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05 Nov 05 - 05:44 PM (#1598297) Subject: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Raptor Today Myself and 50 other Birders observed a Pomarine Jaeger as wall as Little Gulls with the usual birds in the bay of lake Simcoe in Barrie Ont. Later this aft. I saw an Ermine(Short Tailed Weasle) on my back deck. Raptor |
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05 Nov 05 - 05:47 PM (#1598300) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: greg stephens Blue tit at the peanuts. |
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05 Nov 05 - 05:50 PM (#1598303) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace Bear two days ago. |
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05 Nov 05 - 06:40 PM (#1598341) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: bobad Great flocks of Canada geese heading south for the winter....smart birds. |
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05 Nov 05 - 07:59 PM (#1598398) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: leftydee Hen Baldpate on Lake St Clair (Detroit) this AM. Several small flocks of Buffleheads and Ruddy Ducks. The migrants are late, still haven't seen any Canvasbacks this year. |
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05 Nov 05 - 07:59 PM (#1598399) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Joybell Millions of Caper White Butterflies in Western Victoria, Australia. They migrate South, from the interior, in Spring hoping to find their caterpiller foodplant that has never grown here. Lovely creatures. Cheers, Joy |
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05 Nov 05 - 08:02 PM (#1598401) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: MickyMan A Fisher here in the CT suburbs on Columbus Day Weekend ... at night of course. |
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05 Nov 05 - 08:17 PM (#1598407) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Mooh Redtail hawks, one roadkill (they're usually good at avoiding vehicles), the other cruising low over a pasture along highway eight west (Ontario) this morning. At Canadian Thanksgiving my youngest and I stood and watched a bald eagle circle over the west side of Sky Lake (Bruce County) for several minutes. Turkey vultures near Benmiller (Huron County) this week. Rainbow trout in Colpoy's Creek (Bruce County) last weekend. Rosie The Wonder Dog at my feet right now. Peace, Mooh. |
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05 Nov 05 - 08:27 PM (#1598417) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: kendall A flock of 6 wild turkeys on my back lawn |
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05 Nov 05 - 10:02 PM (#1598447) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Beer Red Wings flying but going no where. Coyoties 3-1 Beer Oh! Lots of mallards, common and hooded merganser's getting ready to depart. |
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05 Nov 05 - 10:04 PM (#1598449) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: wysiwyg Least Weasel, over the summer, DOA via cat. ~S~ |
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05 Nov 05 - 10:52 PM (#1598464) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: GUEST,Ingrid Frances Stark Great Blue Heron, Little Green Heron, wild mink, Belted Kingfishers, at various times throughout the summer on the creek out front. Red fox in a back yard on Madison's west side last week. Ingrid |
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06 Nov 05 - 04:01 AM (#1598510) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: open mike the cat(s) brought in a flying squirrel i would much rather have seen it alive!@! |
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06 Nov 05 - 02:42 PM (#1598777) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Hand-Pulled Boy Spider in the bath. |
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06 Nov 05 - 02:46 PM (#1598782) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace Saw a beautiful henway today. |
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06 Nov 05 - 02:53 PM (#1598786) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Don Firth Squirrels 'til hell won't have it. I live a few blocks from a fairly sizable park. Yeah, spider crawling across the kitchen ceiling here. Bottle of Wild Turkey in the cupboard. Don Firth |
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06 Nov 05 - 03:02 PM (#1598792) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Mooh Peace...Geez, that brought back memories! Mooh. |
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06 Nov 05 - 03:18 PM (#1598803) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: ard mhacha Winter visitors,Colourful Shovelers arrived on the Lough to join the wide variety of other feathered friends, and I look forward to my favourites the Swallows and Swifts, that will have to wait until early April, no harm in wishing away the winter. |
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06 Nov 05 - 03:28 PM (#1598814) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: ranger1 Cardinal, mourning dove, junco, chickadees and eurasian house sparrows at the feeder today. Four loons at Willard Beach last weekend, only about 25 feet off shore. |
