What have you seen lately?

[SpaceCritter]

Ring necked pheasant, male.

He was hanging around Reservoir 4 at Naugy - usually I'd just hear him. I haven't seen or heard him the past few times I've been over there, tho.

 

[SpaceCritter]

Already posted in the photos thread - and speaking of Naugy - spring's upon us, so my orange guys are back out:

Red-Spotted Newt

Fact sheet about the Red-spotted Newt produced by the Connecticut DEEP Wildlife Division.

portal.ct.gov

More of yesterday's red eft parade:

 

[Dennis in MA]

Ring necked pheasant, male.

AKA: ROOOOSTEEERRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

(followed by blamblamblam. . . blam. . . . . . . . blam!)

Crit - Very cool wizzid.

 

[weatherby]

Almost forgot about this guy.

 

[dezignguy]

Escapee.

I saw one on Christmas morning in our backyard circa. . . .1989 or 90. He just wandered up from the woods, did a quick circle in the grass and wandered back down into the woods. Such an odd place to see one. Nearest release area is about 5 miles and a month. LOL

It’s only a matter of time before a hawk swoops down on him.

 

[pupchow]

I've seen three deer in the past week, not make it across the highway. This was from a few days ago. The deer had its head up but wasn't moving, and the trooper lady's body language was saying that she didn't want to do what needed to be done.

 

[Noreaster13]

I've mostly just seen roadkills lately
A couple deer, a yote, a turkey, a fisher & the usual critters

I had a Carolina wren make a nest on my back porch back in May, she laid 5 eggs & they all hatched. On Sunday the chicks starting coming out of the nest. 3 flew off on Monday & the last 2 left today

 

[not new guy]

Woke up to a dead flying squirrel in the driveway this morning. Had never seen one before and didn’t realize they were around here (south shore).

 

[dwarven1]

In the last week, in my yard I have seen a black bear, a beaver, a bunny (I thought the coyotes had wiped them all out!) and this weekend, a doe with her fawn crossing my driveway.

 

[smokey-seven]

Have a nest of Red Winged Black birds in the bull rushes in the lake. Saw the male drive off a Great Blue Heron and harassed the Heron till it was well away. Tiny bird against a big one, tiny has lots of guts.

 

[DitchDigger]

One ugly lady,,,LOL,,,

 

[50wt]

This lil guy gets more and more curious every time I see him and his mom. She stays back a ways, but he got to within 30' of me today. Cant wait till he's eating out of my hand when I can just hold a .22 to his head.

 

[peterk123]

This lil guy gets more and more curious every time I see him and his mom. She stays back a ways, but he got to within 30' of me today. Cant wait till he's eating out of my hand when I can just hold a .22 to his head. View attachment 765904

I can see you are all about that fair chase thing.

 

[smokey-seven]

She stays back a ways, but he got to within 30' of me today.

Keep an apple in your pocket and when he's close, put it on the ground and walk away.

 

[PatMcD]

Good lookin Grey Fox eating spilled sunflower seed out of my bird feeder. We see Red Fox all the time, but the Grey's are a little rarer.

 

[whalerman69]

Saw this guy passing through on Friday. Pretty cool.

 

[smokey-seven]

I hate swans, they are an invasive species. Be that as it may, here's this years new crop.

 

[Dennis in MA]

F them swans.

Ditto to the Canadanadianaian Geese. F those lawn-poopers as well.

 

[For Sale]

My backyard

 

[MP-In-The-Wind]

Hmmm...I'm not sure WHAT this is.... Any thoughts? Hairless coyote?!?

 

[For Sale]

Hmmm...I'm not sure WHAT this is.... Any thoughts? Hairless coyote?!?

All I see is a zipper

 

[MP-In-The-Wind]

All I see is a zipper

Hmmm...it WAS in a winzip file..... too big to just attach it!

 

[HorizontalHunter]

Hmmm...I'm not sure WHAT this is.... Any thoughts? Hairless coyote?!?

It is a video. You have to upload it to YouTube, or a similar video program, and then post it as a video.

I was able to down load, unzip it, and watch it. It looks like a coyote or fox with a really bad case of mange.

 

[Mesatchornug]

Blanding's friend at HSC on Monday, before IDPA practice

 

[Dennis in MA]

That's a rare one.

My wife and son have been patrolling the beaches looking for laying diamondback terrapins in Assonet the last few weeks. This weather has them all F'd up. Full moon this week but DAMN they'll be a month late if they lay now. Trick is to keep the foxes and trash pandas away from the eggs until they hatch.

 

[SpaceCritter]

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Blanding's friend at HSC on Monday, before IDPA practice

At Naugy:

June 9:


June 15:


Also Naugy, different critters on June 18:

 

[SpaceCritter]

Moar Naugy Critterz!!1!





Maturing Newt:


Another one (+ younger cousin):

 

[ddeck]

I've mostly just seen roadkills lately
A couple deer, a yote, a turkey, a fisher & the usual critters

I had a Carolina wren make a nest on my back porch back in May, she laid 5 eggs & they all hatched. On Sunday the chicks starting coming out of the nest. 3 flew off on Monday & the last 2 left today
View attachment 763351

Pretty birds and they are very vocal.

 

[pupchow]

Fox screeching during the past few evenings, just after dusk.

A shittonne of premature acorns dropping.

Bear outside my window as we were sitting down for dinner. Dogs almost tore the windows out. The screens are shot.

 

[Dennis in MA]

We had a VERY large. . . what we guess was a doe in teh yard last night. Her ears were perked up so you couldn't see any antler before she scampered off in the dusk. But she was too big to NOT have a rack if she was a he.

Much more reddish than we usually see. Most deer in our yard are this dull brown color to the coat. This one stood out in front of the greenery.