Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Burd]

Update on orphan Annie the squirrel she's doing good.

 

[addy1]

I love watching the squirrels, we have a feeder on our deck, drives our pup crazy when they are up there eating the nuts we give them.

 

[Gemma]

I feed everything that finds my yard! ...and I love reading about others doing the same!
@Burd thanks for posting on here, I love to follow your passion towards your animal friends!

 

[j.w]

That squirrel is so cute and thank you for helping him/her @Burd

 

[Burd]

Here’s my new feeder I made, I’ll have my siding guy break some gray alum for around the roof and for in the pole to keep the squirrels off.

 

[Burd]

Here’s my Squirrel feeder. Sides are 1” thick plexi , frontbpc is 1/8” plexi. It keeps chewing to a min. The front pc you keep lower so their hands don’t get pinched by the lid when it slams. We had a Light dusting of snow last night, the feeders are a busy place.

 

[Gemma]

@Burd As I read your post I can't help but thinking it's the squirrel talking

 

[Burd]

Open 24 hours, lol

 

[Gemma]

I feed the wildlife about 25 yards away from the house cause I love animals but I'm very much afraid of them coming too close

 

[addy1]

The opossums visit here almost every night, they snack on the dead bees laying around the hives. Now that all the drones have been drug out they have some nice big ones to eat.

 

[Burd]

They also eat ticks in the grass, the raccoon doesn't run if I open the door anymore, I threw him a sandwich, he took it and ran off. Lol. I threw the opossum some sushi we brought home, he loved it. Lol.

 

[Burd]

I hope I can still get my new bird feeder in this fall, alum trim done, just need to sink a post and put shakes on the roof.

 

[JamieB]

This is a perfect thread for me today! Found some tracks, no clue what kind. I thought it was a bird, but looks to have 2 spurs? Any clue? It’s in west Oklahoma about an hour north of Guthrie. The print was about an inch square. What I could see of the prints crossing the road, each step had 3 toes and two spurs, no tail marks to see, just the prints.

 

[addy1]

No clue, with the spurs I would think one of those big birds.

 

[Burd]

I got the post in the other day, shakes on, I'll install it today. Opening day on the feeder tomorrow. Lol.
I need to find a large baffle fir the post, I'll try wild birds unlimited. I saw a big one on Amazon. I had my siding guy bend me a cover for the post by the baffle from alum coil, it will double as a deterrent to climb post. Feeder is gray/white to match house. Lol
I need a woodpecker station, I have 3 diff kinds of woodpeckers here.