What animals are in your yard or local region?

[Emma&pico]

A raccoon
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He’s like hey you got something nice I love their little faces

 

[Sparkles99]

I spotted this family of wild turkeys out in the country today & pulled off the road to photograph them! They blend in remarkably well.

 

[NightOwls]

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)

 

[Zara]

A raccoon
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He's adorable!!!!

 

[Sparkles99]

Here we have a wooly bear caterpillar; they’re too cute!


And here’s a seagull. They’re one of my favourite birds!

 

[Alien J]

A raccoon
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Great shots!

 

[Alien J]

My first hummingbird of the season! I named him "First"! Lol!

 

[NightOwls]

 

[zoo mom]

Yesterday evening my yard was very active. I saw a rabbit, some cardinals, robin's, sparrows, a blue jaw, and some black birds. Not sure what type of black birds. Could be crows, grackles, or starlings. I have seen all of the above nearby. It was too dark to get even halfway decent pictures. It was after dusk but our neighbor has a very bright security light so they are active a little later than the usual.

 

[Sparkles99]

If you download the free Merlin app from Cornell, it’ll tell you what species you have!

 

[Emma&pico]

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Wow This little birdie gorgeous

 

[zoo mom]

If you download the free Merlin app from Cornell, it’ll tell you what species you have!

Unfortunately it was dark enough that I couldn't tell if it had iridescent feathers like a grackle, or speckles like our local starlings or all black like a crow. Low light in shadows and not making noise means very hard to determine. I am familiar with all 3 but simply couldn't see well enough to identify. This was about 10pm.

 

[Alien J]

Wow This little birdie gorgeous

It sure is!

 

[Alien J]

If you download the free Merlin app from Cornell, it’ll tell you what species you have!

I use it all the time! And, as soon as I put out the hummingbird feeders I played the sounds of the ruby throated hummingbird (All About Birds, also a Cornell site) to call them. Took about two minutes for the first one to arrive!

 

[Alien J]

I've got a caterpillar that I caught in September. Two days later she disappeared into the soil of the habitat I put her in. I got her identified as an Orange Tipped Oakworm Moth caterpillar. These guys bury themselves in the soil, "spin" their cocoon, spend the winter underground, then emerge, as moths, when it gets warm again. Well, I didn't think she had cocooned. I kinda thought she maybe just died as I've been seeing butterflies everywhere and nothing from her. So, I went to clean out the habitat. I dumped it out and lo and behold, there was the pupa! I figured I had killed it then, or at least badly messed up it's morph. I did a little more research and found out they can stay in their cocoon for up to 10 months. So I thought I'd give her a chance and redid the habitat. This was about a month ago. Yesterday I thought I saw slight movement of the pupa. Told myself I was imagining it. This afternoon I definitely saw movement! We may have an emergence through the night! Following is the picture I took of the caterpillar the day I found it. A picture of the pupa today. And a picture of what the emerged moth should look like.

 

[NightOwls]

Mr. & Mrs Cardinal




And a sleepy squirrel

 

[zoo mom]

I saw a pilated woodpecker tonight. Well I heard it first. Unfortunately it flew away before I could get a picture.

 

[Kassiani]

When my late husband and I first moved here, we had a nesting pair of Canadian Geese in our yard (the house is on a pond). He called them Alfonso and Esmerelda. That was almost 15 years ago. This afternoon there is a pair of geese grazing in the back yard!

 

[Emma&pico]

When my late husband and I first moved here, we had a nesting pair of Canadian Geese in our yard (the house is on a pond). He called them Alfonso and Esmerelda. That was almost 15 years ago. This afternoon there is a pair of geese grazing in the back yard!
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I think someone sending you a reminder

 

[Emma&pico]

Thursday I thought a bird flew into my patio doors so went to see when tap tap a magpie was tapping on glass door he flew off when he saw me then remi and pip went nuts I looked up and saw mr or mrs magpie sat on my window ledge trying to get the seeds in foraging box just tapping on window flew off before I could get a picture might leave some seeds out for him
Magpies are always stealing things from open windows
(Note to self )