Category: Deer and Wildlife
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Lost a baby bluebird, found a hanging pumpkin, beans, geese, deer, fog, family, and Shep’s place
At 15 days old, we clearly see the blue feathers on the baby Bluebirds, but we do see open eyes when we check the nest. However, we only see two birds in the nest. Nature is hard on baby bluebirds, and it is rare that all four eggs laid by a mom make it to…
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Watermelon, pumpkins, flowers, bluebirds, Red Fox, Frog legs, and Evergreen, CO
Amazing what a little water can do! Bruce watered this watermelon and saw a visible difference in size overnight. All of the pumpkins below are the same variety (Dill’s Atlantic giant). They were harvested at different ages. The bright orange (below left weighting 55 pounds) had its leaves eaten by the goats, but was harvested…
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Pumpkin eating goats, flowers, bush beans, baby bluebirds update, Deer and Fires in CO, Cave of the Winds, and family
After dental impressions, we are pretty sure the goats are the culprit in eating the pumpkin leaves and taking a bite out of our pumpkin. Next year, the pumpkins will be planted where the vines do not enter the goat yard. Below: Picture #1 is the pumpkin patch behind the barn. There are little pumpkins…
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Watermelon, Humming birds, Mule deer, Good manners, and a quick lunch recipe
Our biggest watermelon (below) is 6 inches long. It has quit doubling in size, but it is still growing. As promised, we now use a ruler to show the actual size since pictures alone do not tell the true story. We also have a 4 inch melon. Hopefully there are more watermelons to be found.…
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Flying, driving, crawling, swimming, and populating the gardens.
Heddie Logan (HL) is taking Ann Raleigh (AR) to see her doctors in Boston. Looks like AR (below right) has found a bottle meant for older passengers. I am sure HL will retrieve that bottle after this picture! Trip is driving, Kennan is shotgun, and mom has been sent to the backseat. Looks like they…
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Tomatoes, Bobcat, Turkeys, Sunflowers, Watermelons, Corn and St. Barths.
Mark and Paula (Hammond, Louisiana) shared pictures of their cherry tomatoes. Looks like quite a crop. One of our Moultrie cameras captured a picture of a bobcat. We have seen this bobcat in pictures before, but this is the best daytime picture of him that we have. It has been very hot so far this…
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Bluebirds-Just out the shell! Also heron, flowers, herbs, snake, berries, pumpkins.
The bird below is a Little Blue Heron. How can that be, that bird is WHITE?? Well, it is a juvenile or an immature Little Blue Heron. When this bird matures, it will turn blue. These tiny bluebirds (below) hatched this morning. They are still waiting for the 4th egg to open. They look much…
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Fishing, Alligators, Golf Camp, and last day of school in DC
Ferriday, Louisiana pond supplied a bass weighting 3.5 pounds and another (pictured below) weighting 4 pounds in a total of three casts. Then no bites for the rest of the morning. As usual, the alligators were out in full force today. This is the Norwood, Louisiana Pond at sunrise. Golf Camp is in full swing.…
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Bass Fishing, Crawfishing, and of course, Father’s Day
Robby, Craig and Bruce went crawfishing in Louisiana. Well, it looks like Robby went crawfishing and Craig and Bruce watched! The traps were baited yesterday and placed in the crawfish pond. The little boat Robby is pushing has a tray where the crawfish are dumped from the crawfish trap. Do you see the purple sack…
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Pumpkins, Corn, Moles, Flowers, Fishing, and “Can goats learn”
Oh my heavens! Look how fast the pumpkins are growing. They have doubled in size in three days. Since size is hard to determine, I put my fist next to the pumpkins. In the second picture, the pumpkin was the size of a grapefruit (or the same size as the pumpkin in the first picture)…