Wildlife you have seen in your backyard

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LysaC
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My car was running cruddy about a year ago so brought it to the shop.

The g-dmned chipmunks or squirrels were storing acorns in my engine. They had chewed a perfect circle through the air filter and were loading acorns everywhere.

Now I was driving this car everyday so i don't know when they did this but that kind of damage, it's not covered by warranty :).
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Not my backyard, thank goodness... from a friend of a friend of a friend in Colorado.
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OMG, I can't wait to show that to my son. He is obsessed with mountain lions.

There is someone in Northcentral PA that is seeking information on mountain lion sightings. There are posters hanging at local retaurants with contact information and pictures of mountain lions. Our son is so desperate to see one so I can call this guy and report it.

Mountain lion conspiracy theory is huge in my area of PA.
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My money's on the short-haired cat!
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Love it,
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toni
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Post by toni »

WOW! :shock:

And I freak we get a skunk on the back steps....

Glad that's not just the screen that's dividing them!
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That's a Maine Coon - he is not puffed up, his tail is twitching, and he's standing his ground. Maybe he thinks the big cat is the mother ship... :roll:
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This popped up on the Denver Post this morning:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19138303

I knew that pic was in CO when I saw it, but I didn't think it was Boulder. Although the mountain lion sightings have gone up a little around here in the past few weeks. I wonder how many of them have seen me but I haven't seen them while out hiking :?
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Matt, thanks for posting the link! Think of all the photo opps you may not be seeing! :shock: Take care... hope you are liking CO.

See more pics here... http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacente ... ame%20here
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couple of guests from our walk this weekend. and yes taken from my 5 year old flip phone :cry: (you can guess what the kids have :evil: )

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27134057@N04/6258085617/" title="turkeys on walk two by SHOEMAK38, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/625 ... c2cd_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="turkeys on walk two"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27134057@N04/6258605394/" title="turkeys on walk by SHOEMAK38, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/625 ... 707a_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="turkeys on walk"></a>
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What are those things, Shoe?
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Marcia (Mrs. Pete) wrote:What are those things, Shoe?
wild felmale turkeys, males are bigger
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Post by Marcia (Mrs. Pete) »

Ohhhh. At first I was thinking pheasant but the coloring was all wrong.

I saw a fox in our backyard last week. That was cool. First ever sighting here.
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Our daughter grew up in this woodsey area of SE Texas so she is used to animals being around at times. But 5 yrs ago her husband took a job up in the Dallas area where she's had 3 little children. They moved back 'home' over the weekend into an area that is woodsy and has a creek. Yesterday as she was making a cup of coffee she heard her almost 2 yr old daughter say,"Wook! A Puppy!" She turned and looking right in the glass at her was a large deer. :shock: She screamed and the deer ran! She said it was so cool.

We live in a group of small towns near her area and we have squirrels. And also possums regularly come around our house late at night as if it's some path they follow. On a visit to our vet, one of the tech's had a baby possum and mentioned to me that they rescue them,raise them and let them loose a few blocks from our house! Since they've had shots and caused us no harm I guess we'll live with them, and they with us :roll: But on a sleepless night, it's disconcerting to see beedy,glowing eyes coming down the 'trail', around the house and disappearing...
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These werent taken in our back yard so to speak..but where we camp they are plentiful...they come right up to you...In fact if you notice in the first one...shes trying to stand on the tent while we were trying get it put up...

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deer while camping by JnJShaw, on Flickr

This one is next to the firewood:

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Deer at Morrow Mtn by JnJShaw, on Flickr

Three:

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Deer while camping by JnJShaw, on Flickr
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