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06 Nov 05 - 03:44 PM (#1598826) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace "Geez, that brought back memories! Mooh." LOL |
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06 Nov 05 - 05:57 PM (#1598880) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: GUEST,UK Gardener A three inch long pink, hairy caterpillar crawling out of the top of my pyjama bottoms. I kid you not. I only felt the tickling when it reached the wiast of my pj's, because I pulled out the waist to investigate and there it was. Which meant it had crawled up my entire leg first to get there. Have googled images of pink hairy caterpillars and not found the little critter. Sorry to say to all insect lovers, that in shock I flicked it to the floor and smashed it to bits with the side of a flip flop. |
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06 Nov 05 - 06:04 PM (#1598886) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: jimmyt Peace, I also spotted a henweigh along with a piecost this morning at the edge of the clearing. |
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06 Nov 05 - 06:41 PM (#1598899) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Joybell Little Swamp Wallaby with Joey in native raspberries up the road a bit. 3 kinds of honey-eaters, including fledglings, in our bottle-brushes. Nankeen Kestrels courting overhead. Magpie youngsters tormenting parents for hand-outs. Brush-tailed Possum, outside the window at night, with back-riding golden baby. I love this thread. Thank you Raptor. Cheers, Joy |
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06 Nov 05 - 06:49 PM (#1598902) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: bobad Joybell From the sounds of it you are full in the throes of spring, a wonderful and joyous time. We here in Canada are entering the dark and cold days of autumn which will lead into the frigid bleakness of winter, alas. |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:02 PM (#1598909) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Micca Ranger1 it is wicked to mock the deprived!!!! |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:12 PM (#1598920) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Sorcha Here...couple white tail deer, LOTS of pronghorn, road kill of all sorts, mostly rabbits, eagles, crows, red tail hawks. |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:20 PM (#1598923) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: MaineDog Most recent sighting: cow moose and 3 calves obstructing the highway in interior southern Maine. More frequently: Blue herons, seals, ospreys, and eagles! (The crows make a great racket when the eagle approaches.) MD |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:22 PM (#1598926) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace "We here in Canada are entering the dark and cold days of autumn which will lead into the frigid bleakness of winter, alas." Thanks for cheering me up, bobad. |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:41 PM (#1598940) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: artbrooks Sandhill cranes stopping for a break on their trip South. The usual roadrunners playing silly buggers all over the place. |
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06 Nov 05 - 08:09 PM (#1598957) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Alice Wolves seen by a friend in the foothills at the edge of town (her back yard). Moving up from Yellowstone probably. |
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06 Nov 05 - 08:14 PM (#1598960) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: bobad Alice Were'nt those wolves introduced into Yellowstone from Canada? Maybe they're heading back home. |
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06 Nov 05 - 08:41 PM (#1598973) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: JennyO Wagtail looking for pickings in the lawn after we mowed it. Magpies noisy in the morning. Currawongs noisy in the afternoon. A Coel calling in the middle of the night. Lots and lots of spider webs - some full of baby spiders. A wasp flew in a narrow opening at the bottom of the bathroom window, then couldn't find it's way out, so I had to sit on the toilet with it buzzing near me, till I could take action to remove it. I did try to encourage it to find a way out, but it didn't want to know. So I reluctantly had to resort to fly spray in the end. |
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06 Nov 05 - 08:43 PM (#1598976) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace Vespidae--a whole family of nasty little bastards without whom we could not live but with whom we cannot live. |
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06 Nov 05 - 08:46 PM (#1598977) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: JennyO True unfortunately, Bruce. They may not mean me any harm, but I don't intend sticking around long enough to find out. |
