nature is really something...

Bones · September 24th, 2006, 05:33 PM

In the backyard a few minutes ago....

Soupbone · September 24th, 2006, 05:37 PM

Yummy

Bones · September 24th, 2006, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Soupbone

Yummy

My point exactly, I'm sitting here wondering what the heck is for dinner tonight and lo and behold....

Soupbone · September 24th, 2006, 05:52 PM

Tremo · September 24th, 2006, 06:00 PM

We get deer in the yard as well. Also, wild turkeys, coons, possums, rats, moles, and the neighborhood dogs and cats. Fortunately, the big stuff (mountain lions) stays out of town.

The smaller prey keeps our cats busy. Quite the skilled hunters.

chickenpicker · September 24th, 2006, 07:39 PM

We have a rabbit called Geoffrey, who comes to keep our grass down. And a mole, called Simon, who I'm trying to kill.

Bones · September 24th, 2006, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by chickenpicker

We have a rabbit called Geoffrey, who comes to keep our grass down. And a mole, called Simon, who I'm trying to kill.

I should send you some of "my" rabbits, there's about 20 of them in the yard every day, it's like wild kindom around here.

beachkos · September 24th, 2006, 07:58 PM

I, too, have a mole and he and I have signed a formal agreement. In lieu of him living beneath my shed rent free, he has agreed not to conduct any mole activities on my lawn or garden, only the lawns and gardens of my neighbors. So far, he has abided by the agreement and he fully understands that a breach of this contract will result in his untimely demise, courtesy of Messrs. Smith and Wesson

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Wildhawk · September 24th, 2006, 08:21 PM

Nice backyard. Landscaped by the best in the biz.

mellecaster · September 24th, 2006, 08:28 PM

You said "Nature is really Something"

It SURE Is ! (hehe)

Bones · September 24th, 2006, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildhawk

Nice backyard. Landscaped by the best in the biz.

They aren't much good at raking leaves, but they fertilize like crazy.

captain gorgeous · September 24th, 2006, 08:30 PM

wow. you're so lucky. i don't even have a frikken window box. lot of foxes though. and pigeons. the occasional badger carcass by the motorway too.

fallow deer eh? lovely stuff. sometimes used to get muntjack's in the back garden at my folk's old place in hertfordshire. there's a couple of parks in london with deer, richmond has a lot of red deer (and flocks of bright green parakeets for some reason) and i was at a wedding some place down in kent the other day where they had a lovely park full of fallow deer like the ones in your pic. must be lovely to see that from your house. *looks out at the carcass of a mangy ferral pigeon pigeon on the opposite roof being fought over by a raven and a herring gull*... y'know i've often said that i couldn't live out of the city but lately i've been wondering...

Bones · September 24th, 2006, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by captain gorgeous

wow. you're so lucky. i don't even have a frikken window box. lot of foxes though. and pigeons. the occasional badger carcass by the motorway too.

fallow deer eh? lovely stuff. sometimes used to get muntjack's in the back garden at my folk's old place in hertfordshire. there's a couple of parks in london with deer, richmond has a lot of red deer (and flocks of bright green parakeets for some reason) and i was at a wedding some place down in kent the other day where they had a lovely park full of fallow deer like the ones in your pic. must be lovely to see that from your house. *looks out at the carcass of a mangy ferral pigeon pigeon on the opposite roof being fought over by a raven and a herring gull*... y'know i've often said that i couldn't live out of the city but lately i've been wondering...

not to sound big-headed Capt. But Fallow deer (dama dama) are indigenous to Europe, i'm in the states. These are Whitetail deer fawns (Odocoileus virginianus) they are only a few months old, the spots are camouflage and will fade to a light brown as they grow older, like this guy, also photographed in my yard this year.

woodman · September 24th, 2006, 11:54 PM

when i lived in Boulder, deer were considered giant vermin -- always in everybody's yards chomping on the landscaping. here in the exurban regions of Chawlet, Nawth Ca'lina, they're all being driven our way by the relentless development that crawls like a fungus to eat up the county.

Big John · September 25th, 2006, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by chickenpicker

We have a rabbit called Geoffrey, who comes to keep our grass down. And a mole, called Simon, who I'm trying to kill.

Only way to kill a mole ?
BURY HIM ALIVE !!!!
Ha de ha ha

captain gorgeous · September 25th, 2006, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bones

not to sound big-headed Capt. But Fallow deer (dama dama) are indigenous to Europe, i'm in the states. These are Whitetail deer fawns (Odocoileus virginianus) they are only a few months old, the spots are camouflage and will fade to a light brown as they grow older, like this guy, also photographed in my yard this year.

not at all bones. consider me educated. great pics btw.

chickenpicker · September 25th, 2006, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Big John

Only way to kill a mole ?
BURY HIM ALIVE !!!!
Ha de ha ha

I tried drowning him with a hosepipe last year. He was back the next day. Turns out moles can swim.

