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dmj101
dmj101 Member Posts: 527 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I am work from home today.. and sitting on my couch.. emailing and processing system updates but I have to say the Robin have been visiting my patio all day. I may have to start naming them.. maybe Red and mini and pearl and I am thinking.
I used to have squirrels out there that would have coffee with me.. Charlie and Charlene.

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  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
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    I'm always surprised...
    by how many critters there are even in the most urban of environments. Here in Seattle, I see woodpeckers and possums on a regular basis. And I have friends who have owls and falcons nesting in their yards. Pretty amazing! We also had a cougar and a black bear in town in the last year, but I can probably live without a close encounter with one of those. Ann
  • Doc_Hawk
    Doc_Hawk Member Posts: 685
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    Birdies
    There are a few quail that like to hang out on the fence in my backyard. In the front, there's a mating pair of mallard ducks that like to waddle around the yard. If it weren't illegal, I'd get some corn and toss out for the ducks.
  • Doc_Hawk
    Doc_Hawk Member Posts: 685
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    annalexandria said:

    I'm always surprised...
    by how many critters there are even in the most urban of environments. Here in Seattle, I see woodpeckers and possums on a regular basis. And I have friends who have owls and falcons nesting in their yards. Pretty amazing! We also had a cougar and a black bear in town in the last year, but I can probably live without a close encounter with one of those. Ann

    (mountain) lions, tigers and bears
    I used to live across the Sound from Seattle in a little town called Port Orchard. My folks had put a mobile home on 9 acres of forest land and the toughest "kid" on my block was a 600 pound black bear. I sure do miss that place.
  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
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    Doc_Hawk said:

    (mountain) lions, tigers and bears
    I used to live across the Sound from Seattle in a little town called Port Orchard. My folks had put a mobile home on 9 acres of forest land and the toughest "kid" on my block was a 600 pound black bear. I sure do miss that place.

    I know Port Orchard!
    Nice little town. The Puget Sound area is just pretty awesome all-round.
  • ketziah35
    ketziah35 Member Posts: 1,145
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    It is funnyab. My mom has a
    It is funnyab. My mom has a cardinal that comes to visit her when she has her coffee on the patio. She calls the cardinal her guardian angel. We have bird feeders on all corners of the yard.

    Ktz
  • Jaylo969
    Jaylo969 Member Posts: 824 Member
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    ketziah35 said:

    It is funnyab. My mom has a
    It is funnyab. My mom has a cardinal that comes to visit her when she has her coffee on the patio. She calls the cardinal her guardian angel. We have bird feeders on all corners of the yard.

    Ktz

    wildlife
    I have two Mockingbirds who have made my yard their territory. 'Ricky' & 'Lucy' are on their 4th nest of the year.I have totally enjoyed watching them and love listening to the male sing.

    My kids live in Issaquah, Wa./Couger Mt. and there is a big bear visiting daily at my daughters' apt. complex.She is afraid to walk the dogs now. Beautiful country but far too wet & cold for a southern girl like me.

    -Pat
  • Doc_Hawk
    Doc_Hawk Member Posts: 685
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    annalexandria said:

    I know Port Orchard!
    Nice little town. The Puget Sound area is just pretty awesome all-round.

    Wildlife
    It is a nice place, old whaling town in the 1800s and still has the mixed charm of the whaling and old west. A very unique place. And the only cougars that we ever saw in that area were wearing mini dresses outside of the White Pig Tavern in Bremerton.
  • jjaj133
    jjaj133 Member Posts: 867 Member
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    Love watching them, we have
    Love watching them, we have a great blue heron that comes nightly, more-hens, egrets, ibis, a stork family, mockingbirds, mourning doves & comorants,Just to name a few. The pond is just an amazing place.
    (I named the gators Fred and Ethel.)
    Judy
  • LivinginNH
    LivinginNH Member Posts: 1,456 Member
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    We have two beautiful red

    We have two beautiful red cardinals that flit around the tree branches and serenade us with their song. We also have a small fawn that "dances" for us at the edge of the woods. I've found that it's often the little things in life that can bring us a smile. :-)

    Cyn
  • omrhill
    omrhill Member Posts: 125
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    Easy hobby
    I really enjoy the birds that come to my feeder - even the little woodpecker that i think is a little stupid because he keeps trying to peck through the plastics sides when the feeder holes are an inch away. I can do without the screaming mockingbirds though. They have taken up residence in the tree outside my bedroom window and insist on yelling at the sunrise first thing every morning!

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