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06 Nov 05 - 09:04 PM (#1598985) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace I had a run-in with a nest one time. Got stung a number of times--as did my grandfather and dog. I know all God's creatures have a right to live. That particular group of God's little creatures were wiped out that evening. They went to their great reward in the sky. I do not go outta my way to harm insects or animals. But sting me or snap at me and that's it. I am like that with spiders, mosquitoes, dogs and cats, also. Besides, wasps outta be livin' outside in the fresh air, not in your walls. IMO, of course. |
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06 Nov 05 - 09:38 PM (#1599001) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: JennyO My ex-husband would give wasps a very wide berth since he had had an anaphylactic reaction to a wasp sting when he was a child. If he saw one close, he would literally run! So why did a family of mud-dauber wasps choose OUR walls to build their nests? I'm the same with wildlife that attacks me - quite happy to slap a mosquito or do away with aggressive jumping ants that have got me a few times! With other critters, I try to relocate them from the house if it's at all possible, or just keep away from them if they're outside. F'rinstance, I've seen redback spiders in my garden, but I think we can happily coexist. They tend to run away and hide, so I am just careful where I put my hands, and wear gloves when I'm gardening. |
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06 Nov 05 - 09:49 PM (#1599009) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace I go outta my way to relocate Daddy-long-legs, spiders, most anything. However, when the spiders in the place started to show up ten to fifteen times everyday, and I'd been bitten a number of times, I turned for advice to my trusted friend, Mr Raid. (Canada generally has no spiders that are poisonous. I understand that Australia has a gang of them.) Anyway, I pushed his button for about six weeks every five days or so and now the spiders are gone. (I would spray in the morning before I left for twelve hours, return and open the windows and leave for another four or so hours.) As to allergic reactions: they are BAD. Big-time bad. I know you likely don't need the advice, but if you have any friends who react violently to vespidae stings, there are epipens available from druggists via a doctor's prescription. They are a life-saving necessity for some folks. Simple jab to the thigh--through the pants or dress--and the allergic reaction gets held up enough to save a person's life. |
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06 Nov 05 - 11:06 PM (#1599046) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: open mike epi pen kits (epinepherine) come with anti-histimine tablets or pills too--best to keep some benedryl on hand is susceptible to such things. |
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06 Nov 05 - 11:13 PM (#1599049) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Peace Good add-on open mike. Glad one of us is thinkin'. |
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07 Nov 05 - 02:39 AM (#1599108) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Kaleea Termites on my 3rd floor balcony door! (sliding glass door) Dozens of 'em. Then a few ants decided to wander about into the living room & onto a couple of the baby's toys. Sorry critter lovers, but I squished them & called the landlord about the termites. Then I saw lots of wildlife while coming & going from the laundry room today, they were quite excited, jumping up & down hooting & hollaring at football players on the television. They were 2 legged critters in an apartment below. |
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07 Nov 05 - 08:11 AM (#1599251) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: gnu I was on a nature observation outing from Thursday to Saturday and saw a slew of black bear, Virginia white-tailed deer (including a "grampa" close to three hundred pounds), moose, coyotes, partridge, hawks, owls, eagles, etcetera, BUT, at about twenty minutes before sunrise one morning, I saw a marten that I thought was a cross fox until it ran for cover with a loping gait. I swear it was at least two feet from nose to arse. It was in winter colour but I couldn't see the chest. I told some neighbours about it and an old fellah said he would have to see it to belive it - a polite way of saying I was exagerating which, of course, is polite for "bullshitting". Can't say as I blame him because I wouldn't believe me either if I hadn't seen it. For those who don't know how "tall" this tale is, a big Pine Marten would tip the scales at 3 or 4 pounds whereas this one had to be over 10 pounds. Not only that, but when I told the old fellah he was eating the last of some moose carrion, the old fellah said, "Yup, it would take a good sized Marten to bring down a moose.", referring to the fact that Martens do not ususally eat carrion. Very polite fellah. |
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07 Nov 05 - 09:49 AM (#1599320) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: ranger1 Are you sure it wasn't a fisher, Gnu? Size sounds right for one and they aren't too fussy about what they eat. |
