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One of our great
Black Bears passes
by our pond. See the baby trees at his
feet? Bears like this one range for many miles. They are always hungry.
Very often, you can catch a glimpse of a mama bear with two or three
cubs wandering about for goodies.
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A patient
Blue Heron waits for a fish
or turtle to come for dinner in the
pond.
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This coyote looks like he's hunting for
lunch! Maybe a Turkey.
We have
a family of coyote that wander about the farm. Sometimes
they are gone for long periods. We know when they are
back because you really can hear them howl to each other at
night.
We
watch them hunt field mice by jumping up into the air and
pouncing down. We've never seen them catch any thing, but
they all seem pretty well fed. We
acknowledge each other, but we never get too close to them.
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A boisterous young turkey noses around
our transplant bed. Sometimes he sees his reflection in a window and thinks it's
another rival. It will peck at the window--fighting with itself--until
we shoo it away.
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This big Tom is showing off by our pond!
He's trying to impress the ladies!
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Each
year, a mother deer arrives at our farm and quietly hides in the
thicket behind our pond to give birth to a fawn. In
the days following, just after sunrise, she ventures out to eat some hay as the fawn sits motionless in the shelter
of the thicket. After a few weeks, mom begins to
wander farther from the thicket, but first, she hides her
fawn in some high grass while she is gone. The fawn frolics
while mom is nearby, but lies motionless while mom's away.
While mowing between our trees, I noticed a frightened fawn
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Here are
mom and baby out for a frolic. The fawn usually stays very
close to mom while it leans to steady itself on those long
legs. Mom is extremely vigilant for any threat to
her baby when they are together. |
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Turkey vultures
are nature's garbage collectors. They cool themselves by letting the wind flow through
their open wings. |