What have you seen lately?

[Dennis in MA]

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All of them clucking “not in season yet, maddafacka!” We saw some too today.

 

[Stryker]

This guy has been enjoying the sun in the backyard the past week or so

 

[whacko]

Plugs pond haverhill. Photo taken with my cell phone.

 

[Dennis in MA]

That's one big-ass seagull.

There's a guy in Lakeville that knows where the Cape Cod snowy owls are. All winter he's posted a pic a day on FB. He won't reveal where as to protect them. (Remember - mASS is the place where they used to run tour buses from Boston to the hills above the nude beaches on the CCNS 40 years ago.) But it's pretty cool to see. He's got pix of them hunting and just sitting on the beach and napping and such.

 

[whalerman69]

Got this behind the house last week.

 

[Stryker]

Got this behind the house last week.
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That's an amazing picture - what did you shoot it with?

 

[whalerman69]

That's an amazing picture - what did you shoot it with?

Nikon D7200 55-300mm lens. Ya I thought they came out pretty good. Thanks

 

[whalerman69]

It's a popular perch for local eagles, ospreys and hawks. I waited for like ten minutes with finger on trigger for this guy to take flight. When it hunched up I started snapping to get a winged flight but all I got was him taking a Biden...

 

[Dennis in MA]

So about 5pm yesterday I'm on my 3-season porch just futzing on my iPad. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the neighborhood black cat saunter across the back yard. I look up. Definitely not hte local black cat.

IT WAS A FREAKIN FISHER!!!!! Broad daylight. Just wandering thru the yard. That was a first for me.

Never stopped so no pix.

 

[Spartan65]

So about 5pm yesterday I'm on my 3-season porch just futzing on my iPad. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the neighborhood black cat saunter across the back yard. I look up. Definitely not hte local black cat.

IT WAS A FREAKIN FISHER!!!!! Broad daylight. Just wandering thru the yard. That was a first for me.

Never stopped so no pix.

My wife has also seen a fisher in our backyard during daylight hours recently late morning. We thought it was odd as well.

 

[Dennis in MA]

My wife says it's raccoon mating season so maybe similar for fisher, beaver, otter, etc.,. I had a few Novembers in a row where I'd see coyotes beside busy roads just standing there. Unnatural behavior at any other time of year. The horny gets you stupid no matter what type of animal you are. LOL

 

[Dennis in MA]

Lost our fisher today. Found him freshly dead under the shed. Not sure if old age or disaster or what. Glad we found it today. Or it’d be a rotted mess in a week or two.

 

[50wt]

Saw an immature eagle at the cemetary near Tamarack park in lakeville and a mature eagle flying over Johns bait and tackle in NB last weekend.

Then today in the forest, about 15' from the road , i see something that always makes me smile. Yep, a folded bill.

 

[Daddy Mac]

We've had a couple of swans staying in the marsh for a few weeks now. I went out to throw them some stale bread a few days ago but one of the locals, an Eastern Gull did what they do.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Saw an immature eagle at the cemetary near Tamarack park in lakeville and a mature eagle flying over Johns bait and tackle in NB last weekend.

Then today in the forest, about 15' from the road , i see something that always makes me smile. Yep, a folded bill. View attachment 461815View attachment 461816

There's at least 2 pair in Lakeville/Middleboro. One mature adult, one mostly-mature-adult (not quite white'd-out). My daughter's stable is on the Nemasket and she sees both pair often.

As far as the $20, I'd have thought it was one of those fold-up "tracks" that are fake and say, "Sorry you don't get a tip today, but if you believe in Jesus you have everlasting life" bullshit things. LOL

I can see someone putting that down. But I CAN'T see someone thinking, "let's make 10,000 of these and sell them in Christian book stores to cheap-ass Christian restaurant patrons."

And yes I've SEEN them sold at Christian book stores. Such a d-wordy move.

