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2020/05/07 Backyard 'Wildlife'
π 2020-05-07 00:00 in Public
Ok, it's not "real" wildlife, but it's still fun to see a few animals in your backyard.

Then, we have little lizards everywhere (well, big and small). The small ones are easy to catch :)


grippy claws :)
grippy claws :)


We've also heard racoons at night, and I was able to snap a couple of pictures. Thankfully they don't seem too bold and too much of a pest like we've heard they can be:




Howeer, what we have quite a bit is lovely possums, we mistakenly caught a few and of course released them:




such a cutie
such a cutie

it wasn't too scared to eat
it wasn't too scared to eat



we got another one the next day, or was it the same?
we got another one the next day, or was it the same?

Ah, but the subject of pests brings us to gophers. Those fuckers have been making swiss cheese out of our lawn. Since repellents don't help, I've been using smokers in their tunnels, and poisnned worms they're supposed to eat. That seems to have helped with the problem, but I think we still have a couple left.


We even ended up with a skunk, oopos:


it was tricky to get out without being sprayed
it was tricky to get out without being sprayed

We also have the occasional rabbit:



And rats:


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2020/05/06 Good Entertainment from our Bird Feeders, and Stupid Squirrels (2020 update)
π 2020-05-06 00:00 in Public
A while ago, I bought a bird feeder because I thought it would be fun in our yard, and sure enough, it was an instant hit. We got to see many interesting bird, including a baby woodpecker probably related to the big woodpecker that's living in our of our trees and making swiss cheese out of it :)

I have many pictures of those birds, but these are hopefully the best:











a junko was feeding the wrong bird, oops
a junko was feeding the wrong bird, oops


that was a lot of doves
that was a lot of doves










After a while, built aa new mostly squirrel proof bird feeder:






We also got beautiful woodpeckers: [rigimg:1024:501*|]



We also got a few wounded birds:




And we also got a few hummingbirds. Those are cool:



Squirrels started by being cute before the bird feeder:




The only problem were the squirrels that started by eating fallen seeds, but eventually went to the source:

they look good when they start
they look good when they start

clean the seeds by your doorstep
clean the seeds by your doorstep

then they climb
then they climb

and climb
and climb

and jump
and jump

and climb
and climb

and jump
and jump

The squirrels really became a problem, so I had to trap them and get rid of them:

I tried to build a defense, but it was pointless
I tried to build a defense, but it was pointless

on the plus side, I could capture all the grain the birds were dropping
on the plus side, I could capture all the grain the birds were dropping

so I had to bait them with peanut butter
so I had to bait them with peanut butter


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