Wildlife

[JK_PA]

That’s something. Remember when bucks were too shy to let you see them in daylight?

Good point. I did a few hikes in the last couple weeks in and around PA state game land without seeing one set of antlers. It did not occur to me until your post but it may not be a coincidence that the bucks were shy out there but act like they own the place in my yard in suburbia.

Nice!
Y’all have antler restrictions in Pennsylvania. Hence bucks get to mature to adulthood.

Thanks for the info. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I was unaware of the restrictions (side note: I just looked up the specifics). Makes sense why they are in place.

Do they jump the black fence?

The fence is my neighbors. I never saw one jump it. My yard does not have a fence in the back or front (and neither do the properties on the front and back of our house) so the wildlife have a nice corridor to wander through. A doe and two fawns are wandering through as I write.

That looks like a big old tree behind the biggest buck..

Chestnut oak. There are a few of them in that size range (as well as a couple red oaks and some poplars) on the property. I love the trees but they remind me of the ocean. Like the ocean, having beautiful trees right near the house is wonderful when the weather is calm but scary when the weather turns bad (i.e., high winds come through). I did not realize how expensive trees can be. That said, I have learned a lot about cutting, splitting and seasoning wood since we moved in.

 

[tirolski]

... the bucks were shy out there but act like they own the place in my yard in suburbia.
...so the wildlife have a nice corridor to wander through. A doe and two fawns are wandering through as I write.

Chestnut oak. There are a few of them in that size range (as well as a couple red oaks and some poplars) on the property.

Ya have a candy (acorn) store with the door open but tis a bit early for the acorns to drop.

 

[Campgottagopee]

These guys took a break from eating my wife's flowers to kindly pose for a picture.
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All I see are venison hotdogs!

 

[Peter Minde]

Bear? In other news, I saw a pair of pileated woodpeckers this morning, moving from tree to tree as we walked along. No pics. They are prehistoric birds.

Back in dinosaur days, I saw a female pileated woodpecker feeding her young at Lake Denmark.

 

[freeheeln]

Whitetail Doe with mouthful keeps an eye on me and an ear on her fawn.

 

[tirolski]

Figured on a gander at sunset to look at Gore’s tippy top webcam and their was a family of turkeys wandering around.

 

[freeheeln]

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Such great detail on those teeny-weeny feathers. They are going at at it right now.

 

[Brownski]

So many deer and they have gotten so casual about people…

 

[Brownski]

This one was a head scratcher