We had a new visitor in our yard last night–an adult cottontail, which we viewed from our living room window. Sometimes we see rabbits from our kitchen window but we have not seen one from there in months. There are raspberry thickets in back, I believe, they hide under. The new visitor was there a few minutes and disappeared into the bush. I have lived here for over ten years and this is the first time I remember seeing a cottontail from my living room window. Once my wife actually saw a turkey in our front yard. I have never seen a turkey in our yard. A few days ago she saw a three foot black snake on our lawn from the bathroom window. You never know exactly what you are going to see from our living window or in our yard.
Tags: black snake, cottontail rabbit, my wife, nature, our yard, rabbits, raspberry plants, visitor in our yard, wild turkey, wildlife
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We saw twin fawns with their Mom only a mile from our house. We saw the doe after spotting the fawns. I had a camera but could not figure out how to “capture” the scene. I had never seen twin fawns before. Maybe, next time I will have better command of my camera and will be able to get a picture of such a sight. Nevertheless, the scene will be indelibly etched in our minds. It was one precious moment.
Tags: deer, doe, fawns, precious moment, the deer were hidden behind the trees and brush, twin fawns, wildlife
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Sometimes at dusk I drive home on a certain road. I am curious what animals I may flush. I have to drive slowly. I do not want to hit a deer. I have also seen opossums, raccoons, fox. I never know exactly what I might flush. There is a small creek on the right side of the road and deer (and other animals) come there to drink its water. Wild turkeys you usually only flush during the day. I also have to be careful I do not run over any stray cats. I am always fascinated the way wildlife live in the midst of other people. There are also bear in the area. We have had them in our backyard. Further down the road my wife spotted a bear cub. There are large tracts of woods where I live so you are never exactly sure what you might flush.
Tags: bear, bear cub, deer, dusk, fox, opposums and racccoons, stray cats, wild turkeys, wildlife, woods
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There were deer track in the front of the yard on the side. Maybe, it is deer not cottontails that are eating the cut up carrots and apples I am putting out in front of the woodpile in my back yard. Or maybe both animals. I have seen deer tracks in my yard before but have only seen one deer in ten years on this property. I have repeatedly seen rabbits in the backyard so I am not sure what animals are eating the carrots and apples I am putting out there. They keep disappearing usually within twenty-four hours.
Tags: animals, cottontails, cut up carrots and apples I put outside, deer, deer tracks, I see rabbits all the time, rabbits, wildlife
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Yesterday a dead squirrel lay in the street opposite our driveway. It looked like it could have been dead only a short time. I used a large branch to move the carcass across the street. I did not want any other car driving over it. I know there are plenty of squirrels in the area and it is not that unusual to see a dead one on the road; nevertheless when I saw a dead one near my street, it became more personal. I did note it disappeared by the next day. Maybe, a vulture picked its bones. I really don’t know. I just felt sorry for it.
Tags: animals, dead squirrel, dead squirrel in front of my house, squirrel, the carcass picked clean by a vulture, wildlife
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Yesterday I got a kick out it, two large groundhogs were chasing each other in the woods. This was viewed from my kitchen window. It is not unusual to see groundhogs in this area but this was the first time I ever saw them from my back window. Don’t tell me animals don’t play sometimes?!
Tags: animals engage in play sometimes, groundhogs, in the woods, Two groundhogs were chasing each other, wildlife
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The cottontails keep finding the carrots I put out behind the wood pile. Twice within twenty-four hours they were gone. They hang out under the raspberry patch near there. The first ones we put out were big stalks, then we put out baby carrots. The stalk of celery is also gone. The carrots were a little old. It did not make any difference to the rabbits. They ate them any way.
Tags: baby carrots, carrots, celery, cottontails, rabbits, raspberry patch, the cottontail, the cottontails hang out under the raspberry patch, the rabbits found the carrots we put out for them quickly, wildlife, wood pile
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The opossum almost got run over by me. It was dark already and, luckily, I was driving slowly. I spotted it in front of my car and stopped. It did not know what to do. It ran a few feet in one direction and then turned around and made it safely to the other side. I was glad I was not in a rush. I never know what I will flush on that road at night. Sometimes it is deer or raccoons. I am just glad I did not run over the opossum.
Tags: deer, driving at night, opossum, raccoons, wildlife
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The two does stared at me for a long second or two and then vanished into the woods. One had crossed the road ten feet away and the other was on my right five feet in the woods. They had come from the direction of the neighboring farm.
What was unusual was the spot I saw them in: in nine years this was only the third deer I had seen in this large tract of woods (several acres) adjacent to my property.
I was glad I wasn’t driving too fast. I live on the edge of country. Further down a big black bird was in the middle of the road. It turned out to be the common turkey vulture. They feast on all the roadkill along with the crows and the other scavengers.
Tags: big black bird, birds, crows, deer, edge of country, farm, turkey vulture, two does, wildlife, woods
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Twice I drove into town to put gas into my cars. On both of those trips I spotted several rabbits and one baby one just on the edge of the meadow. It immediately disappeared into the undergrowth. I just got a glimpse of it. It was tiny–only a few inches wide. Then on my way home from church I took the back road and I passed a turtle and then I stopped to go back to make sure he will safely make it to the other side of the road. When it saw me it scurried quickly to the other side of the road. The box turtle measured approximately six inches from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail.
Tags: baby rabbit, box turtle, creatures, edge of the meadow, rabbits, this morning, turtle, wildlife
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The deer just stood there. It was on the right of our car three feet in and just looked at us. It could have been a yearling and simply did not learn to be afraid of cars yet. This is the second time of late we passed a deer and it did not leap away and vanish. It just stood there.
Tags: deer, wildlife, yearling deer
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I was an hundred feet away. A car in the oncoming lane flushed a deer five feet in front of it coming from his other side. It dashed into the field scared like someone or something was chasing it. I slowed down. Sometimes when a deer crosses the road there may be one or more behind it so you have to drive slowly and carefully. Not this time, though. The deer vanished quickly into the safety of the open field and woods.
Tags: deer, deer crosses the road, field, flush a deer, safety, wildlife, woods
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