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Everything is changing
Hello to all,
When I last posted in March I was growing concerned with the severe increase in deforestation right here in my little spot and it has been drastic.
Woody and Momma did have a new baby I named JR6 I am not sure if they had a second which they usually do but the increase in predators here has really changed my environment . Currently as of yesterday JR6 is still here and his parents…
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Hello and wow it has been a long time. The forest itself is changing so much and last summer was a hard one for sure with heat, smoke from fires and no rain. My son has a medical issue that took front and center for most of last year but of course I always had time for my nature buddies.
During the summer was so hard on everyone, the smoke here was very bad for weeks. I would freeze water buckets and place them in the forest for the critters to have some relief. What was amazing was the variety again that came in daily in need. But that also includes the hierarchy of nature and I lost a lot of my Douglas squirrels. Buster is still here but I have a new crew.
The same thing has happened to Woody. My pair currently are from what I think is my 4th season babies. But it is still amazing that they both come land next to me and allow me to fill the feeder without taking off, that I tell you is the coolest thing ever.
The forest surrounding my location is all but gone, and the movement of the animals is sad. I ask everyone this question. Where do you think they go when you destroy acres of forest and pave the ground for houses and business? Where would you go if the animals had the ability to move us out? Its gotten to the point where so much is gone and can not get back that the animals Have to adapt to what we have left for them. Sadly it is not enough and we will all pay the price for this.
Food! It is something we need to help with to supplement what we have taken away, but have you seen the crap that is sold? Its like introducing fast food to nature, how gross is that! It has taken me awhile but I do find natural nuts and fruits that are not stuffed with crap they don’t eat and we pay for that sprouts and rots.
Water! provide fresh water for visitors. It tough to find for them with the erratic weather and climate changes. Help them out.
The current problem that I have in my little forest is a new visitor that will change the whole of my sanctuary if it’s what we think it is. I think I have a Fisher, we found the tracks right here and the choice is either an Otter or Fisher. I am having a hard time getting a picture of it and I am not sure it was just a walk thru, but they have been releasing them in the mountains within 50 miles from here and well see if it decides to stay.
The recent snows came and as you can see its very tough to find food in this, these are some of the stations I place in the forest to house and feed those in need. We ended up with 18 inches which is a lot here.
So just remember we wont make it in this world without our nature buddies. We have to make it together.
more later….
Its already March 2019!!! Hello and wow it has been a long time. The forest itself is changing so much and last summer was a hard one for sure with heat, smoke from fires and no rain. 505 more words
That Darn Rat
Ok, here is a story that may not sit well with everyone but please understand that I tried my best to fix it 🙂
Its been going on for a couple of years now, I have a Wood rat that is huge and she and I have been quarreling about where she intends to put her house. She apparently really wants to be close to the backdoor and no way am I gonna allow that. I cut down the trees next to the doors,…
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What a Summer
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Here is a short video of Lewey 🙂 The Douglas squirrels move the babies around and this is the first time Lewey has ventured outside. My other video is longer and shows all three of them that I have named Hewey, Dewey and Lewey as the are very curious and quite cute.
The entire summer has been a challenge for Nature, Our…
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Look who is Back !!!!! Chuck returned yesterday with a new gal 🙂 I am so happy, he showed her all the spots plus a dip in the pond. I shall call her Lily again and look forward to seeing the babies again this year. I was so excited.
BunBun the bunny has a baby also, I just seen it but sadly there is only one. She is keeping it close to us, she is using the bushes between myself and my neighbor. I think it may have been the cats but I am not for sure.
Here is Buster the Douglas squirrels maternity ward. On the left she is home with the “door” blocked and she is out and about on the right. HaHa I am not sure its a maternity ward anymore I am beginning to think its a home. That would be so cool.
The Deer family came out on Saturday her little one is getting big.
Woody and Momma have babies too !!! They are currently taking turns getting food which is something I notice when they are feeding.
Lets not forget yesterdays visit by momma coyote. I think she has a den near here that she uses every year. She seems to be solo but I must say she is really pretty. I scared her but she saw me first. Just a bit to close for a visit.
And then there was two.
