Mice Friends, et al

We've had some visitors. This morning there were 18 deer, one loud crow, and three, no FOUR turkeys.  Lots of raccoons, and mice friends. The porcupine is awake, as well. I haven't seen the coyotes in a couple weeks.

This is our front deck. I put up old cedar fence rails to soften the cement. The rails, below the feeder, collect the bird seed. Mice friends like it!

The cats monitor the hole very carefully.

In the night, that's when the action happens. Watch for the mouse eyeballs up on the deck. They disappear as our strange visitor cat, Oregano, approaches! I've used the Ken Burns effect, zooming within the video, to point out the mouse eyes. 

  

Oregano & Mouse.m4v from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We've lots of deermice. I've found them in the wood duck nesting boxes, in the shed. One year [Mouse tails – Happy endings are good!], they built a nest in my lawn tractor! 

 

The deermice friends were out when Butch came to visit, as well! You can see one of our cats in the window. They are like little cartoon mouse eyeballs, reflecting the light of the trailcam. 

 

Butch & mouse.m4v from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

 

I threw out our decorative corn. Apparently both Butch and the mice like it. Butch and Sundance, and the hole in the wall gang, are pretty snarky with one another. It's a dog-eat-dog world! People manage amazing trailcam tails of bobcats, big bucks, moose, bears, and the like. We've raccoons.

 Then, there are the deer friends.

 

    

MVI_0044.m4v from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

 The turkey's heads are changing colour, in preparation for mating season!

wild turkeys from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

For more critters by Eileen:

Saturday's Critters # 379

We've a lovely few days ahead. I am happy about that. Our 'normal' temperatures are 6 C. and -3 in the night. I know our neighbours are busily making syrup, there are two farm forests nearby. I hope they've done well this year. We shall miss the annual Festival of the Maples.