Back yard critters

Desperate, loud, obnoxious, he’s looking to fight. Sounds like my friends. Move along your not getting lucky in this condo complex buddy.

Ah spring has sprung, it's Invertebrate Humping Day up here!! While replacing snow plowing divots along the side of the driveway I disturbed a pair of earthworms doing the horizontal mambo, but couldn't dig the camera out fast enough. Little suckers shot back down their hole really fast. 1st time I've actually seen them "doing it".

Didn't take me long to disturb another couple in the heat of passion, a pair of beetles and my presence didn't seem to bother them as they kept at it so I snapped the picture below. Something must be in the air today...

On the avian side, no mating was observed, but heard and saw my first ospreys of 2024 today. Always nice to see them return

Humping Beetles...

Ah spring has sprung, it's Invertebrate Humping Day up here!! While replacing snow plowing divots along the side of the driveway I disturbed a pair of earthworms doing the horizontal mambo, but couldn't dig the camera out fast enough. Little suckers shot back down their hole really fast. 1st time I've actually seen them "doing it".

Didn't take me long to disturb another couple in the heat of passion, a pair of beetles and my presence didn't seem to bother them as they kept at it so I snapped the picture below. Something must be in the air today...

On the avian side, no mating was observed, but heard and saw my first ospreys of 2024 today. Always nice to see them return

Humping Beetles...

I killed a mating pair of Lily leaf Beatles today munching on my Lilies.

I killed a mating pair of Lily leaf Beatles today munching on my Lilies.

Were they doing the nasty when you whacked them?

Yes

Were they doing the nasty when you whacked them?

Died

Yes

happy 😆

Yes

you animal.....................
:)

Were they doing the nasty when you whacked them?

Yes

The Invertebrate equivalent of Killing Two Birds With One Whack!!

Sunny Days + Cooler Air Temps = Warm Roads + Dead Red Belly Snakes...

Monk Parakeet in the yard. Sorry for the cr@ppy pic. Cell phone through a car window.

Usually I despise these noisy, destructive, invasive things, but it was eating dandelions.

Now I'm torn. :confused:

I

Monk Parakeet in the yard. Sorry for the cr@ppy pic. Cell phone through a car window.

Usually I despise these noisy, destructive, invasive things, but it was eating dandelions.

Now I'm torn. :confused:

do not like them either, but at least they are useful

I miss Cellie's dead rodent pictures.........................

:(

I miss Cellie's dead rodent pictures.........................

:(

Why they were useless for the thread

Why they were useless for the thread

they were his "critters"............

they were his "critters"............

Yeak OK

like a freakin' menagerie here last few days.............................

Rabbits & their bunnies
Mocking Birds & their chicks
Mourning Doves & their chicks

and lots of Hawks circling overhead.............................
8-)

Two blocks away from the guys house in Jersey I almost hit a black Bear as it ran right in front of my truck, thankfully I wasn’t towing the camper yet or I couldn’t have. Stopped in time

Two blocks away from the guys house in Jersey I almost hit a black Bear as it ran right in front of my truck, thankfully I wasn’t towing the camper yet or I couldn’t have. Stopped in time

Thats prepping you for the Moose lol

Thats prepping you for the Moose lol

So far they are just a fairy tale

Thats prepping you for the Moose lol

So far they are just a fairy tale

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard that the 2 of you, along with another NYA rider, are about to embark on a journey to another New England state with a sizeable moose population.

All three of you better consider meeting a moose on the road and the biggest difference between moose and deer besides size, is that moose's eyes do NOT light up at night in your headlight!!