If anyone is interested in squrells and how hard it is to stop them, the BBC put out a documentary entitled "Daylight Robbery". I assume that it is on Youtube. There was actually two documentaries. I preferred the first.

It is a very enjoyable film to watch about how clever squrells can be when motivated by food. :yeah:

They are quite clever and relentless. We know we will not beat them. Shoot one and five more come behind it. So, we are working on working with them. It has become challenge but we are winning. There is now a tray on the ground with squirrel food. The feeders moved to a place that is less tempting for them to try the strafing run. The poles with baffles. They get frustrated and eat what seeds are thrown to the ground by the birds. The soon take the path of least resistance and go to the squirrel feed on the ground. At least today they started using it.

Nice wildlife pics everyone!:up: I've got a few bird pics from my new home in PA.

Tom Turkeys:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psd3c0b7b8.jpg

Scarlet Tanager:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0bc7998e.jpg

Northern Flicker:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psac27eeb1.jpg

Dark-Eyed Junco:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...093aa1e1-1.jpg

The only place I have seen wild turkey is PA. Strange but beautiful bird.

I've seen a lot of them whilst living in NJ too. I also saw a lot of these bad boys in Jersey::o
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psc4e742cd.jpg

Cool shots everyone :cool:

Yes, very nice. I've noticed quite a few birdies flapping around the patio here and wonder if it would be worthwhile putting out some kind of feeder eventually.

Naturally there are squirrels too but I enjoy watching them more than the birds so I wouldn't mind if they stole a snack or two or three or, more likely, all of them.

Also it would probably provide a view of interest for whatever kitties I get, who will certainly be housebound except for trips out to the vet as needed.

OTOH I start thinking that attracting birds to the patio would just result in them leaving little "presents" everywhere for me to scrub off the brick, so maybe not a great idea. :haha:

Incidentally I had quite a laugh when Oberon posted his pictures earlier, the first one didn't load for a long time so I ended up sitting there looking at the word "Magpie" with what was clearly a picture of a toad underneath. Started to get a little worried for the state of boy's education and/or eyesight until the full post loaded. :O:

Well, I love taking photos and viewing photos of nature & wildlife. These are some more photos I've taken over the years. The only recent one here is the photo of the Luna Moth taken from the side of my garage.

Luna Moth:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2b2598b4.jpg

Great Blue Heron:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psb74c86cb.jpg

Great Egret:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps30c3ebf6.jpg

White Tailed Buck:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0d4cbfe9.jpg

White Tailed "Bambi":
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps61fa4b10.jpg

:up:

My first thought when I saw this was, "Ooooh! Invisibility potions!"

I can't decide whether that's awesome, or incredibly sad. :O:

A magpie eating some remains which a fox had left behind. Saw the fox eating something the night before.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9785/4zyz.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6220/rvpw.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4069/bw4h.jpg

I wish our fox would eat the squirrels. :D

We had a whole family of foxes for a short while, cubs and all. Was quite nice to watch them play, but sadly around here foxes tend to meet the business end of a twelve bore more often than not, so they don't hang around in an area for long.

I've seen a lot of wildlife in spite of living in the middle of urban Florida so here's a few of what I've got on film, most of these where taken from my porch.
Cardinals:
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/2161/73z4.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img138/7516/ae7l.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img194/3801/0flb.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img842/5682/dd84.jpg
Blue jay:
http://imageshack.us/a/img708/9062/yg9m.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img29/3181/nr0s.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img202/386/fap3.jpg
The Doves:
http://imageshack.us/a/img844/8175/kxu9.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img802/4465/8gb2.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/3889/7r9t.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img821/1036/qju7.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/8308/tnbp.jpg

That moth is actually quite large; almost the size of my hand. Another interesting thing is that they only live for about 2 weeks in the "moth" stage. During this time they eat nothing (they have no mouth) and they only live to mate. Though I've seen them around from time to time, they are rather rare, especially to be able to get a photo of.:03:
Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on the "Invisibility Potion" reference.:doh:

@Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg:
Nice pics.:up: I see you have Blue-Jays and Cardinals in FA too. The doves look like a genus of Morning Dove.
Is that an Anole Lizard?

I didn't know they even existed as a real thing... :88)

...however I am very familiar with their fantasy alchemical properties. :O:

:haha: Ahhhh, OK, now I'm in the loop.

Thanks:salute:. Yes the Blue Jay and Cardinals have been down here for the past few months now or rather when I've seen them, in fact the Cardinals have a nest somewhere nearby and they have a little one (3rd photo) which I believe to be a baby male. I must admit though the Cardinals are difficult to get photos of, as their very easily frightened. The Blue Jay doesn't come around a lot but at least it will sit still long enough for me to get a photo or five. As for the doves it seems that they are the Eurasian Collared Dove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Collared_Dove, which are remarkably tame birds.

Ahhh, very nice. They look similar to our Mourning Doves, except for the collar.:yep:
We have some small lizards here in PA, though not nearly as big as the FA ones. I've got family in FA and have seen those lizards.:o

PA Newt:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps56e58676.jpg

Sharp Shinned Hawk: (NJ Pic)
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...pse89fc8e8.jpg

These are from my old house in New Jersey.
White-throated Sparrow (center), w/2 House Sparrows:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps247830f3.jpg

Male & Female House Finch:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8944b107.jpg

House Wren (very small bird):
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psdd8577aa.jpg

Mocking Bird:
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7a15ed15.jpg

We have wrens as well. Our table umbrella is dark brown. When closed, for some reason, they think it is a tree trunk. They climb all over it. We also have the house finches that you have pictured. Nice shots.

Too bad it was too dark to take a picture of that hedgehog yesterday.
The thing was huge, like a greek phalanx.
Just kidding :O:
It was still a big fat hedgehog