Critters captured on camera

[lockhaven]

just some small ones, take notice of Mom in the back ground. she was not happy.

 

[crash325]

Will try to keep this short and show lots of pictures. The critters and I get along pretty well. Cotton tails will come to you if you talk to them. Same with some birds & other critters. Quail love to play, give them a fresh pile of sand and they love to slide down, had some sliding down the railing on the outdoor stairs. My sister & brother in law and I were sitting about 4' away. A couple of months ago when splitting wood that had a lot of shovel head worms in it. I mashed one and put on top of stacked wood. Mashed a few more but just left them in the pile on the ground. A cactus wren ate the one, went all through the split wood. I was sitting enjoying a cool one, :thumbsup:, and talking to it. He / she went back to big stack, noticed some rounds that I had piled up, almost hit me as it flew past. Not finding any worms it hopped back to the big pile, stepping on my foot on the way.:laughing:

NO Critters were harmed in Making this post. All Alive & Happy. :laughing::thumbsup:

 

[Western]

Kewl photos Crash!!

 

[crash325]

Kewl photos Crash!!

Thanks Dennis,
The critters & I have a lot of fun. Here are some of the Cotton Tails that, sneered at me as they ate the tomato plants. :laughing: 1 of them cut off the biggest branch on the plant. It fell on his head, after getting it off, he started eating. After each big bite he would look at me, With a HA HA I'm eating your tomato plant.

1 Little guy was looking for a hole in the fence around the garden. As stood there talking to him, he stepped on my food as he went around the fence.

 

[Western]

Well if you don't feed them they will charge you rent:laughing:

Your upper photo looks like my bed room when I was a kid

What I miss seeing allot here are the Horned Toads, They used to be fun to play with since they where so tame. We'd catch them, scratch their belly's and heads, then turn them loose. I haven't seen one in over 15 years.

 

[k0ua]

This was right at dusk and I was 100 yards or so away so my zoom and focus wasn't too sharp. He didn't seem too concerned with me. Pretty rough looking character though.

You have likely heard of the term "mangy coyote"? well you are looking at one. That one is eat up with mange. His normally pretty brushy tail is just a rope now.

James K0UA

 

[crash325]

Well if you don't feed them they will charge you rent:laughing:

Your upper photo looks like my bed room when I was a kid

What I miss seeing allot here are the Horned Toads, They used to be fun to play with since they where so tame. We'd catch them, scratch their belly's and heads, then turn them loose. I haven't seen one in over 15 years.

Here are some horn toad pics, some hop toad. an indoor pet and a falcon.

If & when we get some real rain there will be a lot of horn and hop toads. They start off real tiny, so small hard to see. Less than 1/2 the size of your little finger nail.

When I was about 4, I was playing with a horn toad and it squirted me right in the eye, with the blood like fluid. We were down by the horse corral, neighbor lady friend, grabbed me by the back of the shirt and pants. Shoved me head first into the horse trough, brought me up for air, then back again. After about 4 or 5 times, she finely quit. The red stuff is actually harmless.

The horn toads here a hard to catch, very quick and not real friendly.

 

[Western]

Super, I like the little H toads, here they used to do a good job on the ant hills. I think their habitat is getting over run,but there is so much area here in Texas, you'd think they be fine. Either way, their protected now.

I'd almost have to hunt that lady down, for all the trauma when I was a kid:laughing::laughing:

 

[weldingisfun]

Well if you don't feed them they will charge you rent:laughing:

Your upper photo looks like my bed room when I was a kid

What I miss seeing allot here are the Horned Toads, They used to be fun to play with since they where so tame. We'd catch them, scratch their belly's and heads, then turn them loose. I haven't seen one in over 15 years.

I heard that the fire ants spelled the end for horned toads in Texas. Same thing for the quail.

 

[jonyyuma]

Two questions crash? what type quail is that? It is beautiful... Next did you ever stand a Horned toad on his head? I used to play with them in Grand prarie, texas, ages ago..Have seen one again except in the zoo...