Wild Turkey what's in your yard

Rossana said:
I live in a nature preserve community. We have woods, trails and lakes. Present are black bears, coyotes, alligators, possums, armadillos, bobcats, raccoons, gopher tortoise, key deer, a variety of snakes, squirrels, bald eagles, hawks, sandhill cranes, owls, and lots of birds.
Some of my neighbors say that they have spotted a panther as well. I have not seen the panther yet, nor have I been nose to nose with a black bear! ( I am not sure about the presence of the panther however, I know that the bears are there!)
We have a lot of construction and growth in our area that disturbs their habitat.
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Do you need to worry about leprosy with the armadillos? I've read that they can be carriers, much to my shock.

Armadillos are so cute.

I used to have a ceramic one in my yard that we called, "Sarge." He was hideous, which is why he was great. I was really sad the day he was tragically brought to an end by the lawnmower.
 

I have lots of deer, some bear, possums, bobcats, coyotes, squirels, rabbits, armadillos.... I opened the door on a skunk one day and shut it fast. One thing I have seen that was rare and really cool, but a little spooky looking, was an albino possum. It wandered through the yard one rainy day.
 
Medusa said:
Do you need to worry about leprosy with the armadillos? I've read that they can be carriers, much to my shock.

Armadillos are so cute.

I used to have a ceramic one in my yard that we called, "Sarge." He was hideous, which is why he was great. I was really sad the day he was tragically brought to an end by the lawnmower.
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No, I have not heard that to be a problem, in my area at least.
 

Rossana said:
No, I have not heard that to be a problem, in my area at least.
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I looked it up and found an interesting article in Smithsonian Magazine. This paragraph being the most pertinent, I think.

"And as for armadillos—the risk of transmission to humans is low. Only the nine-banded armadillo is known to carry the disease. And, most people in the U.S. who come down with the chronic bacterial disease get it from other people while traveling outside the country."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-armadillos-can-spread-leprosy-180954440/
 
ElCastor said:
I am envious. Bald Eagles! I suspect you live a bit further north than California. Not many of those around here, but we do get Golden Eagles. In this area wind turbines have been killing 100 Golden Eagles a year in our Altamont Pass. Such is a price of environmentalism. Grrr.
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A lot further than North California. I’m on the east coast of Canada and see a lot of them. We live right beside the ocean which is where a lot if their food source is. I probably have close to a hundred bald eagle photos.
What a shame about those wind turbines. They were things I liked until I discovered all the birds they kill. I really like birds 🦅 birds a lot.
 
We live in a dense forest, and have plenty of "critters". Our deer population has grown substantially in the past few years, as hunting has slowed down due to the deer potentially having "chronic wasting disease". Black bears are migrating into the State in recent years, but I haven't seen any here...yet.
 
Medusa said:
Do you need to worry about leprosy with the armadillos? I've read that they can be carriers, much to my shock.

Armadillos are so cute.

I used to have a ceramic one in my yard that we called, "Sarge." He was hideous, which is why he was great. I was really sad the day he was tragically brought to an end by the lawnmower.
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We have armadillos migrating into our area in the past few years. They can really make a mess when they start digging up the yard looking for larvae, etc. And YES, they DO carry the Leprosy virus on their shells. A couple of years ago, one of our Son-in-laws got that disease after their dog played with armadillos, and he petted the dog. They had to euthanize the dog, and he had to undergo treatment for a year. If I see one of those nasty things, I shoot it, pick it up with a big pair of pliers, dump it into my burn pit, cover it with dry tree branches and diesel fuel and Cremate it....then, soak the pliers in gasoline.
 
Don M. said:
We have armadillos migrating into our area in the past few years. They can really make a mess when they start digging up the yard looking for larvae, etc. And YES, they DO carry the Leprosy virus on their shells. A couple of years ago, one of our Son-in-laws got that disease after their dog played with armadillos, and he petted the dog. They had to euthanize the dog, and he had to undergo treatment for a year. If I see one of those nasty things, I shoot it, pick it up with a big pair of pliers, dump it into my burn pit, cover it with dry tree branches and diesel fuel and Cremate it....then, soak the pliers in gasoline.
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Holy Crow, that's horrifying, scary, unsettling and sad. :(
 
PeppermintPatty said:
A lot further than North California. I’m on the east coast of Canada and see a lot of them. We live right beside the ocean which is where a lot if their food source is. I probably have close to a hundred bald eagle photos.
What a shame about those wind turbines. They were things I liked until I discovered all the birds they kill. I really like birds 🦅 birds a lot.
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I believe those turbines even killed a bald eagle, which rightfully raised a stink. BTW it seems that solar farms, and even panels, also kill many birds. We have, or had, a plant in Southern California that was actually incinerating them.
 
ElCastor said:
I believe those turbines even killed a bald eagle, which rightfully raised a stink. BTW it seems that solar farms, and even panels, also kill many birds. We have, or had, a plant in Southern California that was actually incinerating them.
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How do solar panels kills birds?
Do they fly into them?
You had a plant incinerating dead birds ?
 
We have an assortment of wild animals in our neighborhood. We have crows and an assortment of other smaller birds. I feed them daily . The crows like puppy food - and so do the very well fed Racoon mother and two babies who visit each night, We also have very adorable bunnies hopping around in the yard - and of course squirrels. There is also an opossum who visits every once in a while. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures
 
PeppermintPatty said:
How do solar panels kills birds?
Do they fly into them?
You had a plant incinerating dead birds ?
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1. Concentrated beams of light in a solar plant in the Mojave desert literally incinerates them.
2. Solar panels reflect light causing birds, particularly aquatic species, to believe they are water and dive into them, injuring or killing themselves.

“A rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in California is accidentally killing up to 6,000 birds every year, with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight, and spontaneously bursting into flames.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-solar-plant-accidentally-incinerates-up-to-6-000-birds-a-year

“When birds see a reflective surface, they think it’s water and try to land on it. But of course, solar panels are not water, and the bird ends up colliding with the panel and dying. This is a major problem in California’s Mojave Desert, where there are large numbers of solar farms.
In fact, it’s estimated that each year, thousands of birds die after flying into solar panels in the Mojave Desert alone.”
https://powerclues.com/why-do-solar-panels-kill-birds/
 
Raddragn said:
We have an assortment of wild animals in our neighborhood. We have crows and an assortment of other smaller birds. I feed them daily . The crows like puppy food - and so do the very well fed Racoon mother and two babies who visit each night, We also have very adorable bunnies hopping around in the yard - and of course squirrels. There is also an opossum who visits every once in a while. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures
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I'll have to tell my husband about the puppy food for the crows. He's been giving them crackers.
 
Daytime I have visits from sulphur crested cockatoos, magpies, noisy miners and sometimes some rainbow lorikeets.

In the dark of the night one of these darlings comes down and eats the fruit that I leave out for her.



This is a common brushtail possum. I have only seen her once but every time I leave out the fruit it is gone the next morning. That is the only evidence of her existence other than a few characteristic scats and the fact that she is a bit of a bulldozer, knocking garden ornaments over quite frequently.
 
Medusa said:
Do you need to worry about leprosy with the armadillos? I've read that they can be carriers, much to my shock.

Armadillos are so cute.

I used to have a ceramic one in my yard that we called, "Sarge." He was hideous, which is why he was great. I was really sad the day he was tragically brought to an end by the lawnmower.
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I've heard armadillos stink when they are run over. I've never seen one in real life.
 

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