Critters captured on camera

crash325 · Sep 6, 2013

fordmantpw said:
OK, yeah, that's a huge spider! :shocked:

Your little lizzard buddy is cute though.

Most of the critters & I get along pretty well. Cardinals will almost eat out of your hand. Cotton Tails will stop & listen if talked to. Had 1 step on my foot trying to get in the garden. Have a couple of doves that come by for chit chat or ?? Horn toads like to have there sides rubbed.

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cqaigy2 · Sep 7, 2013

crash325 said:
Most of the critters & I get along pretty well. Cardinals will almost eat out of your hand. Cotton Tails will stop & listen if talked to. Had 1 step on my foot trying to get in the garden. Have a couple of doves that come by for chit chat or ?? Horn toads like to have there sides rubbed.

That's pretty cool!

crash325 · Sep 9, 2013

Right in the middle of a day of problems, this guy showed up. I was working on the cooler when Bobby let me know we had a snake. Not more than 15 feet away, it was under the house. 2 Hits & 1 miss with BB rifle & he was still wanting to bite. Little shovel did him in. #7 This year.

Here are pictures of what was left of rattler #6. Next day it was all gone.

Here is a picture of some of my spoiled doves, they are about 12 feet away.

RobertBrown · Sep 9, 2013

Another trapped opossum to be relocated.....seems to be an endless population of these marsupials

cqaigy2 · Sep 9, 2013

That's quit the herd of doves hanging out there!

Egbert · Sep 9, 2013

Remind me not to live in AZ

We may have rattle snakes here - but I've never seen one. Biggest problem around here is Copperhead, and I've killed a number of those.

crash325 · Sep 9, 2013

Egbert said:
Remind me not to live in AZ

We may have rattle snakes here - but I've never seen one. Biggest problem around here is Copperhead, and I've killed a number of those.

To me a copper head would be worse.

That's quit the herd of doves hanging out there!

Those are the doves I call the "spoiled bunch". 2 Or 3 of them come & stare at me until I put seeds out for them.
About 30 feet farther out is where the vulture Doves eat, some where between 30 & 50 of them. They sit in a tree about 50 feet away, then attack when I put seeds out.

RobertBrown · Sep 9, 2013

crash325 said:
To me a copper head would be worse.

Those are the doves I call the "spoiled bunch". 2 Or 3 of them come & stare at me until I put seeds out for them.
About 30 feet farther out is where the vulture Doves eat, some where between 30 & 50 of them. They sit in a tree about 50 feet away, then attack when I put seeds out.

Bird seed attracts rodents, rodents attract snakes......
That's the way it works around here.
If I had Mojave rattlers here, I would not have any feed about. I don't keep any seed or grain. It just causes problems...I have plenty of birds around.

two_bit_score · Sep 10, 2013

RobertBrown said:
Another trapped opossum to be relocated.....seems to be an endless population of these marsupials

Be sure to put a .22 short between his eyes before you dump him.

crash325 · Sep 10, 2013

RobertBrown said:
Bird seed attracts rodents, rodents attract snakes......
That's the way it works around here.
If I had Mojave rattlers here, I would not have any feed about. I don't keep any seed or grain. It just causes problems...I have plenty of birds around.

Feeding the birds is a very small part of the problem. Been feeding them for years. The drouth is a major factor. I had very few rodents until this year. Then they came in droves mostly for water. New are 1 Gray Squirrel, (Should not be here at all) lots of chip monks. plus rats & mice. Think there may even be a mole. All are new as most rats & mice had been eliminated.

The Mexican Air Force has been in & refueled. These guys are so pretty in the air or at a distance. Maybe 1 of the best flier of all birds.
Getting good pictures of them is not easy. When it's wings were spread the span was 5 or 6 feet. In one picture you can see a fly by. Couldn't get a good picture but the 2 of them has a short battle, as a 3rd on buzzed them.