Just a quick picture of Dovey the mourning Dove on the left and Bandit the bandtailed pigeon on the right. Both make a similar sound which sounds like an owl hooting, a really neat sound.
All this is happening now in my little sliver of forest and it seems to be changing every day especially with the amount of forest being torn down.
More to come, have a great day and Thank you so much for the feedback and questions.
I love Spring Look who is Back !!!!! Chuck returned yesterday with a new gal 🙂 I am so happy, he showed her all the spots plus a dip in the pond.
It Snowed !
Yes it did, one day it 70 degrees and the forest is prepping for babies and poof its 32 and snow…. It did put a slow down on the feeding frenzy from the Hawk and Eagle. I’m pretty sure they are feeding babies now so they are staying closer to their nest. Or it could be I now have a bigger visitor. I have a Great Horned Owl nearby and his calls are echoing through the forest, it is really cool but wow does the forest get really quiet.
We were working on the front yard which has a couple older Evergreens when we noticed up just a couple of branches tucked in tight was a huge nest, its Harriet the Crows nest!!! It is really big but low, I see her building another nest a bit farther out and I am beginning to think its a decoy nest, so I leave it alone and just watch her, I don’t want to give it away, it looks like its been there awhile we just couldn’t see it.
Woody and Momma have a place very close and just yesterday I noticed they are not coming in together anymore, its one at a time lol.
Now the other cool part right now is Buster and Tippy the Douglas squirrels. I’ve written before that Buster had babies in a nest box we have high on the shed. It’s tough to get to as it was meant for birds but we seen Buster drop from the roof of the shed landing atop the house and remodel the inside for her liking. Then she comes out and has to dive over to a hedge to get down lol . Last time she had the babies and then soon after we seen her taking each pink little bundle out and moving to new digs in the forest. So we call it the Maternity Ward now and surprise she is doing it again 🙂 I am so excited.
As cool as that is little Tippy started acting strange and collecting stuffing when I notice she is making a home in the house I have just sitting above the Frog pond. Well silly me I know it’s not secure so I tried to sneak over and put in some screws by hand that would keep in from sliding and a simple bungee to hold it tight. LOL Tippy came up to inspect it and I am not sure yet if she dropped the project or waiting for baby time. My guess is she will still use it but she doesn’t like the bungee haha.
Another big wind storm is set for tomorrow so today I will secure it better, I want the babies to make it. I’m curious if it’s another Maternity ward and then she moves them to the forest again, but what a privilege that she trust me being so close.
This is showing you how far a jump she takes, she stays in the wood house on the left and comes out jumps across the that climbing hydrangea, we tried to add a stick but that didn’t work lol.
More to come……
It wasn’t Spring yet !! Yes it did, one day it 70 degrees and the forest is prepping for babies and poof its 32 and snow....
A Surprise
Good Morning, I have written before about my silly daily routine with my outdoor nature buddies, and recently I have been battling the Hawks. So each morning now I will sit out back since Coop is now hiding here. I’m learning the calls the animals are making to indicate to each other just what predator is coming. As I sat there quietly behind a bamboo fence I use to stop the fly and grabs the…
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Frogs?? Spring??
