So what animals do you have on your property?

[California]

Thanks Alien. With only 11 acres I don't think I want to fence in the critters living here. The brushy canyon at the back is their migration corridor and there are still a few other farms along the canyon where they can come out onto cultivated land without finding a fence at the edge.

That weasel is a real character. I've seen him watching me from various gopher holes, then today he was watching from behind some paint cans before he fell in that hole. After he climbed out of the wall he came back and watched me again for a minute before he departed. I've read that weasels eat one third of their body weight each day, all live animals. I don't recall seeing mice recently since he arrived. I still have numerous gophers but now many of their burrows are dug up. Last year there were coyotes digging the burrows, now I don't hear coyotes and I think the weasel is responsible for all of it. I hope the day has finally come when the number of gophers will decline.

 

[sfloggie]

Photos attached.

 

[Alien]

Nice photos sfloggie. Funny how the creatures always seem to know there is a camera. lol

 

[SPYDERLK]

:cat: :chicken: :ferret: :butterfly: :duck: :mouse: :dove: :bunny: :turtle: :bumblebee: :turkey: :beaver: :dog: :squirrel:
:bear: :horse: :deer: :snake: :bat: :groundhog: :ant: :frog: :fox: :wonderwoman: :joker:

 

[hodge]

:cat: :chicken: :ferret: :butterfly: :duck: :mouse: :dove: :bunny: :turtle: :bumblebee: :turkey: :beaver: :dog: :squirrel:
:bear: :horse: :deer: :snake: :bat: :groundhog: :ant: :frog: :fox: :wonderwoman: :joker:

Cool- I live in VA too, but we don't have Wonderwoman on our property. Chuck Norris maybe, but no Wonderwoman.

 

[jinman]

Alien, when you had the flash floods in Grantham last year, did you have problems with wildlife coming into town? How has the flood affected your wildlife population? Were you part of the people who got a land grant from the gov't so you could move the whole town of Grantham away from the flood zone?

Have you posted about this? if so, I've missed it.

 

[Thomas]

Same as other TBNer's in upper New England...also noisy neighbor now and than.

 

[Lacal]

Bob cats
Javelina - look like wild boars but not in the pig family and they stink.
Coyotes, coyotes, coyotes
cottontail rabbits
black-tailed jack rabbits
mule deer
white tail deer
3 kinds of rattlesnakes - that we have seen with the worse being the Mohave.
scorpions
trantulas
killer bees - one to two people a year die.
pack rats
Cotton rat
gophers
owls
Mexican eagles
hawks
hummingbirds

 

[Alien]

Alien, when you had the flash floods in Grantham last year, did you have problems with wildlife coming into town? How has the flood affected your wildlife population? Were you part of the people who got a land grant from the gov't so you could move the whole town of Grantham away from the flood zone?

Have you posted about this? if so, I've missed it.

Hi Jinman Thanks for your concern. We did get moderate assistance as we had no power or roads and lost all our food etc. We were pretty hungry because the main highways were cut all around and there was no food to buy and you would kill for a litre of milk. We had no TV nor newspapers so couldn't realize the extent of the damage either. At that time, due to the rain, my tractor was bogged so I couldn't help anyone else. Not that we could even get into Grantham. Eventually we managed to get to Helidon (we are between Helidon and Grantham) in our Kymco UTV as it can go through about 750mm of water safely. We were drenched and the place was swarming with SES and Police etc with helicopters coming and going and the cops didn't give a **** we were driving around in our unregistered buggy. We all had to have permits as locals to travel in the area when the floods went down. Animals? What animals. They all got washed away including family cats and dogs. Some managed to get back home again happily but most were never found including 3 people. ( one of whom I knew.) A friend lost his prized draught horses too.
Our other friends have only just started to rebuild their home. They have been (still are) living in a shed. We live on a ridge so we were safe and didn't need the land grant. The 'new' Grantham is a real nice area, built above and behind the old one. They have done an amazing job with land blocks and new roads etc. Wouldn't mind moving there myself. Lots of new homes and still plenty being built and room for newbies to come in. They are still cleaning up debris and wrecked houses and clearing the old townsite with lots of activity still going on. (This is 18 months later) There are still roads and bridges to be repaired but it all takes time.
Cheers
Doug

ps. I hadn't seen that vid before. Thanks for the link.

 

[ttriff]

Hi California. I wonder if you guys have a program like we have. It is called, 'Land for Wildlife'

32 acres of our land is part of a perpetual wild life trust. Part of a 13 section game corridor leading to a ~1K acre wildlife reserve. Several of our neighbors are also members. This guarantees we won't wake some morning to see earth movers carving up the land for condos or a Walmart.

Animals vary according to season and how cold the winters are.

Most of the time in the winter there are 500+ elk on the wildlife reserve it's 1/2 mile away. If it's a hard winter the elk move to our property, this displaces the deer down closer to the Arkansas

This year we had an exceptionally mild winter so there were no elk on the property but 3 dozen deer were around the house all the time.