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| Did anybody get the number of that truck? |
The kids spent a lot of time yesterday and last night putting up a electrified grid of cattle panel over the heifer barn door and putting a very hot fence around the turkey tractor, oh, and Becky put a bunch of used kitty litter down where they were coming in from the north. I went out an hour or so ago and all the birds were resting quietly.....
I would have liked to have been watching when the foxes checked out that fence...so hot the charge zapped Jade through a stick.....maybe a trail cam would be an asset....
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| A minor, but entertaining, murmuration of starlings |
In other news we have several hawks hanging around hunting the birds, which fortunately are well protected against assault from the air.
However, something went after a chickadee right outside the kitchen window and it fled, striking the window. I ran out to find it upside down, but alive, on the step.
I warmed it in my hand and set it in a flower pot. A little while later it was upright and soon after gone. I wish it well.
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There's some big hawk around here lately. It only shows up in spring and fall and doesn't stay long. It surely is an impressive size, though. Last year I saw it crash land into the brush at the base of a stone wall after some prey that got away.
I think I saw two of them playing or fighting mid-air the other day, but they were so far away that they only had to drop a little to be behind the trees. I never saw the end of the story.
Awwww . . you got to hold a chickadee in your hands . . .
There is surely never a dull moment in your environs.
And yes . . a trail cam would pick up some interesting footage for sure.
June, pretty sure I saw a great horned owl this morning, winging home at dawn. Wish I was sure because I would certainly count him. Very cool that you saw them scuffling in the air! I have only seen that once and it is pretty thrilling!
Cathy, he was so tiny....I felt so bad for him. Pretty sure he recovered though.
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