Wild Turkey what's in your yard

[RadishRose]

Our wood was severed by a new road cut through it, so I don't see the wildlife I used to.

Birds, squirrels, chipmunks, skunk, possum, hawks.... Before, I would see a fox run through the lawn now and then. My grandson saw a big cat here once.

I've never seen bear here, but other places around town have seen a somewhat elevated number. My son lives near a pond and a wooded area. A bear was seen up in the tree between his house and the next door neighbor, sound asleep. Animal control took it away. It's a residential area and my DIL runs a daycare!

I buy large bags of unsalted peanuts for the squirrels.

 

[Tish]

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I'm good with the birds but those Bears are scary.

 

[Medusa]

I've heard armadillos stink when they are run over. I've never seen one in real life.

I hadn't heard that. Ick.
I've seen them, but only from a car whilst on a trip from East to West Coast.

 

[Blessed]

There are the squirrels, are my favorite but I don't have as many due to loss of the trees they love. I also have had opussom, owls, red fox, turkey vultures. There are also the standard birds, blue jays, cardinals and hummingbirds. I don't spend that much time in the yard these days so have not been able to enjoy as I once did.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Another fox picture from today

Hummingbirds feeding before nightfall
Another fox in the snow
A curious deer

An eagle perched on a tree

 

[birdy]

There are bears around but I haven't seen one this year.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Pileated Woodpecker in our backyard

And this is cheating since it’s the sun looking like a smiley face moon which is in our front yard

 

[RadishRose]

Nothing....

(not my pic)

 

[retiredtraveler]

We have lots of ticks. Do they count?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

This isn’t a great picture but this is a red flicker woodpecker on our feeder the other day. We are attracting a lot more assorted birds since feeding them.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Today we were visited by a lovely PAIR of evening grosbeak's. These last photos are taken through the window with screening so aren’t great quality but still nice. At our last house for a few seasons we used to get a migrating flock of them at a certain time each season. Their colouring is similar to gold finches. Very bright yellow , black and white. ( the male ones that is )

 

[PeppermintPatty]

And I finally found a photo of some wild turkeys we fed in our backyard