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07 Nov 05 - 10:47 AM (#1599348) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Charmion Great blue heron fishing for frogs under the Cummings Bridge in downtown Ottawa. |
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07 Nov 05 - 11:32 AM (#1599363) Subject: Lyr Add: ALL THINGS DULL AND UGLY (Eric Idle) From: Micca Especially for Peace and JennyO, and Ranger1 All Things Dull and Ugly From Monty Python sings Tune all things bright and Beautiful All things dull and ugly, All creatures short and squat, All things rude and nasty, The Lord God made the lot. Each little snake that poisons, Each little wasp that stings, He made their brutish venom, He gave the bastards wings. All things sick and cancerous, All evil great and small, All things foul and dangerous, The Lord God made them all. Each nasty little hornet, Each beastly little squid, Who made the spiky urchin? Who made the sharks? He did! All things scabbed and ulcerous, All pox both great and small, Putrid, foul and gangrenous, The Lord God made them all. |
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07 Nov 05 - 11:45 AM (#1599365) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: gnu ranger1... doesn't a fisher usually have whitish coloured fur on the insides and backs of the thighs? Would it be dark brown and have a really bushy tail about a foot long, maybe a bit more? |
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07 Nov 05 - 03:21 PM (#1599479) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: LilyFestre Most recently I have seen several flocks of turkeys, rabbits, possums, dozens of white-tailed deer (4 in my front yard on Wednesday...approximately 60 feet from the house eating from the apple tree), a baby coyote and a flock of turkey buzzards. I have only ever seen turkey buzzards in groups of two or three but the other day I stopped to take a photo of one sitting on a stump in a swamp when it flew into a tree. I noticed there were several in the tree....and then on the other size of the pond, sitting in evergreen trees, were many more. They started flying and swooping in groups....it was almost eerie. I video taped some of it....strange...very strange. Michelle |
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07 Nov 05 - 03:29 PM (#1599485) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: kendall Our turkeys now number 8 |
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07 Nov 05 - 03:32 PM (#1599488) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: WFDU - Ron Olesko We live on a pond and see all kinds of wildlife on a daily basis. Most common are the ducks and geese of course (damn Canadian geese!). There are some magnificent blue heron that visit. The other day we had a baby snapping turtle on the front walk. We often see racoon, possum and skunks. About a year ago we had a wild turkey make a home in next door woods. |
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07 Nov 05 - 03:47 PM (#1599494) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: bobad gnu The fishers we have in our area are the size you describe and are uniformally a dark charcoally colour with a distinctive large bushy tail. They are, as is the marten, a member of the weasel family. |
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07 Nov 05 - 04:35 PM (#1599511) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: sapper82 Nuthatch up the road and Kingfishers are not rare round here! |
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07 Nov 05 - 04:48 PM (#1599513) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: gnu Okay then... wait until I tell that old lad that I saw a Fisher!! He's gonna get twice as polite. I thought it might be a Fisher, but, again, no light coloured fur in the arse end. If only I could have seen the chest and throat, I would know for sure. |
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07 Nov 05 - 06:04 PM (#1599543) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: Joybell Yes, bobad Spring in Aus. It's a fun time. Great to hear all of these stories about other seasons too. Shining Bronze Cuckoo calling from a tree. She's got her eye on the little woven-bag nest of the tiniest birds we have - Brown Thornbills. She's going to saddle them with her great big fat egg that will hatch into a great big fat baby Cuckoo. They'll spend all Summer trying to keep it fed. Why doesn't she pick on a starling nest or something. Driveway covered with gold. The Black Wattle has been sheding. Two Lesser Long-eared bats flying around our heads in the bedroom last night. Cheers, Joy |
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08 Nov 05 - 06:48 AM (#1599900) Subject: RE: BS: Wildlife sightings From: JennyO LOL, Micca! I love that Monty Python song! We've had quite a bit of rain lately, along with some very hot humid weather. The garden loves it, and so do the frogs. Tonight we were sitting outside with a cup of tea - it was just getting dark, and there was a chorus of frogs in stereo. In every corner of the garden was a different set of frogs chirping and croaking their little hearts out. If you stood in the middle, you could hear them on all sides. They make a lot of noise for such little people! Jenny |