Parrot must taste like chicken to a bobcat.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Parrot must taste like chicken to a bobcat.
Cool. I've heard big cats in this area (right in the middle of Missouri), but have not seen one...
I prefer bobcats to the mountain lions we see in CA!
I’m not fond of rattlesnakes in the rocks on trails.
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Rattlesnakes and mountain lions win the Get Off My Lawn award.
bears too
bears too
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Don't miss bobcats. Or diamondbacks. Or mountain lions. Or coyotes. And especially not javelinas!
When I lived down in the valley (north Scottsdale), I had to go out first and check the roof for a bobcat, before I let me dogs out.
Cute, but deadly!
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I only came face-to-face with one mountain lion. Early morning. First hole. Playing alone. Hit my tee shot down the right side of the fairway. As I was driving the cart down the path, a rabbit shot out of the desert and ran across the fairway. Followed by a mountain lion. When it saw me, it stopped and looked. Then looked after the rabbit. Then looked back at me. Then looked back at the rabbit. Then it hunched its shoulders, and sauntered back into the desert...where many more rabbits were waiting!
Exciting way to start the round, for sure! Still managed a par on the hole, shaking hands notwithstanding!
Exciting way to start the round, for sure! Still managed a par on the hole, shaking hands notwithstanding!
Over the past month or so, in the midst of suburbia, mind you, I have had stags come to feast at the bird feeder. Two of them in broad daylight. A four-pointer and an eight-pointer came during the afternoon. The next-door neighbors sent a photo they took shortly after 7:00 p.m. of a 14-pointer lying on our front lawn next to a young maple tree (on which I had previously noted had scrape marks to the bark). Mrs. Tango got photos of the other two. With the eight-pointer she took a few shots through the window and then opened the front door to get a few more, at which point the thing turned its head to look at her. She asked it, "Well, are you just going to stand there, or should you be running away?" It turned unconcernedly and walked off between the houses. All three deer look well-nourished and healthy, but I think I'm going to have to take in the feeders for a couple of weeks, unfortunately, because they and the ones I don't see are cleaning them out at night.
A Rickenbacker with a few modifications. There was a time when instruments were not held in such high esteem as they are today. People wouldn’t think twice about making it what we called a “player”, modded to suit their needs. I was looking at my instruments this morning and realized, they’ve all been modded.
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I remembered this thread and thought I would pop in for some adulting type humor with less grumpy young-uns.
Speaking of Bobcats, many years ago,my wife and I hand raised one that had been abandoned by its mother. The goal was for him to become an education animal for the San Francisco Zoo (which he did for almost 20 years). My wife was a zoo keeper and then curator until she retired.
We knew that the "kitty" was ready to transition out of our house when we woke up during the night to find kitty in bed with us, kneading with "man paws" about 2" across. He was about 2-1/2 months or so by that time. He climbed out of his pen, which was an unloaded Meyer 118 sub cabinet minus any damping material and lined with hospital pads.
Not an animal suitable as a pet, no matter what anybody says. The wild instincts run deep and are virtually impossible to change.
Speaking of Bobcats, many years ago,my wife and I hand raised one that had been abandoned by its mother. The goal was for him to become an education animal for the San Francisco Zoo (which he did for almost 20 years). My wife was a zoo keeper and then curator until she retired.
We knew that the "kitty" was ready to transition out of our house when we woke up during the night to find kitty in bed with us, kneading with "man paws" about 2" across. He was about 2-1/2 months or so by that time. He climbed out of his pen, which was an unloaded Meyer 118 sub cabinet minus any damping material and lined with hospital pads.
Not an animal suitable as a pet, no matter what anybody says. The wild instincts run deep and are virtually impossible to change.
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The woods begin about 20 meters up a steep hill beyond the window behind this computer screen. Seldom any idea what I'll see when a movement catches my eye and I look up from either my desk or my bass. Watched a fox family grow up this spring and summer.
According to Darryl Parks, the former station manager of WLW, the number one rule in life is, “Never own a pet that can eat you!”
We seldom have bucks in the yard, but the moms and fawns are so casual about us it's silly. I could go hunting with a brick if so inclined.
And as for the turkeys...
I shot this without zoom from my front porch.
We get a lot of raptors here as well.
This young Cooper's hawk was perched 12 feet from the front steps.
Ok, that does it, my wife's cat has got to go...
I recall an article saying that urban red foxes have diverged from their country counterparts. Brain size is smaller and their snout shape helps them to forage for food in the city environment. They are on a fast track to domestication. There are YT channels where people keep foxes as pets in their homes. There are many challenges in doing this. Even when raised from babies, they have a wild streak in them that comes out at times.
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