We count on them here to control the rodent population. 
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This is Florida green anole, the only anole species native to the state… we’ve got them everywhere. This one was in my grapefruit tree.
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Those are the primary raptor around here
They can take squirrels - I wish they’d work on that more
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The smaller raptors – Cooper’s, Sharp-shinned, Merlins, Kestrels – are more adept at catching squirrels.
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Here’s a visitor which rarely shows his face in the open. I hear them often but they’re always hidden in dense shrubbery.
Northern Mockingbird.
Dax
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I call them nature’s garbagemen…There was a entire committee (it’s what a group of vultures hanging around are called, had to look that one up) feasting on a dead raccoon just down the street. These were some huge birds.
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One raccoon won’t go too far in that crowd
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no it won’t…I need go see what’s left…probably not much…
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Probably just bones. We have sooooooo many vultures here nothing lasts but a day or so. I call it the Florida State Bird…I’ve been up and very close to these guys. They are even bigger in close proximity to them. Just huge! You are in Jax. aren’t you?
Well it looks like the only thing left is the fur and bones…pretty amazing how quickly they cleaned it up…yeah I’m over in Jax.
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They come here in early spring and leave in the fall. You can tell as soon as they leave, the road kill lasts longer.
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Wow Vincent you received alot. We had more of a dusting that didn’t stay long. What a nice treat for the holidays.
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Cold winter good for fruit tree in next coming season as well Quill.
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Great pics, Richard
Vincent,
That staked tree to the left has a tie on it that’s constricting your tree.
Dax
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Sharp eyes, Dax!
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