionally stupid but I tend to think there is a strong stupid streak in our kind. So I wonder would be a problem at the much larger Wally World lot if they adopted your plan?
Yeah, that's my next consideration
How to dummy proof the lane direction
First thought is the beehive design
Heh, watching nature can be quite enlightening
Tiny hole in the hive for entry and exit
but
man
Ever see how fast they can ALL leave that hive?
palides2021
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- Location
- MidAtlantic, USA
Looks good! Our Walmart parking lot is so big, I always park far away because there is less activity and less cars there. I rarely park close to the store. Always afraid of cars zipping by or people behind me. Although now I have a car that beeps if someone is near me, which I like.
Working on a project from hell
But, of a morn, while the shop warms, I tend the bird feeder
and take in the frosted trees in the yard
Never considered deciduous trees could bask in their glory beyond autumn.
They do hold their own in late fall
The lounge for my little feathered buddies seems a tad neglected this time of year
But, of a morn, while the shop warms, I tend the bird feeder
and take in the frosted trees in the yard
Never considered deciduous trees could bask in their glory beyond autumn.
They do hold their own in late fall
The lounge for my little feathered buddies seems a tad neglected this time of year
