Wildlife in our gardens

Reg · September 15, 2019, 7:38pm

American Ladies going into chrysalis.

Naeem · September 16, 2019, 1:07am

PharmerDrewee · September 16, 2019, 1:11am

Katie_didnt_Z4b · September 16, 2019, 1:43am

Is that seriously the name for this butterfly?

TJ_westPA · September 16, 2019, 2:23am

Unfortunately, it is. I always sigh when saying it out loud because of how dumb it sounds and I usually have to explain to people that that’s the actual name.

Richard · September 18, 2019, 5:32am

californicus · September 18, 2019, 7:05am

I’m not good at identifying birds but I think that’s a falcon with its prey, likely a sparrow

NuttingBumpus · September 26, 2019, 9:41pm

More likely immature Cooper’s hawk.

thecityman · October 1, 2019, 3:58am

WE all know that squirrels are public enemy # 1 when it comes to fruit growers, and I’ve dispatched many myself and generally don’t have any more love for them than the rest of you do. I get it. That being said, if you’ve been here long at all then you know I have a soft spot for helping all animals…I’ve posted photos of my opposums, cottontail rabbit (another garden enemy I took pity on), raccoon, and and now this! All I can say is forgive me. But I just couldn’t let this little guy die. I found him after a big storm about a week ago and he was under a giant oak in my yard which has a squirrel nest in it, so I’m fairly sure he blew out of the tree. What is strange is that he did not have any fear at all of me- and he had hair and was large enough he could have been scared. I’ve seen other squirrels this size be scared of people and run/climb away. This little guy just let me pet him. He didn’t like being picked up- he squealed and bit the #^$& out of me- but I didn’t blame him. Within a few minutes he calmed down and ever since I’ve been handling him with no problems. Anyway, there is the story, here are the photos:

Reg · October 1, 2019, 4:10am

Cute
I cant let helpless things die either
Sweet of u

moose71 · October 1, 2019, 1:02pm

cute lil’ bugger! as much as we dislike them, they’re only doing what squirrels do. looks big enough to eat solids. my father had a red squirrel as a pet growing up. he lived 5 yrs. he built a cage for him to keep him from tearing up the house. he taught him all sorts of tricks. dad would throw a tennis ball, and Red would roll it back. would do this for hours.