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Sigh.

All I have are field mice who have come in from the cold.

That isn't quite true: I have an assortment of birds at the feeders.

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we have a daggy little sign at our front door.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/various010.jpg

yesterday I noticed a peculiar noise coming from the vicinity but couldnt track it down.

Today I found this.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/wasp4.jpg

behind the sign.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/wasp2.jpg

In case you cant make it out this wasp nest is chock full of (harmless) spiders.

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Oh, I'd just move....

I've dealt with black widows, field mice, and paper wasps in my studio. Oh, and a raccoon that landed in our gallery bathroom from the ceiling not long after I'd been in there in the enclosure...

but really, that grosses me out.

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whoooaaaaa..... dead spiders? Wasp food? That is cool!

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ossobuco wrote:

Oh, I'd just move....

To quote Homer Simpson 'It's funny coz it's true...'

Dad, what sort of camera do you use? That focal length is a bit short for a 55mm lens, isn't it? Or is it just a big wasp?

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Olympus (something) Point and shoot with zoom and digital zoom.

Then increase size and crop in microsoft office picture manager.

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So wait, I'm confused. Is the back of the sign a pantry full of dead spiders for wasps to eat, or is it a pantry full of dead wasps for spiders to eat?

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I just filled my bird feeders.

Chickadees repeat the dee-dee-dee part of their call to rate predators for the avian community. This time of year, I'm a dee-dee-dee but by the time the snow flies I'll be a double-digit dee or even a single-comment dee.

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Noddy24 wrote:

I just filled my bird feeders.

Chickadees repeat the dee-dee-dee part of their call to rate predators for the avian community. This time of year, I'm a dee-dee-dee but by the time the snow flies I'll be a double-digit dee or even a single-comment dee.

That's interesting. I didn't know that. I'll have to listen to my ChickaDee's more carefully.

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Roseborne--

In the summer, me plus a hawk is a 5-dee alarm.

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jespah wrote:

So wait, I'm confused. Is the back of the sign a pantry full of dead spiders for wasps to eat, or is it a pantry full of dead wasps for spiders to eat?

Pantry full of spiders for wasp babies (grubs) to eat.

You city folk are easily confused.

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Noddy24 wrote:

Roseborne--
In the summer, me plus a hawk is a 5-dee alarm.

I just did a count earlier today, and apparently me and my dog are a six-dee alarm. Sometimes seven.

I felt a bit insulted.... even after I spend all that money on bird food... ungrateful little peepers.

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I just discovered (I think) that blue jays make more calls than I had known. One sounds like a hawk's cry. So, I just looked up blue jays and they say they are expert hawk mimickers! Wow. Cool. Can't wait to tell the landlady (she's worried about her small dogs).

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Small dogs are very nutritious if you are a hawk.

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dadpad wrote:

jespah wrote:
So wait, I'm confused. Is the back of the sign a pantry full of dead spiders for wasps to eat, or is it a pantry full of dead wasps for spiders to eat?

Pantry full of spiders for wasp babies (grubs) to eat.

You city folk are easily confused.

Ah, thanks. I'm used to spiders eating insects, not the other way around. You down under folks sure have everything backwards 'n stuff.

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jespah wrote:

dadpad wrote:
jespah wrote:
So wait, I'm confused. Is the back of the sign a pantry full of dead spiders for wasps to eat, or is it a pantry full of dead wasps for spiders to eat?

Pantry full of spiders for wasp babies (grubs) to eat.

You city folk are easily confused.

Ah, thanks. I'm used to spiders eating insects, not the other way around. You down under folks sure have everything backwards 'n stuff.

Australia, land of equal opportunity for all insects (& other crawly, flying, biting, stinging things).

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Australia, land of equal opportunity for all insects (& other crawly, flying, biting, stinging things).

Are men also considered equal? Dadpad can be uppity.

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This little bugger was flitting around in my sons room last night. Hiow he got there is a mystery.

We had too throw a sheet over him to catch him so we could transport him outside.

Very sharp teeth they have too.

Photos are really pretty poor but i'm excusing myself as it was after midnight.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/Nov2214.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/Nov2215.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dadpad/Nov2217.jpg

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Someone is stealing my hickory nuts.

The township walking track is bordered by several shagbark hickory trees. I'm an autumn amasser. I pocket acorns and horse chestnuts and other plunder--edibility is not a consideration--and fill little ornamental bowls to contemplate through a winter of dormancy.

Some critter is stealing my hickory nuts.

I was using one for a pocket piece--the sharp end is excellent for focusing the mind--and this morning my pocket piece had vanished.

Today is a day for Mousebait.

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Noddy24 wrote:

Someone is stealing my hickory nuts.

The township walking track is bordered by several shagbark hickory trees. I'm an autumn amasser. I pocket acorns and horse chestnuts and other plunder--edibility is not a consideration--and fill little ornamental bowls to contemplate through a winter of dormancy.

Some critter is stealing my hickory nuts.

I was using one for a pocket piece--the sharp end is excellent for focusing the mind--and this morning my pocket piece had vanished.

Today is a day for Mousebait.

Did your clock strike one?

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