Good morning, I am beginning to think that Sneaky Pete (our Cooper’s hawk) is making a game out of eating all of my buddies. I caught him sneaking beside the shed just waiting for Tippy the Douglas squirrel to come in and get one of his peanuts, in a flash he almost tagged him off the log ahhh then the little guys looks at me like Do something ! HaHa He doesn’t care if I’m even standing there…
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Thief
Sadly I am reporting that our home and sanctuary has had a theft, and it was a human animal that has disturbed my private domain. We were so angry, he stole a bicycle and our super sleuthing found he came around thru the forest. Grrrrrrr So the camara’s are now set for security and will have more for the animals later. Nothing makes you madder then knowing just how far in a stranger had made…
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Everyone is hungry 😳
What a month it has been. Sneaky Pete alias Coopers Hawk along with Big Red the Red Tail Hawk my little buddies are getting picked off left and right. What a bad time to stop feeding, it as frozen or flooding! But that darn Cooper has my number, he even landed right at my door grrrrrr I swear that bird knows haha. I have interrupted several of his attempts and kills in the hopes he will just eat…
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Freezing Foggy Morning
Its cold out and Hummer is still refusing to share……I use Christmas lights to help keep the food from freezing and he is hogging all three !!!! I even took down one so the little female could have a chance to eat and that did not go over well with him haha little stinker hovers at my face giving me a what for !! He has to keep flying around in order to guard all three since I have them placed to…
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This is my new visitor whom I have named "scar". He has been coming in for a couple weeks and the fight has been on with him and "Woody" my male pileated which has been visiting here for 2 years now. At first I thought that is was over the female, "Momma" she showed up last week with a wounded foot, not able to use it at all, I was taking pictures to get a better look and Scar landed next to her and Woody was here it a heart beat, lots of chatter and then both Momma and Woody chased him off. That was 2 days ago. Yesterday morning after a hard freeze I was loading the log with food when one landed, it took me a minute to identify him, it was scar ( he has 2 good spot atop his head and his red band swoops up) he stayed and ate but truly looks beat up. Later in the day was when the 2 met up again, I will honestly say I don't like this part, I have never seen 2 Males fighting in a tree and it is not pretty !! But I also didn't get to my camera in time as it was quite a battle, then one flew off and one landed next to me, much to my surprise it was Scar, It appears he won that battle , hmmm I am beginning to think he is a trouble maker/aggressive bird or as I look back on the photos of my last 2 years I am seeing a similarity with one of the juveniles , I can't confirm that yet. Last week I was out back when Scar flew under the tent with me and landed on my post, it was amazing and weird, anyway today I am waiting to see which one is going to come in for breakfast. more later :)
Yuk
I received a notice that ourhee Was following me, I thought how cool..........Really! I do not wish to have you follow me apparently you are confused....Woody woodpecker is a BIRD......I could care less about you and your underwear, Dumbass. We are all sexy. Please go away unless you actually like nature and birds, and I don't think you do.
Good Morning, Just an update on my backyard friends. Seems Jr, from this years babies is not ready to leave yet. Momma and Woody were eating when Jr just flew in for a visit.....he seemed happy to find mom and dad but they were not . Woody chased him off, this started last Friday, I am finding that Jr is hiding in the brush, went out this morning and he popped up to eat. I am waiting to see if Mom and Dad come by today.
Big surprise on Saturday when I noticed a beautiful blue color in my tree, we have a lot of pretty birds here but not like that. I found it to be a pair of Scrub Jays which are not found up here. My thoughts are the wicked weather and fires in Oregon and California may have pushed them up this far. But I am also hoping the didn't eat Freddie the Red legged frog in my pond....its early yet so we will see.
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Tuesday in the backyard continued....
It's Tuesday and cloudy finally :) Mama woody stopped in while daddy was up in the tree, my family keeps teasing me because I want a go pro so I can share just how close woody gets to me, this morning was the closest, About 2 weeks ago I heard his cry coming in but it sounded very panicked, as I went outside as woody flew at me with a red tail hawk on his tail, sounding like he was crying " he's trying to eat me...but crazy me chased off the hawk and saved my birds lol. Damn circle of life ! My little sanctuary is growing , my issue with the squirrels (heckle and jeckle) yes they still pester me but it brought in the cats and then as I was out talking with woody I heard a loud ruckus,,Wahooooo the cats got the squirrel, But. As I get closer. Agh Coyotes are right there killing a cat OMG. So crazy me again shot putting rocks to scare them. They were so close, sadly the kitty didn't make it. I found it dropped nearby so we made a nice wooden box and gave her a proper Good bye, but that was way to close.....today I am preparing for fall and winter.....more later on the daily activities of syndi's backyard sanctuary 😳
Woody and Jr 2014 This was in August my shot is blurry because I didn't want to move, couldn't believe he would bring him so close and let me watch the feeding.....so cool
Summer 2014. Woody and Jr. Such a privilege for me to be allowed to visit and photograph the babies. They had 2 babies this year, boy and a girl. It's September now and parents have separated from young, but Jr here keeps coming in and hanging out.....little bugger knows this is mom and dads "hangout"