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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #58Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #56 In my little burg, the hawks will dine on the squirrels. But, it's also common for the curious little beggars to test their conductivity on our style pole transformers.
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#63 | RE: Winter - It was just biding its time
Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:57 pm (Last edited: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:02 pm)
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #56Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #53 There's a bobcat in the neighborhood, but so far he hasn't caught a cat... A funny thing happened a few years ago. Wife and I sitting in the study, which has a small deck outside. Sunny afternoon. Suddenly, a "thump" on the deck, and there was a trout, flopping around. WTF? There's a creek a bout 50 feet away from the deck, so we picked up the trout and put it in the creek, and it swam happily away. Where did it come from? Probably an eagle or hawk had caught it and was carrying it to a place to eat it, lost grip and dropped it. One in a million occurance, right? Nope. A week later the same thing happened. Never happened again, but what are the odds of 2 trout being dropped on the deck outside the study, a week apart? |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #63Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #56Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #53 My neighbors across the street have seen a Bobcat at the edge of their lot. My backyard gets a regular visit from a Black Bear. He/she is rotating a section for the grubs.
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Now that we are on to wildlife in the winter I can report the coyotes roaming the development appear to be keeping the rabbit population under control and I have not see any stray cats out and about. The snakes in the shrubs keep the mice from getting in the garage. The scorpions keep non locals (snowbirds as we call them down here) from roaming off of the sidewalk on to the property. And the tarantulas being a protected species help keep the scorpions in check. We just pick up the tarantulas and relocate them to a safer place so not to scare visitors away. I’ve not seen the javelina pack of 8 -10 animals yet that roam the neighborhood but all the trees and shrubs are standing this morning so not around last night. |
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Darrell, are you sure you didn't relocate to Australia |
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#67 | RE: Winter - It was just biding its time
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:14 pm (Last edited: Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:14 pm)
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #67 I hate rain in the winter and Debbie hates bats :) -15F this morning and 1F with sun is forecast for the high. This next week they're calling for highs in the low to mid 30s with chances of rain.
Lee
2022 R1250RS White Sport Iowa, USA |
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Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #66 He hasn't posted any house cat pictures on the R1200R forum, so I doubt he's down under. That's assuming all Australian riders have cats, as indicated by the postings on that forum.
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#70 | RE: Winter - It was just biding its time
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:12 pm (Last edited: Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:13 pm)
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This morning we drove out to Green Valley Lake to see if anyone was ice fishing. Lee |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #72 pretty sure...at least not my wife. Did some ice fishing in front of a borrowed cabin some years ago. The wife came out with coffee, grabbed a pole, held it for 30 seconds, put it back with the comment, "If anyone asks, I've tried ice fishing."
“A good man always knows his limitations.”
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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #73Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #72 I can see why you married her.
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