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My red belly loves suet and, when that's out, it'll eat the peanuts I put out for the jays (but I'm glad he loves them too!) ...bird feeding can get out of hand when you try to max the species you'll see..
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The Red Queen posted:My red belly loves suet and, when that's out, it'll eat the peanuts I put out for the jays (but I'm glad he loves them too!) I had to dial back what I put out for the birds and wildlife due to a grouchy neighbor and a mild neighborhood rat problem, but that came with the upside of forming a closer bond with the pair of crows who hang out on my block. Now I still get Audobon peanuts, but only give them to the crows. The crows have figured out how to ask if they want peanuts, and will land on the tree outside my front window and peer inside if they think it's peanut time. I try to find the best peanuts in the bag and toss them to the crows one at a time. They're really good about taking the peanuts down to the sidewalk to eat them so I don't shells all over my yard. One clearly likes peanuts more than the other, and will hustle over to snipe peanuts I throw to its partner. They also don't just keeping asking indefinitely - they have a few peanuts and then they're done, and stop asking. It's incredibly cute. 
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I had to dial back what I put out for the birds and wildlife due to a grouchy neighbor and a mild neighborhood rat problem, but that came with the upside of forming a closer bond with the pair of crows who hang out on my block. Now I still get Audobon peanuts, but only give them to the crows. The crows have figured out how to ask if they want peanuts, and will land on the tree outside my front window and peer inside if they think it's peanut time. I try to find the best peanuts in the bag and toss them to the crows one at a time. They're really good about taking the peanuts down to the sidewalk to eat them so I don't shells all over my yard. One clearly likes peanuts more than the other, and will hustle over to snipe peanuts I throw to its partner. They also don't just keeping asking indefinitely - they have a few peanuts and then they're done, and stop asking. It's incredibly cute. Aww! Shells off or on on the peanuts? The ones I put out have the shells on, and the blue jays take them away to eat or cache them, so I feel like there's a neighbor wondering why their yard is full of peanut shells.
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I hung out four suet cages on my trees. One has disappeared completely. The one had a squirrel hanging off of it. So I moved two of the cages into a hawthorn. Little fuckers got up there & sprung the cover. Goddamned tree rats.
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The Red Queen posted:Aww! Shells off or on on the peanuts? The ones I put out have the shells on, and the blue jays take them away to eat or cache them, so I feel like there's a neighbor wondering why their yard is full of peanut shells. Shells on. The jays have gotten pretty good at sniping peanuts from the crows here and there, and the squirrels have actually started stepping up on the crows (which is just goofy to watch).
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Stoca Zola posted:
Nice beetles! An interesting thing about darkling beetles is that species to species they can be wildly different in general body shape and size. Some tropical ones look like longhorn beetles, and there are some species that have been accidently described as ground beetles. A couple of things they have in common is that if you cound the foot segments they are always 5-5-4 (first leg, mid-leg, hind leg), but they have this in common with some closely related families. An other characteristic is the smell. Most darkling beetles have a very distinct chemical smell. Like plastic, or burning electronics.
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Jan 2, 2023 15:56
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any thoughts on a 2023 thread title?
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PainterofCrap posted:I hung out four suet cages on my trees. https://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Bus...c7-93deae8f9840 i bought this this year. squirrels were going through an entire suet block every day. not a single squirrel has had any success against this thing though. it's a hundred bucks but that will pay for itself after a couple years, sort of
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my cat is norris posted:any thoughts on a 2023 thread title? For a while the Oregoons thread was subtitled : A Safe Space (for spiders)
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What's the definition of a Critter? Does it count when the Critter is the same height as I am? Just look at this handsome and elegant lad.
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I swear people have posted elephants and whales in previous critterquests so go
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A critter is any animal you see that is not in captivity (humans are enslaved by capital).
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Critterquest 2023: Another characteristic is the smell.
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my cat is norris posted:any thoughts on a 2023 thread title? What is a critter? A miserable little pile of [insert noun here]
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hmm hmm keep 'em coming!
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Tree Bucket posted:What's the definition of a Critter? Does it count when the Critter is the same height as I am? this absolutely counts, what a great big handsome guy!
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my cat is norris posted:this absolutely counts, what a great big handsome guy! Yeah, he was wandering around with half a dozen of his kids. Caring emu dads are the best thing.
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my husband met one just the other day while visiting manitou springs in colorado the owner was taking him out for a walk the emu is named dennis 
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is that a custom emu harness
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Tree Bucket posted:is that a custom emu harness What, you buy yours off the rack?
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I wonder what kind of money is behind the statement "I have a pet emu"
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an emu isn't very expensive to keep and doesn't really need much space. 1000sq ft per pair? a full acre can support eight to ten. the feed is probably the biggest expense and even that's not too expensive if you just have one or two birds I'm more impressed that Dennis is so chill about strangers
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Inspector Hound posted:I wonder what kind of money is behind the statement "I have a pet emu" you fell for the pyramid scheme
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Uncritical support for emus and their cousins in their brave war against Australians, jair bolsonaro, and Afrikaaners
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here is a handsome crow eating something outside of the local bundt cakery   goodbye friend
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turkey turkey turkey turkey they're loving HUGE. by far the biggest wild turkeys I've ever seen. they're over 3 feet tall and probably weigh at least a few dozen pounds, they're FAT bastards.  
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Captain Invictus posted:turkey turkey turkey turkey Awesome! They’re actually probably a bit lighter than they look (and definitely lighter than butterballs). I caught 50 or so males when I was doing field studies and I don’t think even my biggest fatsos were more than 23/24lbs. This was a different population though and maybe the easterns get a bit bigger ?(but almost certainly less than 30lbs).
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Yeah it wouldn't surprise me if that's mostly feathery fluff rather than body, but still, they really do look like dinosaurs out there. Not very responsive to gobbling, bunch of funless jerks
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah it wouldn't surprise me if that's mostly feathery fluff rather than body, but still, they really do look like dinosaurs out there. Not very responsive to gobbling, bunch of funless jerks Sounds like you need to work on your accent
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Here's practice, courtesy of the Collingswood Turkey Gang: https://i.imgur.com/Qo3654x.mp4
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PainterofCrap posted:Here's practice, courtesy of the Collingswood Turkey Gang:
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Captain Invictus posted:Not very responsive to gobbling, bunch of funless jerks In spring when the toms are all fired up you prob actually could get a reaction out of ‘‘em if you make the same kinda noises that curious one up close was.
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critterquest 2023: yep, that's a turkey
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my cat is norris posted:critterquest 2023: yep, that's a turkey Done.
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vortmax posted:That dinosaur is adorable
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Captain Invictus posted:turkey turkey turkey turkey Forgot what thread this was and I was briefly very concerned that someone tried to ship a flock of wild turkeys. I don't have any surviving photos sadly, but a similar flock of modern velociraptors lived in the area of my parent's home. Except that flock also included two peacocks. Best we can tell, a local wannabe rich guy tried to keep them as outdoor pets and they wanted the Born Free life instead.
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We got what looks to be a horned owl nesting in our warehouse at my work There was another owl and god were they big Hard to get a pic because of the light 
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Heres a better picture i got behind a forklift to cover the light and now you can see the eyes 
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Done. bless Hihohe posted:Heres a better picture i got behind a forklift to cover the light and now you can see the eyes look at themmm!! they look so silly laying down like that but also so comfy?
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Hihohe posted:Heres a better picture i got behind a forklift to cover the light and now you can see the eyes That’s awesome! I’m already looking forward to seeing the babies. GH owls can start nesting really early in a lot of places so could be pretty soon! I hope your warehouse doesn’t have rat poison stations outside.
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