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A real treat.

December 30, 2020 Rivergirl 3 Comments

A few more pictures from my camera last month.

Look at this beautiful juvenile red tail hawk.

Just hanging out on the bird feeder pole waiting for lunch to drop in.

We see him cruising over the property now and then…

But he rarely perches so close to the house for an extended period of time.

Heck, he was even comfortable enough to take a bath.

They really are spectacular creatures.

Thanks for dropping by big guy.

And if you happen to see a mangy little red squirrel wandering the roof line?

Please don’t miss.

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For Birders

December 26, 2020 Rivergirl 11 Comments

While downloading photos from my big camera the other day, I came across these that were taken at the end of autumn.

Evening grosbeaks are a bird we rarely have visit our backyard.

But that day a large batch of them dropped by.

They’re pretty little things…

And made short work of the sunflower seed buffet.

Now is it me….

Or do they look like the original angry bird?

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Random winter scenes.

December 23, 2020 Rivergirl 21 Comments

One of these things is not like the others.

Which makes me wonder what that poor bird did to be ostracized.

And speaking of wild turkeys, did you know they make excellent snow shovelers?

We cleared the path but they’re enlarging the dining room.

And speaking of paths…

Now that the man cave is being readied, more shoveling is required after every storm.

Welcome… one and all.

Aside from the wreaths on our home’s windows, this was the extent of my lackluster Christmas decorating this year.

Snowflakes lights in the Barn Mahal. Battery powered and on a timer.

Ho! Ho! Hum…

And while Christmas will feel a lot different this year, there are some things to look forward to.

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Sad backyard news.

December 22, 2020 Rivergirl 26 Comments

I knew it would probably happen, but it doesn’t make it any easier to take.

Our little blue eyed Bambi is all alone now.

We haven’t seen his mother, the old always pregnant doe, for weeks. She was nearly skeletal the last time she visited and I think her poor old body just had enough.

I’m glad she taught the little guy this was a safe place for his daily nosh. I just hope he can hook up with the rest of the herd before the full brunt of winter sets in. There’s safety in numbers when you’re a little fella.

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Backyard wildlife, homicide division.

November 28, 2020 Rivergirl 16 Comments

Mother and Bambi are chowing down regularly and trying to lay on extra winter pounds.

But sadly I was right about the blue eyes fading. Once this little one grows up we won’t be able to distinguish him/her so easily.

But look who’s made our backyard his new hunting ground….

A juvenile Coopers Hawk.

He perches on the bird feeder pole and waits patiently for lunch to drop in.

I got excited when I saw this:

And was seriously hoping mother red squirrel had met her doom…

But unfortunately it was a dove.

Better luck next time guy.

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What the flock?

November 26, 2020 Rivergirl 22 Comments

Birds.

You never know who’ll show up.

Turkeys on Thanksgiving Day? That takes balls.

They’re even pushing the envelope by ripping up every scrap of weed block landscaping paper I laid under our tree.

And blue jays.

All of a sudden, a large flock of blue jays.

There were blue jays everywhere.

And the greedy little devils wiped out four feeders in no time flat.

Birds.

Sometimes annoying, but always photo worthy.

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Blog number one thousand two hundred twenty whatever, where River chases turkeys.

November 18, 2020 Rivergirl 20 Comments

Wild turkeys. They’re comical and I love to watch them…

But then they discovered my deer grain pans.

I chased them, but half heartedly and with ridiculously cringe worthy baby talk.

But they’re turkeys, so as soon as I walked in the house and looked out the window? This.

So I chased them again. And that time they stayed gone for an hour… just long enough for me to put out the nightly deer snack.

While I don’t mind them coming to eat the dropped bird seed and assorted Casa River insects, they’ve figured out the buffet of deer grain, fruit and fox food is laid out at 3:00pm and this might be a problem.