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What animals are in your yard or local region?
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BluJay
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Sarahmoluccan
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So beautiful
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What does this mean??Marked. Charging batteries.
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Oh. It just means I marked the post to follow and that I'm getting my camera and lenses ready for spring.
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Oh, I almost forgot, the ever present Rio Grande Rock Pelican!
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Iowa has a lot of birds that are likely in a lot of the states i.e.. Robins, Woodpeckers, Finches, Sparrows, Crows, Cardinals, Blackbirds, Starlings and Bluejays - among others. Larger birds would be hawks, eagles, owls, vultures, turkeys and geese. Ground mammals common here would be deer, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, rabbits, skunks, raccoons, groundhogs, otters, muskrats, squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, badgers, 'possums, rats and mice.
As far as what I've seen in my yard - a good portion of the small birds, crows, rabbits, squirrels (a plenty) and deer. I've heard owls, but haven't seen any. I'm pretty sure I saw an otter or a beaver once - was pretty quick so I didn't see it well. The area I work in has an abundance of geese, which are kind of a nuisance here.
Forgot bats..you see them alot in the summer at night flying around light poles - eating the insects.
As far as what I've seen in my yard - a good portion of the small birds, crows, rabbits, squirrels (a plenty) and deer. I've heard owls, but haven't seen any. I'm pretty sure I saw an otter or a beaver once - was pretty quick so I didn't see it well. The area I work in has an abundance of geese, which are kind of a nuisance here.
Forgot bats..you see them alot in the summer at night flying around light poles - eating the insects.
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It seems crazy to me that you've never seen a squirrel in real life - but its all relative, right? We dont have Cockatoos and Kangaroo's in the wild. Its definitely fun to see the differences in different parts of the world!
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They look like they're having a conversation.
Yeah they were doing all sorts of honking. For some reason the male always taps on our front door. Not sure if he can see his reflection in the glass or what. But when you walk up to the door, they walk away. And usually leave a little..well big something behind..poops!They look like they're having a conversation.
Some of the yard birds:
House Finch
Dark eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
Black Capped Chickadee
White-throated Sparrow
Caroline Wren
Tufted Titmouse
House Finch
Dark eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
Black Capped Chickadee
White-throated Sparrow
Caroline Wren
Tufted Titmouse
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Most excellent photography!
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Not my photo, but a neighbour shared this scene of swans gathering in a local farmer's field...
... I may have to go for a drive and get my own pics.
... I may have to go for a drive and get my own pics.
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I went for a little drive yesterday and the day before that. The first day I thought I saw a flock of loons but I didn't get a good look at them. On further research I think they were probably Bufflehead ducks
Hinterland Who's Who - Bufflehead
Unfortunately I only got two very bad pictures of them
Zoom in version. The 4 little dots are birds
Yesterday we went to the same spot to see if they were still there. I did see about 3 or 4 of them but they were really far away. But there Canada geese and a family of 3 Trumpeter swans. One of is full grown but is still has grayish color to them so they're the "baby".
And lastly some older random pictures of a squirrel for @Shezbug
Last pic a fluffy butt
Hinterland Who's Who - Bufflehead
Unfortunately I only got two very bad pictures of them
Zoom in version. The 4 little dots are birds
Yesterday we went to the same spot to see if they were still there. I did see about 3 or 4 of them but they were really far away. But there Canada geese and a family of 3 Trumpeter swans. One of is full grown but is still has grayish color to them so they're the "baby".
And lastly some older random pictures of a squirrel for @Shezbug
Last pic a fluffy butt
