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Bowls are for eating.
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But if you’re a woodchuck in our backyard….
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They’re also for sitting.
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And there’s a lot of that happening lately.
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A new chucker trend.
Tag Archives: backyard
Miscellaneous missives.
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Have I mentioned the baby woodchucks like the deer grain?
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They really like it.
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So much so .. they sit in the bowl and repel all foreign invaders.
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The pickle algorithm is right. I don’t believe that’s refreshing at all.
Blech!
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Are you as tired of seeing AI artwork passed off as real photography as I am?
There’s something about the quality of it that’s very telling.
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I like fruit art as much as the next girl, but come on. No one is that good.
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And come on…
That’s not even close to believable.
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Mark – this is for you.
Please order and report back.
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I dare you to beat our backyard sunrise.
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An AI triumph.
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A few days ago I posted pictures of a starling riding around on momma chuck.
They were so cute I posted them on a Maine wildlife Facebook page as well .
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Lots of people liked them and left nice comments.
But then Facebook’s AI had to jump in, with its strikingly accurate portrayal of what it was seeing.
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Duck.
Chuck.
It was close… and hey, at least they rhyme.
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Peonies are popping.
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Peonies are the best.
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There, I said it.
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I’ll take a peony bouquet over roses any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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They’re full and vibrant and smell heaven sent.
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We have two large bushes near our back deck and they never disappoint.
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They’re too high for woodchuck bubblers.
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For which I’m quite thankful.
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His Lordship enjoys them as well.
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Though that might just have been the sun.
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The b*tch is back…
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I feared this day would come.
And now it has.
She’s back.
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That horribly annoying, utterly destructive red spawn of a demon is back.
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I saw her running all over and around the back deck…
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Which means she’s looking for another nesting spot.
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My loyal readers will remember the hell she put us through when she had her devils brood in our eaves a while back. We evicted her, only to have her chew her way through the wall in the man cave/Barn Mahal.
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She’s no good, I tell you.
A veritable rodent menace.
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A walking buffet?
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In our backyard the birds eat at the bird feeders.
In our backyard the woodchucks eat under the bird feeders.
But now?
The birds are eating on top of the woodchucks.
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And that’s definitely something new.
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This juvenile starling rode around on momma chuck’s back for quite a while.
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Eating bugs I assume.
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And momma didn’t seem to mind at all.
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It was wonderfully bizarre.
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This last picture is my favorite.
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Nothing to see here folks. Just a bird riding a woodchuck…
Carry on.
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Deck scampers.
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Once the little chucklets discover our deck…
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It’s a constant source of entertainment.
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They love hanging out…
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And playing hide and seek under the grill cover.
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They really are sweet.
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And if they’re playing on my deck…
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They’re not eating my flowers.
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That’s a win win.
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Iris-istible .
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Our purple Japanese Iris were in bloom recently…
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And they put on such a lovely show I have to share.
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I’m not a fan of the larger Bearded Iris…
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But these smaller beauties always make me smile.
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They’ve spread naturally and take up half the garden bed now.
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If only their bloom would last longer.
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More woodchuck deck antics.
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Our little chucklets really love the back deck.
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And when I hear them scrambling across it I have to sit back and watch.
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It’s like their private playground.
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Tag, hide and seek…
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The grill cover is fun to duck under.
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The railings?
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A perfect back yard viewing platform.
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Did I mention Lord Dudley Mountcatten enjoys watching them too?
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Even when he has to duck under a blind to do it.
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When baby woodchucks discover your deck.
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Once or twice a day I hear scampering.
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And when I do?
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I know where to look.
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Out back on our deck where the chucklets are having fun.
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They run across it, they chase each other…
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But they really like the railings.
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In and out.
Out and in.
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It’s a veritable woodchuck amusement park.
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