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AuntPeggy

AuntPeggy

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This morning as the snow fell, we watched a sparrow hopping around on the driveway beneath the old Ford, keeping dry. This afternoon we gazed up the hill to spot a coyote. She seemed to notice us looking through the window at her, but did not care. She looked just like the one in this photo. It is nice to know that wildlife is doing ok in the neighborhood.

http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/coyotes-the-wild-becomes-urban/
 
We have about 22" of snow on the ground and temps below zero. I've really noticed the wildlife struggling to find food. After 2 weeks of snow on the ground is it getting harder and harder for animals to find food, and they are getting hungry. I was flying today and the number of deer, turkey, and pheasant in the open feeding was pretty amazing. Deer herds of 200 or more in a 100 acre area.

A good time to put some food out if you live in the country.
 
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AuntPeggy said:
This morning as the snow fell, we watched a sparrow hopping around on the driveway beneath the old Ford, keeping dry. This afternoon we gazed up the hill to spot a coyote. She seemed to notice us looking through the window at her, but did not care. She looked just like the one in this photo. It is nice to know that wildlife is doing ok in the neighborhood.
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Set her out dog dish of kibble, she be around to keep the rodent population down.
 
Geico266 said:
We have about 22" of snow on the ground and temps below zero. I've really noticed the wildlife struggling to find food. After 2 weeks of snow on the ground is it getting harder and harder for animals to find food, and they are getting hungry. I was flying today and the number of deer, turkey, and pheasant in the open feeding was pretty amazing. Deer herds of 200 or more in a 100 acre area.

A good time to put some food out if you live in the country.
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Sounds like there's already a bunch of food out in the country!
 
In this very urban/suburban area 30 miles from Manhattan, we have seen, smelled or heard black squirrels, doves, skunks, owls, raccoons, deer and now the coyote. She had such a beautifully well-groomed coat, it was hard to believe at first that she wasn't someone's dog. But she wasn't wearing a collar and matches the photo exactly.

Since there are so many around, I'd expect the 'coons to get kibble long before the coyote. On the other hand, she looks well-fed.
 
We had a visitor this morning that showed up on the top of my bird feeder. It's kind of hard to see as my camera doesn't have enough zoom to get in close.
 

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'Had a bald eagle fly over the yard again this morning, and have seen deer tracks in the snow but haven't seen the lawn rats themselves this season. Any coyote that wanders this away will be DRT it lingers long enough for me to get to the closet. I have two friends who've lost pet dogs to them.
 
RickH said:
'Had a bald eagle fly over the yard again this morning, and have seen deer tracks in the snow but haven't seen the lawn rats themselves this season. Any coyote that wanders this away will be DRT it lingers long enough for me to get to the closet. I have two friends who've lost pet dogs to them.
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...and cats.

A couple of years ago a pack of coyotes attacked a fawn in the ravine near our house. I heard bleating (this was at night) like a dying rabbit. Went out and checked the next morning -- there was nothing left but small tufts of deer hair -- looked like someone stuffed a grenade in the carcass.

Every so often the horses would be all worked up -- the Coyotes knew better that to mess with horses.
 
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