He's back...!
...and in broad daylight!
No fear in him, our bird-feeder predator...but at least he has not yet tried to climb up the pole to help himself. He's content with the crumbs under the table!
All those sunflower seed shells make one very thirsty!
But then, the very next day we were asking ourselves...
was he responsible for this?
This was the view from our kitchen window last Friday (trash day), early in the morning:
Just how did that bag of trash get on top of our neighbour's van?
It would have been quite a feat for a raccoon, but this kind of mess is pretty typical of him:
But no...turns out we have some pranksters in the neighbourhood who decided to have a "mischief night" and wreak some havoc in a number of driveways.
Fortunately, DOTH and I were late getting our garbage out that day!
Me peeking out through the office window, at a rose peeking in.
We don't actually live in the country. We are less than a mile away from some really busy streets, but sometimes we wonder...and smile...
A goldfinch enjoying a seed
A nuthatch (or black-capped chickadee) having a harder time - breaking open the shell as he holds it between his feet
A male cardinal and a sparrow "breaking bread" together
A change of diet for the downy woodpecker - a first ever at the bird-feeder!
A baby robin...
with mom (or dad) watching on.
And look who's here...also in broad daylight!
The wily old fox....
...makes himself thoroughly at home on our front lawn.
Looking very refreshed after his nap, he's on the prowl again!
But, oh dear....was this one of his victims?
I'm not sure if foxes eat squirrels, but this was on the front lawn later that day.
Now I am on the look-out for a tail-less squirrel all the time --
or perhaps that's all there was left of him :{
Nice pictures, I am quite jealous of the variety of birds you get in your yard. It is sparrow and starling time at the moment they come in their droves and between them they quickly eat everything on the bird feeder and then sit around chirping for more. We do get occasional foxes and odds and ends left behind by them. Looks like you just get the ends. Not very nice of your ‘pranksters’.
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting photos here Kay -- and good clear shots. The nerve of the raccoon and the fox -- in broad daylight no less. The rose is as perfect as ever I've seen one. Beautiful. Glyn is coming over to see Scruffy tonight and we've had him more than 2 months. We're going to have an early fish dinner (not mine) but at Vera Cruz. We did have some really good salmon last week, that I cooked!
ReplyDeleteYou are SO funny, Snafu, although I doubt the poor squirrel would think so!
ReplyDeleteWe are also now getting inundated with crows and blackbirds. Sometimes you can hardly see the grass, there's so many - and they are SO noisy.
ChrisJ, I must send you my new salmon recipe. It is so good, and so good for you! You'd better hang on to Scruffy - Glyn will want to take him home!
Lovely pictures, Kathy. That rose is beautiful. x
ReplyDeleteThanks Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteThe birdfeeder has now been 'benched' for a while - we under attack by the crows!