Wildlife & Related

That's pretty incredible. Thanks.

Best picture I could get from a window of the house. 2 mamas and a bunch of little baby ducklets.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psbfpmbkct.jpg

There is so much activity on the creek but it's really difficult to get down there and by the time I do, all the critters are long gone. And it can't be seen from the lower, closer part of our property due to the trees. I need to build a blind down there.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

Best picture I could get from a window of the house. 2 mamas and a bunch of little baby ducklets.

There is so much activity on the creek but it's really difficult to get down there and by the time I do, all the critters are long gone. And it can't be seen from the lower, closer part of our property due to the trees. I need to build a blind down there.

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Nice, young of the year already. I watched a pair of mallards foraging on the river in front of the house last week. We often see them fly up the river corridor but seldom see them stop to feed. The water's a little fast here.

I wonder if you couldn't cut a switchback trail down to the creek? Or carefully prune branches and other vegetation to get more view of the water?

Anyone who lives near water is fortunate because of the wildlife it attracts. Down the canyon yesterday I got views of deer wading the stream, and of a bighorn ram going down to the water.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psybp0u6hj.jpg


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psljqjahjw.jpg

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Originally Posted by Hummer

Nice, young of the year already. I watched a pair of mallards foraging on the river in front of the house last week. We often see them fly up the river corridor but seldom see them stop to feed. The water's a little fast here.

I wonder if you couldn't cut a switchback trail down to the creek? Or carefully prune branches and other vegetation to get more view of the water?

Anyone who lives near water is fortunate because of the wildlife it attracts. Down the canyon yesterday I got views of deer wading the stream, and of a bighorn ram going down to the water.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psybp0u6hj.jpg


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psljqjahjw.jpg

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It looks like you live in heaven Hummer.

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Originally Posted by Hummer

I wonder if you couldn't cut a switchback trail down to the creek? Or carefully prune branches and other vegetation to get more view of the water?

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There is a trail down to the creek. But it's a lot of ground to cover and whatever's down there is long gone before I get there. I've thought about removing some of the trees/vegetation, too. But to do so near a portion of the creek that would make it visible from the house would require clearing the side of a near vertical 30' high embankment covered in loose rock. And I don't heal after falls nearly as fast as I did when I was young. :) Springtime is like living in the Amazon here. I've never seen stuff grow so fast.

I'm gonna have to figure out another plan.

DRONE

First time we've been able to spot an owl this year. We hear them all the time but haven't seen one til this evening. The closer I got the more unfriendly his gaze became. I didn't really feel like getting my ass kicked by a GHO so I got my pics and left him alone.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psq3klb4jc.jpg

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...psbq5d27rc.jpg

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps6wpqcvbu.jpg

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...pswruttozn.jpg

Earlier today I came upon a cow moose and her little one trottin' down the road. Mom is on the right.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/t...pslpt29olp.jpg

Great pic of the owl!