Show your Bugs and Critters

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Beaver damage at buddies house yesterday. Dan

That would be one future DEAD BEAVER for me, especially since it took down an apple tree

Second tree beaver has took down. He also started on a pear tree . Mike virtually has an armory but lives on lake surrounded by neighbors . Bow would be an alternative . Dan

TRAP!!!

[Manixguy@1994]

That is what I would do myself. Conibear would work if have access and not have to worry about injury to kids or pets .

[JSumm]

[Manixguy@1994]

Awesome shot for Halloween ! Dan

[Mad Mac]

For the first time in a long time
there was a heavy thud on my picture window.
An unfortunate Red Napped or Yellow Bellied Sapsucker lay dead.
The link above explains how they were once thought to be a single species
and now there are some hybrids.



One thing interesting about woodpeckers and sapsuckers
is that instead of three toes in front and one in the back
like most birds they have two in front and two in back.
Makes it easier to be upside down and sideways on tree trunks.

[RugerNurse]

Day before thanksgiving this falcon (found out it was a merlin) was injured in our yard. We caught it and took it inside in a box to keep warm. A park ranger from a local state park came up and got it, he rehabilitates raptors. Said its wing was hyperextended and not broken. My middle son who is 5 loves birds, especially hawks/falcons so he was super excited.

[Manixguy@1994]

Day before thanksgiving this falcon (found out it was a merlin) was injured in our yard. We caught it and took it inside in a box to keep warm. A park ranger from a local state park came up and got it, he rehabilitates raptors. Said its wing was hyperextended and not broken. My middle son who is 5 loves birds, especially hawks/falcons so he was super excited.

Love stories like this , nice to see little ones have an interest at a young age . We have Coopers and Sharp Shinned in our backyard hunting small birds . Part of nature . Thanks for sharing.MG2

[Woodpuppy]

^^that’s awesome! Unfortunately our best look at birds comes with dead specimens. Glad the Merlin’s gonna be OK!

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Day before thanksgiving this falcon (found out it was a merlin) was injured in our yard. We caught it and took it inside in a box to keep warm. A park ranger from a local state park came up and got it, he rehabilitates raptors. Said its wing was hyperextended and not broken. My middle son who is 5 loves birds, especially hawks/falcons so he was super excited.

Beautiful bird and glad it’s gonna be ok

[RugerNurse]

Day before thanksgiving this falcon (found out it was a merlin) was injured in our yard. We caught it and took it inside in a box to keep warm. A park ranger from a local state park came up and got it, he rehabilitates raptors. Said its wing was hyperextended and not broken. My middle son who is 5 loves birds, especially hawks/falcons so he was super excited.

Love stories like this , nice to see little ones have an interest at a young age . We have Coopers and Sharp Shinned in our backyard hunting small birds . Part of nature . Thanks for sharing.MG2

My kids 6,5,& 2, all love to be outside and find animals. Proud they don’t know own or even know how to use a smart phone lol

[RugerNurse]

Day before thanksgiving this falcon (found out it was a merlin) was injured in our yard. We caught it and took it inside in a box to keep warm. A park ranger from a local state park came up and got it, he rehabilitates raptors. Said its wing was hyperextended and not broken. My middle son who is 5 loves birds, especially hawks/falcons so he was super excited.

Love stories like this , nice to see little ones have an interest at a young age . We have Coopers and Sharp Shinned in our backyard hunting small birds . Part of nature . Thanks for sharing.MG2

My kids ages 6,5,& 2, all love to be outside and find animals. Proud they don’t know own or even know how to use a smart phone lol

[Mad Mac]

Great Anglewing Katydid

[Manixguy@1994]

Beautiful Mac ! Dan

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Great Anglewing Katydid

Fantastic photo

[Mad Mac]

Thank you.


She is missing one antenna.
Noticed her on my tailgate.
Thought it was a bug holding a leaf at first.
Did not move her or touch her
to set up the shot.

[JSumm]

Saw a few of these in South Carolina. Too many to be a rare albino. Apparently, there is an Eastern Gray Squirrel variant called the Brevard Squirrel that lives around here. Funny stories about their origin from a carnival long ago. Not sure that is true, but they are cool to look at.

[Mad Mac]

That is a treasure.
You are correct.

"There are two basic types of white squirrels: albino and leucistic. Albinos have pink or blue eyes and no dark pigments anywhere on their bodies. Squirrels that have white coats and dark eyes are called leucistic."
Google generative AI

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Merry Christmas from the chickens that are on the roost and not visible

[Manixguy@1994]

Saw a few of these in South Carolina. Too many to be a rare albino. Apparently, there is an Eastern Gray Squirrel variant called the Brevard Squirrel that lives around here. Funny stories about their origin from a carnival long ago. Not sure that is true, but they are cool to look at.

Awesome ! In a small city near me we have in an isolated subdivision with Red Squirrels that are off white with a slight tint of red . I guess a genetic issue from isolation . Dan

[JSumm]

I think that is it Dan. Who knows how many little local genetic deviations there are threw out the country.