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We had 5 inches of snow overnight, but decided to brave the high winds and go up to the lake again this morning. Much of the lake was covered in slush and floating ice sheets. We saw three otters catching
and eating fish, and a bald eagle trying to steal fish from them.... The half-acre ice sheet the otters were on was being blown downwind across the lake. It was like right out of Wild America!
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I'm gradually getting some good videos of it all.
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Working on the farm in Palisade for a few days so I put out a hummingbird feeder today and was rewarded with a first-of-season male Black-chinned Hummingbird.
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Our hummers are late this year, still no sign.
This video isn't mine but is worth watching. https://youtu.be/IILPd0btbtU
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Is this an Asian Lady Beetle? It caught my eye today. I heard they bite, but I picked it up anyway. It doesn't really look it in the photos, but I'd say it was 50% larger than the common Lady Bug with which we are familiar. I thought it might be some tree killer or an otherwise invasive species, so I killed it just in case.
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Walking through the forest near the house a while ago I noticed fresh moose tracks. Along the route were fine spatters of diffuse blood, not like from an open wound but more like from maternal bleeding. I followed tracks that went back and forth and found fresh deposits of pellets. Thinking I might spot an animal at 50 feet or 50 yards, I was shocked to find I walked to within 20 feet of a cow laying down and looking right at me. She was on the snow in a cool shady spot. I'm pretty sure she is preparing to give birth. Her ears were lowered but thankfully she didn't move. I took a quick snapshot and carefully backed away.
Best wishes for healthy twins, mama moose!
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Wow! That's just amazing. Good luck to the mama to be.
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Horny toads are out
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