Then I connected my lawnmower exhaust to a length of copper pipe, feeding copious amounts ofcarbon monoxide into his run. Moles are the only animals I know that can breathe the stuff!

celeste · September 26th, 2006, 11:38 AM

White tail deer , aka great horned rats. We live in suburban Washington DC , deer in the yard all the time. If I do not see a dozen in the park during my daily walk , I wonder what is wrong. My dad lives in the deep woods and has almost given up gardening because of the damage the deer do. This year he bought a telephoto sight for his cross bow. He sits in a comfy chair ,opens a window before dawn and just waits for the deer to wander past. Good thing he does not ask me for help dressing them. He also collects road kill to "feed the birds". I am just crazy enough to help him in this endeavor. Ever climb a dead tree with 30 lb of dead deer over your shoulder to tie 35 feet up for the hawks and vultures? It is well worth it.

mojocasterman · September 26th, 2006, 11:55 AM

wow, great backyard!

jhundt · September 26th, 2006, 12:24 PM

How come every time someone mentions 'deer' a bunch of people talk about killing animals (and not just deer)? Hey, I'm all for it - if hunting is your bag, do it! Just seems like a funny response, being a non-hunter. Don't hate me everyone, I'm not judging just observing.

Reminds me of Ziggy, a carpenter I used to work with back at the City of Oakland. Any time a duck, goose, pigeon, whatever would fly by, he would do a little act of drawing a bead on the bird and shooting it. I'd be thinking "look, a beautiful formation of migrating geese" and he's be thinking something else.

But here's the funny part about Zig. He went on and on about all the different hunting that he did, loved to talk about hunting and his guns and dogs. One day me and my pal Monte were talking about various electric guitars we owned, and he looked totally confused and said "why would you need more than one guitar?"

neocaster · September 26th, 2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chickenpicker

We have a rabbit called Geoffrey, who comes to keep our grass down. And a mole, called Simon, who I'm trying to kill.

Lordy, that sounds like it needs to be a lyric somewhere or a line in a children's book.

Eric Karonen · September 26th, 2006, 12:38 PM

A couple of years ago, one of my neighbours up north had 28 white tails in her backyard at the same time.

Bones · September 26th, 2006, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jhundt

How come every time someone mentions 'deer' a bunch of people talk about killing animals (and not just deer)? Hey, I'm all for it - if hunting is your bag, do it! Just seems like a funny response, being a non-hunter. Don't hate me everyone, I'm not judging just observing.

Reminds me of Ziggy, a carpenter I used to work with back at the City of Oakland. Any time a duck, goose, pigeon, whatever would fly by, he would do a little act of drawing a bead on the bird and shooting it. I'd be thinking "look, a beautiful formation of migrating geese" and he's be thinking something else.

But here's the funny part about Zig. He went on and on about all the different hunting that he did, loved to talk about hunting and his guns and dogs. One day me and my pal Monte were talking about various electric guitars we owned, and he looked totally confused and said "why would you need more than one guitar?"

I think sometimes it's morbid humour and sometime it's people who see the animals as either a nuisance or a food source. Some people see the beauty and the practicality, some see neither.

In the end I would rather live in a world where I have to re-plant shrubs and repair the fence now and then than live in a world devoid of beautiful creatures.

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chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	We have a rabbit called Geoffrey, who comes to keep our grass down. And a mole, called Simon, who I'm trying to kill.

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celeste Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Maryland Age: 47 Posts: 217 12 Photos	White tail deer , aka great horned rats. We live in suburban Washington DC , deer in the yard all the time. If I do not see a dozen in the park during my daily walk , I wonder what is wrong. My dad lives in the deep woods and has almost given up gardening because of the damage the deer do. This year he bought a telephoto sight for his cross bow. He sits in a comfy chair ,opens a window before dawn and just waits for the deer to wander past. Good thing he does not ask me for help dressing them. He also collects road kill to "feed the birds". I am just crazy enough to help him in this endeavor. Ever climb a dead tree with 30 lb of dead deer over your shoulder to tie 35 feet up for the hawks and vultures? It is well worth it.

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jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 2,985 9 Photos	Mention deer and this always happens... How come every time someone mentions 'deer' a bunch of people talk about killing animals (and not just deer)? Hey, I'm all for it - if hunting is your bag, do it! Just seems like a funny response, being a non-hunter. Don't hate me everyone, I'm not judging just observing. Reminds me of Ziggy, a carpenter I used to work with back at the City of Oakland. Any time a duck, goose, pigeon, whatever would fly by, he would do a little act of drawing a bead on the bird and shooting it. I'd be thinking "look, a beautiful formation of migrating geese" and he's be thinking something else. But here's the funny part about Zig. He went on and on about all the different hunting that he did, loved to talk about hunting and his guns and dogs. One day me and my pal Monte were talking about various electric guitars we owned, and he looked totally confused and said "why would you need more than one guitar?"

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