Wildlife

[Anniekay]

I'll take them all !! I particularly like that bay pony !! He looks like he needs to be ridden. A bit out of shape and got a fat belly.
Thank you so much @Sheal for going to the trouble to post these pics for me !!

 

[Sheal]

You're welcome. I don't think they would survive the journey, sorry. They wouldn't let you mount them Annie, but the old chap that's now gone was ridden. Yes, they are all overweight, spending their days grazing until their time comes. Both the bay and the white are female.

 

[Anniekay]

You're welcome. I don't think they would survive the journey, sorry. They wouldn't let you mount them Annie, but the old chap that's now gone was ridden. Yes, they are all overweight, spending their days grazing until their time comes. Both the bay and the white are female.

Oh, ye of little faith I've trained Mustangs fresh from the West. I might not ride them right away but give me a few months !!

I don't know why people keep horses just to look at. They need jobs, just like we do. A purpose in life and they are happy campers .

 

[Sheal]

The owner and his late wife used to ride and were involved with show jumping I believe. Now way past retirement age he has a number of old horses as pets, for want of a better word.

 

[roadrunner]

I ran into this bear while hiking thru Shenandoah National Park.

 

[Tetters]

I ran into this bear while hiking thru Shenandoah National Park.


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Oh heck, did you stop being a hiker, and turn into an Olympic runner instead that is not the kind of bear to cuddle is it. Surely you didn't get that close with the camera? That is by zoom - right?

 

[Zigs]

We don't have many things bigger than foxes here @roadrunner

 

[Tetters]

We don't have many things bigger than foxes here @roadrunner

We do see a few very very fat people though

 

[Anniekay]

But, @Zigs you have... Badgers !!

We had a bear at the high school standing up at the 8' chain link fence. His picture was in the paper. That was a Sunday. On wednesday morning I had a huge pile of bear poop just 20' from my front door !! I lived 3 miles from the high school.

 

[Zigs]

But, @Zigs you have... Badgers !!

They're about the same size as foxes, just a bit fatter

If you should come across one at night, they will face you off and stamp their front feet at you but I've not heard of one having a go at someone. I found a baby one that had been run over, it was ok, just a bit stunned. The Animal Rescue people took him in and looked after him but he got too tame to release back into the wild so they kept him at the rescue centre. He even appeared on telly, on Blue Peter. Not many people can say they had a Blue Peter Badger

 

[Zigs]

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[Anniekay]

They're about the same size as foxes, just a bit fatter

If you should come across one at night, they will face you off and stamp their front feet at you but I've not heard of one having a go at someone. I found a baby one that had been run over, it was ok, just a bit stunned. The Animal Rescue people took him in and looked after him but he got too tame to release back into the wild so they kept him at the rescue centre. He even appeared on telly, on Blue Peter. Not many people can say they had a Blue Peter Badger

I found a Possumcrossing the street in the night, slowly dragging his hind leg. I happened to have a sturdy cardboard box in the back seat and a big, thick hunk of heavy cloth. So, I stopped and was about to throw the cloth over him and he did what possums do: dropped to the pavement like he'd just dropped dead !!

I knew he wasn't dead so picked him up, put him in the box in the back seat and when it got light out, drove him to the dog pound.

He was still playing dead, until the man pulled the cover off and he jumped up and hissed at him !!

They were like: " Lady !! You picked up a Possum, they bite !! " I told him they do, but not when they're playing dead !!

He tried to give him back to me, but I told him that possums are a protected animal and I brought him here for protection.

Later that day I called and they said he'd just had a bit of botulism which semi paralyzed him but he's okay and they were going to release him.

 

[Zigs]

Aww Well done Annie

This is our mouse "Matt"

The cat brought him in when he was a baby and we looked after him. He didn't bit until he got very old and forgot who we were.



He was a Wood Mouse, they live for 18 months in the wild. He lived for 3 years

 

[Tetters]

The above post by Zigs was too small to see, so I've blown it up a bit. His eldest daughter, evidently, drew this picture. I call that talent !

 

[roadrunner]

Oh heck, did you stop being a hiker, and turn into an Olympic runner instead that is not the kind of bear to cuddle is it. Surely you didn't get that close with the camera? That is by zoom - right?

No, he was that close, no zoom needed. Normally black bears are shy around humans, but this one was a little ornery. He actually pounced on his front paws and chomped his jaws at me.

I think he was abnormally brave, because I was in Shenandoah National Park (SNP) where hunting is illegal and there are a lot of campers/campgrounds. I did have my hiking sticks ready to stab his eyes out just in case

Here's another picture of a deer when I was doing a loaded bike tour thru the same area where hunting is not allowed. The deer in this area are really like dogs. It common to see deer come up to you in this area (SNP), but not so much for bears, I think that's because people feed the deer.

 

[Sheal]

There wasn't many sea birds around while out for a walk today but caught this one before it took off.

Curlew

 

[Tetters]

There wasn't many sea birds around while out for a walk today but caught this one before it took off.

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It's a long time since I saw a curlew around the Kent coast, but I think there are one or two recovery schemes where they're trying to improve the habitat for these birds.

 

[Sheal]

I don't think the one above was worried about its habitat @Tetters. I took the pic on the Cromarty Firth at Invergordon, pretty much an industrial port and not the best of areas for sea birds. This was just yards away...



Sorry the pic is a little out of focus it was a windy day. The area is a grave yard for old rigs which are there for dismantling.

 

[Zigs]

Cor, some good scrap there Sheal

I'll see your chicken and raise you some ladybirds

 

[Sheal]

If I owned a boat, I'd tow a couple down for you. It might take me until this time next year though.

I'll see your chicken and raise you some ladybirds

Are they preparing to winter somewhere snug? And Lacewings to the right there?