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Does this count for the thread? Found some poop in my yard and checked the camera. Last two times this has happened, it was because of horses.  
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Friend posted:Does this count for the thread? Found some poop in my yard and checked the camera. Last two times this has happened, it was because of horses. Is that the joke? ‘Cause those aren’t horses. Or did you forget to post the following picture with a cowboy on horse back lassoing them and dragging them back home? If that’s the case, are you sure you didn’t find cowboy scat in your yard?
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Aug 3, 2023 04:43
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I heard about some cows roaming in a Dallas neighborhood pretty recently. It was on the local news! How often does this happen!!
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Bored posted:Is that the joke? ‘Cause those aren’t horses. Or did you forget to post the following picture with a cowboy on horse back lassoing them and dragging them back home? If that’s the case, are you sure you didn’t find cowboy scat in your yard? No, sorry, I meant last time I found big poops in my front yard it was horses who got loose at 2am, so seeing cows on the camera this time was a surprise. Here are the horses from last year. 
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Aug 3, 2023 14:25
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Aug 3, 2023 16:12
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Hungry buddy https://i.imgur.com/DkKdKNQ.mp4 Also this freeloader who keeps eating flies before my plant can 
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Aug 3, 2023 16:18
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Friend posted:No, sorry, I meant last time I found big poops in my front yard it was horses who got loose at 2am, so seeing cows on the camera this time was a surprise. Here are the horses from last year. Sorry if I came off aggressive. My misunderstanding of the post just tickled me. Yup. Looks like you got yourself an infestation of livestock. I was driving home a few months ago and had to stop because a bunch of calves had gotten loose from their pastures. They finally wandered back to their moms after I rolled down my window and said,”You’re so loving cute!” Their moms were all still in their pasture. The calves were probably all,”You’re not the boss(y) of me!” when their moms told them not to leave the pasture, but I was scary. The car wasn’t a concern, only me.
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Aug 3, 2023 18:22
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 Black Redstart being very dramatic on a piece of modern art
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Aug 3, 2023 21:06
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Winklebottom posted:
Great shot! Reminded me to post this one:  And here's a tiny bee enjoying some of the many wildflowers we planted in our yard: 
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Aug 3, 2023 21:47
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Great shot! Reminded me to post this one: Thanks! What's the pole bird? I'm thinking crow but the wing has a hint of brown I call this one "would you PLEASE move away from the backlight so I have even the slightest chance of identifying you" feat. every bird of prey I spotted last week.  they were probably all common buzzards anyway
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Winklebottom posted:Thanks! What's the pole bird? I'm thinking crow but the wing has a hint of brown I think it's just a crow in very intense sun showing some iridescence.
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Aug 3, 2023 22:37
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The wee-est of lizards.
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Aug 4, 2023 00:27
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 This big dude was moving very fast along the pavement this afternoon. My dog was perturbed.
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Aug 4, 2023 03:36
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I had to look it up because I couldn't remember what that caterpillar was, and I think it's a polyphemus moth based on the green body and little brown head?  Those things are some of my favorite looking moths, especially for coming from such a simple little caterpillar.
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Aug 4, 2023 03:47
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  Here's a big fat Bedstraw Hawk-moth caterpillar. And it's somewhat less chunky neighbor on my pants so you can admire its horn.
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Aug 4, 2023 03:56
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Tiny nest of some tiny creature. Can you imagine a more perfect way to live?
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Aug 4, 2023 11:55
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 Six-spot burnet (very goth)  Large ringlet, maybe?  had to run up and down a few mountains but I found a alpine marmot!
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beautiful critters lately. such a cool caterpie. i love this thread, everyone keep posting their critters!!
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Aug 4, 2023 13:03
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Had to move this little idiot off my car. Just because it's orange doesn't make it a flower!
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Had to move this little idiot off my car. Just because it's orange doesn't make it a flower! "Oi mate, you want some mate?" Have some ducks https://i.imgur.com/JKmhLXD.mp4
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  One of the girl hummingbirds, not pictured because no hummingbirds are pictured above, was about 5 inches away from my face today before being body-checked by one of her sisters. I have no clue what she is trying to inspect on me, since she hovers over very slowly. I also don’t know if it’s the same hummingbird that keeps trying to sneak over to study me closer than she gets while watching me over the feeders. I do have a 30s video of one of the periodic hummingbird battle royales that happen throughout the day. No clue where to upload it to post it here though.
