To Thwart the Racoons
I’m hoping this lead weight I just found on walk will thwart the raccoons from lifting and pillaging my feeder!!!



I’m hoping this lead weight I just found on walk will thwart the raccoons from lifting and pillaging my feeder!!!



Sometimes fascinating nature happens right in your backyard!! We came back from a weekend trip yesterday and were unloading the car, going in and out. I stepped into the front room and felt the air conditioner kick on, blowing from the vents, and simultaneously I smelled an awful, putrid, dead animal smell. We searched around…
Hats off to iNat!!! https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_loarie_the_surprising_power_of_your_nature_photos
On return from Davis mnts today I made my regular stop at the pecos river on the outskirts of Iraan (that’s “Ira — Anne”). There I found a Least Flycatcher and a low altitude Uppy flyby. But what really JAZZED ME!! was the apparently healthy population of minnows and I believe Pecos Pupfish (will be…
Non-avian denizens of the deep.
Here’s a few denizens and scenes from the Davis mnts. this week. The warbler was our 70th species for the cabin!
Nice and cool on the Oregon Coast!! Here’s a few birds and sea creatures. I’ll let you gull aficionados give me an ID on these west coast gulls. Hint: 3 species.