What animals are in your yard or local region?

[Alien J]

I've had a couple of days of extremely good wildlife viewing. Yesterday I saw this beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly.


Then I spent 20 minutes video taping a jumping spider eating a Daddy Long Legs,




then, out of the window in our backyard I saw this deer. My phone was charging so I had to take the pics of the deer with my tablet through the screen window so they're not so great.


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And I saw the first cotton tail I've seen since leaving Ohio and going to the desert.



Yesterday evening Tony took me out on his side by side and we saw a bear. I got some pics of his pawprints.





Today a bear walked into our backyard. Not wanting to scare it away, I again took pics through my window, this time with my phone, though!

 

[NightOwls]

 

[rocky'smom]

Mama duck and 7duckl ings

 

[Alien J]

 

[Mizzely]

We went out on a boat on our local lake yesterday and saw the loon pair that lives there! I've lived here for ages and have never seen them. Unfortunately all my photos were terrible.

 

[April]

We went out on a boat on our local lake yesterday and saw the loon pair that lives there! I've lived here for ages and have never seen them. Unfortunately all my photos were terrible.
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That's still so cool that you saw them though! I love Loons.

 

[Mizzely]

That's still so cool that you saw them though! I love Loons.

Me too! They are such fascinating birds!

 

[April]

Me too! They are such fascinating birds!

They really are and their calls are so iconic.

 

[Xoetix]

The squirrel that has been emptying my feeders brought his baby to the buffet

I'm stuck between "awwww" and "AHHHHHH"

 

[Fergus Mom]

Took me like forever to find this FINALLY in my gallery LOL.

Here is my upside down squirrel who loves his sunflower seeds in the mix of wild bird seed!

 

[Alien J]

The squirrel that has been emptying my feeders brought his baby to the buffet

I'm stuck between "awwww" and "AHHHHHH"

I'm gonna go with "awwww"!

 

[Alien J]

I love watching robins bathe! They are so enthusiastic!

 

[Alien J]

Look who emerged! It's Sir Robert (fka Bob). I actually went to dump his container the other day bcuz, from what limited info there is on the Giant Leopard Moth they should only be pupating for up to 2 weeks. When I dumped it out I could see the cocoon on the underside of a leaf that was in the container. I watched it, and it appeared to be breathing, so I brought it back in. It took 2 1/2 weeks for Bob to become Sir Robert. I've read such conflicting information on line about this uncommon moth. From they have no mouthparts and don't eat and only live two weeks (that seems a bit long for taking in no nutrition) to they can live up to 2 years. Can't find much about what they eat so I put dandelions in. When it quits raining (they say that will be Sunday) I'll let him go. They did a study and found out that things a caterpillar does when it's closer to pupating, the moth will remember. When I say, hi Bob, he comes to me! He's so cool. I didn't get to see him emerge. He did it during the night.

 

[fashionfobie]

A pademelon

 

[Somebirdie]

 

[rocky'smom]

QUACK QUACK

 

[NightOwls]

Orb-weaver

 

[April]

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Wow! I'm admittedly not a Spider fan but that's a gorgeous picture.

 

[Alien J]

Lot's of bugs in WV!

 

[April]

Sweet young bunny outside my work as I was leaving. He had no fear and kept happily munching his grass.