Saturday 6 April 2024

Saturday's Critters

BIG NEWS: April 5th: 

The Appeal for the gun range has been denied!!! πŸŽ‰  πŸ™Œ  You can read what we went through to prevent this in our backyard. I am so happy. The report is 22 pages long, but this is the crucial bit:



That was a storm. I feel badly for so many. There were lots of power outages, two days later, but Hydro has brought up 312,000 customers who lost power in the storm, here and in the US.



πŸ‡  🐈  🐸  🐭  πŸ‡  🐈  🐸  🐭  πŸ‡  🐈  🐸  🐭  

Saturday's Critters

Poor Frosty is cold! I gave them a little rain jacket. At this point I think Frosty is non-binary. We'll use gender neutral pronouns. When I remember! It is good practice. It is a new era of respect and understanding. 

The deer are hungry. They disappeared for the duration of our warm spell, and came back after the storm.

Before the precipitation (14 mm rain, followed by 16 cm of snow), Labbit has been in the front yard. 

Labbit run from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

There are mice friends under the back door bird feeder. Apparently there are two happy Labbits!

  

2 Labbits March 28 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

"Harley" is the visiting Harlequin Tabby. We know not from whence he came. Why know why: mice friends!

Harley & mice friends from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


It is difficult to fathom that March 28th the wood frogs and spring peepers were doing their mating rituals! They were back last night, but they cannot be happy! The frog pond is mostly melted. 

 

frog pond March 28 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Bun-bun was here so long I sped up the videos. Up above it, the bird feeder. The birds have been doing throw downs!

Munching Labbit from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

It was only last week that I realized there are two cottontail bunnies! This day, they had a buddy.

 

Cottontails and deermouse from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I shot this through the front window. I added music for fun. (Better than the morning news show!) Momma is nibbling on the lilac buds. She is good at pruning!

deer in snow from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Saturday's Critters # 538

16 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
I am glad the gun range permit was denied. I love your videos of the bunnies, the mice and the deer. Cute images. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Congrats to your group for the success of the appeal denial.

Always enjoy your critter posts - but am particularly enchanted today by the Cottontails and Deermouse and the deer in the snow. YAM xx

Kathy G said...

It sounds like all of your hard work re the gun range paid off. Congratulations.

Barbara Rogers said...

Sorry that weather hit you all again. It's great to see how critters come back after a storm. Yes thank you very much, a mouse would be nice, thinks Harley. Then there's one that appears with the labbits, only to be discovered by his bright eyes shining into the camera! Bird food is good food.

RedPat said...

That last shot is so pretty.

Anvilcloud said...

You can breathe now.

Breathtaking said...

Hello Jenn :=)

Your header photo is very beautiful. I enjoyed the TC images of the bunnies and deer. Congrats
on the successful outcome of your votes for the no gun rannge permit.
All the best
Sonjia.

Red said...

I watch for deer pruning here but so far nothing. Deer go through here almost every night.

Elephant's Child said...

WONDERFUL news about the gun range. And great critters too.

Nancy J said...

Denied !!! , what a grand result from YOU and the others who campaigned for so long. Those mice, quick and crafty.

Mae Travels said...

working to save your property from the gun range must have been agonizing. Great that you prevailed!

DUTA said...

Congrats on the gun range appeal denial! Well done!

Jeanie said...

The deer in the snow -- beautiful! And YAY! No gun range! I'm so glad that worked out!

tz_garden said...

So glad the gun range went down, very good news. Love the rabbits, and good kitty!

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I'm SO happy that the gun range permit was denied! YAY! Love the deer and bunnies and even that cute little snow critter! lol

Yvonne said...

Love listening to the frog pond, and the last video with all that snow is so beautiful.