Daytime Toad, Trapped Snake, the Mating Rituals of Wild Turkeys, baby Rabbits I (Elizabeth) got up and left the house at about 9am. Steve was staying up waiting for Duke to begin his day (it's Duke's world & we just live in it these days). He walked outside just after I … [Read more...]
VIDEO: A skunk visits?!
We put up a couple different camera locations to try to capture where the deer were going (and if they were eating my new shrubs) and we caught a brief glimpse of a rare guest. We saw this skunk travel through in the early morning hours today. We haven't ever captured a skunk on … [Read more...]
A Red Squirrel?! And evening deer visit
We still have 3 deer coming in regularly. We thought that mom would separate from the youngsters during the rut but they've still sort of stuck together we think. Also we haven't had a red squirrel out here in years and now we think we have a few! Red squirrels can be much … [Read more...]
Winter Visitors
Steve has been snow blowing some trails for critters so this place has been busy! Turkeys are coming through every day and roosting for the night in the woods out back. Fox Squirrels are here all throughout the day. We have cardinals, blue jays, titmice, nuthatch, downy, hairy … [Read more...]
Wild Turkeys visit regularly
We've been having a group of Tom and Jake turkeys visiting pretty regularly. They are super fun to watch! We aren't putting down much seed or corn intentionally on the ground, but they eat anything that the songbirds cast off and they also eat bugs that remain in the warmer areas … [Read more...]
Fearless Fox Squirrel & so much more!
There is a lot growing, buzzing and flying around here this summer! We've got several different kinds of milkweed growing and lots of other flowers. We also had an uncommon visitor - a chipmunk was here for a while today! He's so tiny! And we saw a toad and a snake in … [Read more...]