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We have a new backyard visitor who is showing up every day, twice a day.
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He’s a juvenile Coopers Hawk who has discovered our backyard bird feeders.
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We’ve named him Henry and he’s quite content to hang out in the gardens and wait for a meal to fly by.
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He’s young, and his hunting skills need some fine tuning.
Honestly? He misses more often than not.
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But he’s one very chill little dude.
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In other news, we seem to have a squirrel ready for the stripper Olympics.
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I say this because his pole acrobatics are quite impressive.
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That’s a 9.5 right there.
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I’d give your camera work a 10/10.
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Thank you.
It’s just my iPhone, but I try.
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Great pictures and a cool collection of visitors today.
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Thanks. It’s always fun to see who shows up..
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That hawk looks magnificent! I love birs of prey. So majestic, with an evil looking ‘F*** you glint in their eye!) 😉
We had a squirrel used to climb up the bird feeded pole and stel the bird food. So I greased it wit butter. It was so funny seeing it jump up, then slide back down again.
(Then my cats discovered they liked butter and stretched up to lick off as much as they could, while the squirrel sat by and watched before slipping them a slice of cooked ham in gratitude. 😉
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I don’t mind feeding the squirrels. They’re quite entertaining to watch.
And we get a nice assortment of hawks. They like our bird feeders for a different reason.
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Time to set
up a video camera. See what even you are missing.
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We tried that once. Had a motion activated camera on the tree but some critter destroyed it. Guess they wanted privacy…
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Great shots!
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Thanks!
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Henry is very handsome. And although my heart goes out to the little songbirds, I know Henry has to eat too. That last picture of the pole-dancing squirrel is a hoot. Yes, a 9.5.
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I don’t like seeing him catch the small birds, but nature kills only when necessary. And he is beautiful to watch…
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Well I guess Henry gives a whole new meaning to ‘bird feeder’
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Ha!
Yes, he does.
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Brings new meaning to the phrase ‘wild kingdom.’
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That’s our backyard in a nutshell. All we need is Marlon Perkins….
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I’m telling ya, electrify that pole!
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Never.
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That squirrel is going places!
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Straight up, where the seed lives.
😉
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Can’t blame them. Did it make a noise of any kind when running?
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LOLOL Those squirrel pictures are sooooo funny!!!
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They’re determined little gymnasts.
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They sure are!
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How lovely seeing that Hawk. And oh, that squirrel. 😂
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I love how all your critters hang out together. My backyard critters sometimes do this, too, and I love when they do.
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We have a good bunch and they all seem to get along.
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Those backyard buds are a hoot, and that squirrel is working the pole like nobody’s business. I saw one the other day take on a tree while scampering away. They really do fly at times.
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Wow! Pole dancing squirrels. Now I have seen everything
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You might need to start throwing a few dollar bills out there to supplement the nuts and seeds.
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My nut and seed bill is already too high.
They’re on their own for cash…
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