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Lost our fisher today. Found him freshly dead under the shed. Not sure if old age or disaster or what. Glad we found it today. Or it’d be a rotted mess in a week or two. View attachment 461800

Lead poisoning?

 

[Dennis in MA]

LOL. Not a mark on him. We WERE maybe using the pellet gun in that general area earlier in the day. But the tree that was a backstop backstopped quite well. It would have been a dumbass lucky shot to ricochet a lead pellet off of the tree and into the fisher in JUST the right spot to drop him silently without a move from him.

I did consider it. But dismissed it. I would hate to think I did that.

Possible that he over-indulged on some poisoned mice in the shed. (We bait the shed. It's a staging area for their assault on the house. If we don't get them there, they'll be in the walls and attic by Christmas.)

But that's a good # of mice and we tend not to get TOO many around the shed this time of year. November??? Definitely. March?? Probably not.

Still sad to see him go.

 

[babygorilla]

So about 5pm yesterday I'm on my 3-season porch just futzing on my iPad. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the neighborhood black cat saunter across the back yard. I look up. Definitely not hte local black cat.

IT WAS A FREAKIN FISHER!!!!! Broad daylight. Just wandering thru the yard. That was a first for me.

Never stopped so no pix.

Just caught this one last night on my blink.

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1373725466008285185

 

[ccm75]

From the mean streets of Wooster.
My guess is Mr. Timberdoodle was migrating, probably at night and struck a window. First time I’ve seen a downtown woodcock....Nice size bird.

 

[Bt74]

Lead poisoning?

Good call. I shoot chipmunks with .22 shotshells, bury them so nothing can eat them.

 

[Noreaster13]

I just saw a pair of red tails getting jiggy with it, unfortunately the branches between them & me were too thick for a decent pic

 

[Noreaster13]

That's one big-ass seagull.

There's a guy in Lakeville that knows where the Cape Cod snowy owls are. All winter he's posted a pic a day on FB. He won't reveal where as to protect them. (Remember - mASS is the place where they used to run tour buses from Boston to the hills above the nude beaches on the CCNS 40 years ago.) But it's pretty cool to see. He's got pix of them hunting and just sitting on the beach and napping and such.

Probably SNK or Chapin, they like sitting on the dunes over the flat areas. I saw 6 in one day on the neck during one of the colder winters in the last 10 years.

 

[OIFer]

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[Dennis in MA]

Probably SNK or Chapin, they like sitting on the dunes over the flat areas. I saw 6 in one day on the neck during one of the colder winters in the last 10 years.

I just need some locations for my wife to check them out. MAybe I'll take her on a field trip next Winter.

Here is one on my lake-house shed/garage 2 winters ago. On a day my wife wasn't there. That broke her heart.

 

[Stryker]

This guy was hanging around the yard yesterday

 

[richc]

I saw 6 alligators in the last couple days, 3 deer, and one dolphin.

A buddy of mine winters in Florida. There's a giant pond out back with plenty of gators.

At first he named them. Now he's mapped out their expected movements around the water.

This is what happens to retired MIT Phd's...

 

[tuna]

I haven’t seen squat since Fall.

Then last Thursday: hare, moose
Friday: five deer
Saturday: owl
Today: turkey and geese

 

[KMM696]

Didn't get a pic, but leaving my parents house headlights lit up what was either an escaped ferret or a weasel in their driveway. All white body except for a brown patch on the chest. I'm inclined to think escaped ferret, since it didn't care about a car 20' from it. Indoor/Outdoor ferret?? Will they learn to come home? It screwed around in the driveway for a minute, then wandered across the road. Paid no attention to my direction to get over to the barn and take care of some of the mice.

 

[chocolab]

No joke, watched 2 crows copulate on my front lawn this afternoon. They had spend about an hour eating worms like robins do in the grass prior to the act.

 

[smokey-seven]

The Swallows have been back over the lake for 2 days.

That means the bugs are back.