Interesting wildlife

Boomslang wrote:

early wrote:

Woodpeckers have been getting more and more common at my riding spot, only trouble is they are killing the cherry trees. A good mix of corn...

Woodpeckers have been getting more and more common at my riding spot, only trouble is they are killing the cherry trees. A good mix of corn and soybean fields, older growth forests and areas with significant underbrush makes a good home for all kinds of wildlife. Tons of deer, rabbits, squirrel, foxes, owls. Unfortunately there's more coyotes and ticks than there were 25 years ago too. My kids love pushing over dead trees when we are out riding, found this ugly sucker under a rotted stump back in the fall, it was big about an inch in diameter and 6 inches long.

Joey Bridges wrote:

Ticks are a bitch around here.Had a tree guy come out this weekend while I was gone and took out five trees I had marked.Now I...

Ticks are a bitch around here.

Had a tree guy come out this weekend while I was gone and took out five trees I had marked.

Now I need to get the chainsaw out and get them cut up and stacked before those little bastards come out in force.

 

I've seen deer around here with dozens of them around their head and face.

Sad.

early wrote:

Always thoroughly check for them, my brother in law got Lyme disease, it paralyzed his face (he recovered after a couple months) it's no joke.

NvHermit wrote:

Nevada wolf 

Nevada wolf 

moto-moto wrote:

When I was a boy and into my teens, I would see these little fawkers on my trail rides and hikes......not so much anymore......the last time...

When I was a boy and into my teens, I would see these little fawkers on my trail rides and hikes...
...not so much anymore...
...the last time I saw one of these "blood-squirters" (defensive) in my area was probably over two decades ago.