One thing about the melting snow is that lots of seeds that were covered are now being exposed.
Which translates to feasting time for the redpolls!
Critter of the Day: exposed
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Critter of the Day: cat loaf
Beep Beep on the platform bird feeder again.
Sometimes I think the main reason she goes up there is to keep her feet warm.
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Critter of the Day: Super-blep!
Bouncin’ Babies
Ah, spring is in the air!
Here is some video I found while checking the trail cam this morning.
Pay close attention to the background.
The young deer back there are just full of bounce and energy!!
We are also looking ahead to more bouncing babies.
Butterscotch is getting big, and it’s not just gaining weight from having a reliable food source, anymore! She’s getting quite rolly polly in the middle. Should be interesting to see how big of a litter she has!
I’m pretty sure that Beep Beep is pregnant. She, too, has put on weight just from having reliable access to food, so it may be just that, but … well … it’s that time of year!
The last while, it has been Beep Beep that has been following me when I do my rounds and wanting to be picked up. Butterscotch still wants up and attention, but I think it’s starting to get uncomfortable for her to be picked up, no matter how gentle I try to be. Beep Beep is taking advantage of this, it seems. She will just loll about in my arms, then give me chin kisses.
Such sweet kitties!
The Re-Farmer
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Critter of the Day: the lady and her friends
We were able to get a whole bunch of photos of the piebald deer that started visiting us last year.
She tends to show up with several other deer.
The day these were taken, there were 6 deer, altogether.
Yes!!! I got a tongue blep! :-D
She is such a beauty!
Though she shows up with a herd, we have been able to identify the deer with her here as her offspring.
From what I can tell, the group is three does with their offspring. Whether they are a herd, or if they just happen to show up for some free food at the same time, I am not sure.
It would be awesome if she became one of our regular visitors!
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Wet morning rounds
We had quite a bit of rain, overnight, which made for some lovely fog this morning – and lots of water and mud to slog through!
When putting out feed for the deer, some of the usual spots I leave feed are all water right now, so I had to change that up a bit.
I wonder if our little buck will come over and splash in the puddle again? :-D
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Critter of the Day: my little chickadee
I just uploaded another batch of photos from the feeding station outside our living room window. I’ll be posting the last of the March images over the next while, starting with this little cutie!
The chickadees like to grab seed from the feeders, then go into the lilac branches. There, we can see them pecking at the branch they are on, apparently trying to break the seed they brought with them. The blue jays like to do the same thing with sunflower seeds.
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Critter of the Day: oh, that face!
Oh, it’s a rare day to get a shot like this of Ferdinand!
He’s not the most co-operative of subjects.
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Critter of the Day: grosbeak
Critter of the Day: stretched
Another shot of the strange deer with the distinctive eyebrows, captured by my daughter, early in March.
The Re-Farmer 