Reminds me of Victor Meldrew and his slipper :)

Salty looking character.

He's a great comedy actor that plays the part of a miserable bugga :)

Look up any episode on you tube of 'one foot in the grave' I think you'll like it.

Actually, that photo was taken from my patrol cruiser. We were receiving numerous calls about this bear. He effortlessly hopped that fence, strolled through that property and hopped the fence again on the other side. Not much we could/would do in these situations except track them for as long as possible. They were common where I patrolled.
I used to love the newbies who would move into town from the city. They used to ask: "Aren't you going to dart it and move it to another location?":haha:
My answer was always the same: "This is the mountains and where the bears live. Where would we move it to, the city?"

Maybe dart the city slickers and drop them back off in their previous urban dwellings. :haha:

:har:

So I'm sitting outside looking for the cardinals, and I looked up at the nearby phone pole and I happened to see this!
http://imageshack.us/a/img838/1919/kc37.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img191/244/dnbc.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3056/kqcr.jpg
I think its a Cooper's Hawk as it was the nearest I could find in terms of the beak and colors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hawk What do you think it is?

Might be, but I do know enough about birds to know that when they stand on one foot like that they're healthy.

The Cooper's Hawk and the Sharp Shinned Hawk (adults) are very hard to tell apart. They look almost identical. From a distance, even veteran bird watchers have a hard time distinguishing one from the other.
They also share a similar range.

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psc8e1353f.jpg
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psd790a378.jpg
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psba650a14.jpg

One of the more distinctive features of the Sharp-Shinned Hawk is the squared tail (at left) .vs the more rounded tail of the Cooper's Hawk (at right).

BTW, beautiful, absolutely beautiful close-up pics you took.:up:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/s...wk/lifehistory

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id

These little guys think my umbrella is a tree. They poke between the folds and up under the top.


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps6ffe0190.jpg


And our deer that like to eat my hostas. They think it is a salad or something. The deer get to about 30 feet from our house. We can sit at our dinner table and watch them. Usually show up at dusk and hang around our feeders.


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps4b3676dc.jpg

I say Cooper as well. The tear drop brown in the feathers make me believe it is a Cooper.

Your a lucky sod Chris...wildlife wise :sunny:

It's nice to come home to. I sit on my deck and drink a beer. Watch the critters.

I do the same thing but the critters/neighbours get a little uneasy when I leave my decking lights on at their shower/bath time :)

Well, the binoculars you have my play a part in that. :haha: