Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Mike in Vermont]

When I woke up this morning, there was a gator by our boat.

 

[HARO]

When I woke up this morning, there was a gator by our boat.

In VERMONT????
John

 

[Mike in Vermont]

In VERMONT????
John

lol That would be epic. We shipped our boat to Florida to use as a second home. We are on the St Lucie canal, half way between the ocean and Lake Okeechobee.

 

[addy1]

Very nice mike! We have a boat down there too small to live aboard. Has a cabin, sleeping only.

 

[addy1]

Well standing in my neighbors yard helping with his bees, (around a mile from our house) I see two large birds flying together. At first I thought they were buzzards BUT they were HERONS! Flying from our house direction, towards their rookery. We are nicely in their flight path. I am glad I leave the anti heron net up at all times.

They are Back!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

For those who like the Decorah Eagles webcam, and for those who don't know about it yet, be sure to keep an eye on it! The first hatch of the season can happen at any moment. Maybe today, but if I had to throw out a guess, I'd say it's most likely to happen this weekend. Always fun to watch the process from hatch to fledge every year.

 

[addy1]

We just had two hatch here, on cam. So cute the little buggers.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

A couple of alligator pics at the marina in Florida. The second one looks cute enough to pat the top of it's head.

 

[MitchM]

Very cool.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Thanks. A day earlier, I rinsed my hands off in the water, at the edge of the dock. The next day, the one in the first pic was a few feet from where I had my hands. I do it all the time up north. Down here, you might pull back a bloody stub.

 

[MitchM]

The trailcam down by the big pond caught a passing Timber Wolf.
He looks hungry.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I had a European Goldfinch at the feeder this morning. They stay in this area year round, but for some reason they only show up at the feeders in Spring. Even more confusing, they seem to only show up when it's cloudy.

 

[tbendl]

MitchM he is gorgeous!

 

[HARO]

@JBtheExplorer. Beautiful birds! Fell in love with them as a kid back in the Old Country. Dad kept several in aviaries during the early 60's. (In Canada.) You could buy them here back then. Didn't see any for 40 years or more, then we visited New Zealand. The first bird I saw coming from the airport, a European Goldfinch! They are more common in NZ nowadays than they are back in Germany. Thanks for the memory!
John

 

[MitchM]

MitchM he is gorgeous!

He is, but he looks underfed and is by himself.
He could be old or ejected from a pack so may be a little more desperate.
That could make him more dangerous.