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Aug 5, 2023 06:26
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^ imgur seems to work fine for video clips!
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Aug 5, 2023 13:34
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https://imgur.com/a/9gOTo7s Video and img tags don’t want to work. I’m wondering if the sound towards the end there is actually made by them doing something with their tail feathers, since you can hear that sounds a lot when they hit eachother during their fake fighting frenzies, but I don’t know that they are actually hitting hard enough to make that cracking noise. In case anyone doesn’t know about them making noises with tail feathers: https://youtu.be/Biagyb7AcK8
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Aug 5, 2023 17:51
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^ Amazing! Yeah it does kind of sound like it even if it doesn't come across as clearly as in the second video. That's so cool that you get them visiting your garden!
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Bored posted:https://imgur.com/a/9gOTo7s Imgur makes it a pain to access the actual mp4 on mobile depending on your exact browser setup, but you can embed it if you know the filename: https://imgur.com/yVds2Z8.mp4 That's neat, I wonder if the sound is something like a whip crack where they're switching direction abruptly enough for their tail to whip around?
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Captain Hygiene posted:Imgur makes it a pain to access the actual mp4 on mobile depending on your exact browser setup, but you can embed it if you know the filename: They fan their tails periodically while flying, so maybe both parties are fanning their tails so that when one tackles the other, the speed makes that cracking sound? Since these aren’t mating displays, but do appear to be mostly non-serious fights, they wouldn’t sound the same as the hummingbirds: warrior junkies videos. The girls all have 2 feathers with white dots in their tail feathers that are probably the specialized noise makers. So what I’m thinking is that a lot of hummingbirds use the WWF type moves of making tons of noise to make everyone think they are hitting super hard. Many of these appear to be play fighting, since I’ve seen them, like, hover a few inches away from each other while deciding what they actually want to do next. Or one will follow another to a tree and look at the other until it notices them and gives chase. I think hummingbirds usually have 2 or 3 eggs in a nest. So most of these are probably sets of nest mates. They are also probably all Wee Mad Arthur’s children.
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How often do you change out the feeders? Our honeysuckle died and until we replace it, the birds will stay away  IIRC the nectar can't be left for long before it harms them.
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I do a week at most, if it goes cloudy change it immediately. Being hot and in the sun will make it go bad quicker.
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It’s been daily since the latest generation of hummingbirds hit the feeders. Also, while the original hummingbirds were kind of leery of the refrigerated nectar until it warmed up, the new kids think refrigerated nectar is awesome. None of them will use my diy hummingbird fountain, still, though. Edit: another tree frog making use of a hollow pipe in a swing set for day time slumber.   I used some of the water from the hummingbird fountain to make a nice, unchlorinated frog bath, if he would like to take a soak prior to hunting tonight. Most of the tree frogs at my mom’s house soak in the water bowls she has around outside before they started their nightly hunt. Then they soak again before heading to bed in the morning. Bored fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Aug 6, 2023 |
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Something happened to the caterpillars that were on my dill. This was guarding my garbage can. 
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Very pretty. I guess we must've had some of those back home but I was subconsciously expecting the much lighter tiger swallowtails, they were the default version I remember seeing all the time.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Very pretty. I guess we must've had some of those back home but I was subconsciously expecting the much lighter tiger swallowtails, they were the default version I remember seeing all the time. We also get tiger swallowtails around as well. I think this particular one is male.
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FBS posted:caught this monster again, this time on dry land I love this guy's expression, like he knows he's cool.
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Gamera, Gamera He is filled with turtle meat He knows that he's really neat
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A handsome cricket
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This was from a few years ago but I untangled this lady from a spider web at work one night. Can still see a bit of it on the back left leg. She hungout for a bit before I sent her off. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1131908946727288963/1137916590558560276/VID_20200729_215813_s01.mp4
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Alterian posted:... Oh hay I found one of those too, right next to my front steps. 
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Grey Cat posted:This was from a few years ago but I untangled this lady from a spider web at work one night. Can still see a bit of it on the back left leg.  Glad she got out, mantises are cool and don't deserve to deal with spiders' bs.
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