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Saturday, 23 April 2022

Critter tails

Butch raccoon – we haven't seen them too much.

Butch from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I'm having trouble with this trailcam. I'm still working on it for duck season. Two of our nesting boxes have been tested, but no feathers in there yet. That is the sign that they are preparing the nest. 

 

ducks on pond from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I don't know what prompted him to go into full feather mode. No other turkeys around!

Tom Turkey from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I like grackles. They have the most beautiful colours. The first was from Bala, the second, from a Westport restaurant where we used to sit on their patio.
We've a half dozen grackles. I don't know if they are going to stay. They really are quite funny. Cinnamon and I went walkies. When we returned to the house, there was Dratted Red Squirrel! DRS got away, and chittered at him from up in the tree.

 

Cinnamon & DRS from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The feeders are coming down soon, as it will be bear season. Next, I shall have to put up the fence around my garden. That worked really well last year. The deer have already lopped off a few tulips. 


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16 comments:

  1. Yamini MacLean23 April 2022 at 08:00

    Hari OM
    Wow, I'm not sure I have heard squirrels chatter before - that was quite the tirade!!! YAM xx
    T=Thistle

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  2. Jeanie23 April 2022 at 08:00

    That turkey is just showing it all, isn't he? You have such beautiful wildlife where you are.

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  3. Tom23 April 2022 at 08:28

    ...Butch's eyes sure light up!

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  4. KarenW23 April 2022 at 09:51

    Apparently they want us to remove our feeders if we have turkeys around. Something to do with this bird flu virus hitting our feathered friends.

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  5. William Kendall23 April 2022 at 11:49

    Cinnamon got really close to the squirrel.

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  6. RedPat23 April 2022 at 12:35

    The squirrels have been digging around in my large pots. They are such devils in a garden.

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  7. Nancy J23 April 2022 at 13:08

    DRS, he is such a show-off, that magnificent tail, and so fast. Up the tress and saying " haha" .

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  8. Cloudia23 April 2022 at 14:22

    You are my frontier woman hero!

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  9. Christine23 April 2022 at 15:40

    Nice videos

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  10. David M. Gascoigne,23 April 2022 at 17:14

    Grackles are highly under-appreciated birds that more people would be well advised to notice. I am always impressed by their beauty and amused by their antics.

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  11. Angie23 April 2022 at 18:06

    Jenn - a marvelous collection of wildlife. We are in the UK at the moment, and on the way home from an outing this evening, I was thrilled to see a hedgehog! I (safely) jumped out of the car for a photo, but it scurried off into the night too quickly for me!

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  12. DrumMajor24 April 2022 at 00:57

    And what would sweet little Cinnamon do if she actually caught that squirrel?
    Linda in Kansas

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  13. Crafty Green Poet24 April 2022 at 05:14

    Lovely selection of wildlife there, grackles are beautiful birds. I'm glad the squirrel escaped from Cinnamon, it was interesting to watch them

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  14. Linda24 April 2022 at 10:27

    So many critters in the garden now.

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  15. Kay24 April 2022 at 16:01

    I've never appreciated the grackles before, but you've really captured their beautiful color here.

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  16. Jeanie25 April 2022 at 07:49

    When the sun hits a grackle just right, they glow. So magnificent!

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