Wildlife in Your Life

He was also a very handsome man ????????? Now I dont think there could be two of us like that............

I was at Singapore Zoo when they had a photo opportunity with an orang-utan and its baby. Having watched many documentaries, I was keen to try out my communication skills, especially polite introductions. Whilst waiting in line, I lowered my head, and looked her in the eyes and then at her body, and then at her baby and then I looked away for most of the time, all the while slowly moving my lips. I repeated this several times, varying the order.

When it came to my turn to have my photo taken beside her, she put her arm around me. As this is a remarkably strong animal, her keeper became alarmed and cancelled the photo session much to the annoyance of the poor orang-utan. She was led away looking over her shoulder at me, screeching her disagreement. I was the first polite man in her life, including humans and orang-utans.

I tried to explain to the keepers that it was not her fault, but they looked at me like I was mad. I only wish I knew how to communicate with people.

heeven is a girl person.

I felt a great disturbance in the force......

Our ornamental crab apple tree is full of birds -- a robin, countless redpolls, and a stunning pair of cardinals. They are feasting on the wizened apples in the snowy branches. You could say I have a bird's eye view as I am at a second floor window and they don't seem the least bothered by me.

Havent seen one cardinal yet. They were here all summer then theyve disappeared?

They're at my house...all over my feeder

seen a make and female so far this year

and a ton of blue jays, the most i've seen in a long time, usually there'll be 4 or 5 at the feeder at one time, the other day there were 10

I live on what used to be, up until 3 years ago, a dirt road. When I was younger I would do my best to try and track animals via their paw prints in the dirt. Sadly to say anything that I found was more then likely not the originator of the tracks I was following. I have for the most part of my life, lived in the country surrounded by woods or farm land for as far as I can see.

Now that I am back home, as I drive around I notice that there is a red-tailed hawk in the general area. Most days I see him in looking out over his vast landscape he calls home in a old tree that is years from ever having seen a leaf on its branches.

There is also a rather unruly Cat Bird that just doesn't seem to like his own reflection to much. He is always fighting with what he sees in the reflection of the truck window. Rather unhappy fellow.

apparently (have yet to see the critter myself) Little 'bit is back in our yard...

It's the triumphant return of Lil 'Bit!

whats a little bit?
We have a skunk family that waddles around our property at night and they are very nice about not squirting anyone. The little ones look like Swiffers .

Mama Coon came back this year to have her kits on my porch roof which is overhung by the main house roof.
Everything was rolling smoothly til she decided to tear out a soffit vent and move into the main attic.

Then one night about 4 weeks ago a huge battle broke out over my bed in the middle of the night. I would guess another adult coon got into it with Mama.

Well. I had to evict them. So one day when the three of them were lounging in sight I got out the water cannon(garden hose) and started blasting. Mama got the message.She took one kit into the woods and came back for the other one.(poor thing was shivering and making that cute kit purr)
I felt like a meany but rules is rules!

lives under the hosta, near the fence...

I have turtles in the garden, but they move too quick to get pictures...(whodathunkit )

been trying to name them. (got a helper)

so far we have speedy and ralph.

prolly not sexed right, anybody here know how to sex turtles?

(umm, that means determine not pleasure)

them little ones are really tasty, lotsa dark meat.

saw a stray cat in stalk-mode last night, shoo'd it away...

I got between a feral cat and the cat door in the laundry. Damn near lost an arm and a leg trying to grab it to get it put down. Next time I think I will politely open the door for it.

Crimson rosella in the backyard feeding on the seeds of morandia.






about the crimson rosella
http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans